Pushkino, Pushkinsky District, Moscow Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Pushkino.
Pushkino (English)
Пушкино (Russian)
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Residential buildings in Pushkino

Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia
Pushkino
Location of Pushkino in Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 56°01′N 37°50′E / 56.017°N 37.833°E / 56.017; 37.833Coordinates: 56°01′N 37°50′E / 56.017°N 37.833°E / 56.017; 37.833
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Administrative status (as of September 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Moscow Oblast[1]
Administrative district Pushkinsky District[1]
City Pushkino[1]
Administrative center of Pushkinsky District,[1] City of Pushkino[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2011)
Municipal district Pushkinsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Pushkino Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Pushkinsky Municipal District,[2] Pushkino Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 102,874 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2010 157th
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
First mentioned 1499
City status since August 1925
Postal code(s)[5] 141200–141203, 141205–141208, 141230, 141240, 141241, 141254
Official website
Pushkino on Wikimedia Commons

Pushkino (Russian: Пу́шкино) is a city and the administrative center of Pushkinsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Ucha and Serebryanka Rivers, 30 kilometers (19 mi) northeast of Moscow. Population: 102,874 (2010 Census);[3] 72,425 (2002 Census);[6] 75,847 (1989 Census);[7] 57,000 (1974); 30,000 (1959); 21,000 (1939).

History

According to one of the historic versions, the village of Pushkino was first documented in 1499 when it belonged to Grigory Morkhinin, also known as "Pushka"—a boyar whose male-line descendants include Aleksandr Pushkin. A statue of "Pushka" graces one of the town's main squares. During the following centuries, the neighborhood evolved into a favored summer retreat of Russian nobility. Pushkino was granted town status in August 1925.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Pushkino serves as the administrative center of Pushkinsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Pushkinsky District as the City of Pushkino.[1] As a municipal division, the City of Pushkino is incorporated within Pushkinsky Municipal District as Pushkino Urban Settlement.[2]

Science

The city hosts the Institute of Forest Science, one of the few in Russia.

Architecture and culture

In 1678, a five-domed church of St. Sergius was built at the manor of Komyagino (picture). Another notable estate is Muranovo, where the Russian poets Yevgeny Baratynsky and Fyodor Tyutchev used to spend their summers. A dacha of Vladimir Mayakovsky, who lived in Pushkino during summer seasons of 1920-1928 is also a museum.

Twin towns and sister cities

Pushkino is twinned with:

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Resolution #123-PG
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #37/2005-OZ
  3. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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