Odintsovo
Odintsovo
Одинцово | |
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 Odintsovo rail station | |
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Location of Odintsovo  | |
  Odintsovo Location of Odintsovo  Odintsovo Odintsovo (Moscow Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 55°40′24″N 37°16′24″E / 55.67333°N 37.27333°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Moscow Oblast |
| Administrative district | Odintsovsky District |
| Founded | 1470 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Council of Deputies |
| • Head | Alexander Gusev |
| Elevation | 190 m (620 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 138,930 |
| • Estimate (2018)[2] | 140,537 (+1.2%) |
| • Rank | 122nd in 2010 |
| • Capital of | Odintsovsky District |
| • Municipal district | Odintsovsky Municipal District |
| • Urban settlement | Odintsovo Urban Settlement |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [3]) |
| Postal code(s)[4] | 143000–143007 |
| OKTMO ID | 46755000001 |
| Website | www |
Odintsovo (Russian: Одинцо́во) is a city and the administrative center of Odintsovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: 138,930 (2010 Russian census);[1] 134,844 (2002 Census);[5] 125,149 (1989 Soviet census).[6]
History
The village of Odintsovo was formed in the late 14th century. The famous story among the Odintsovians is about the noble named Andrey Odinets.(Odinets is a nickname he had, real name Andrey Ivanovitch Domotkanov, rus. Андрей Иванович Домотканов) For the great service to the Moscovian leader of the time, Dmitry Donskoy, Odinets was granted land to the south west of Moscow.
Andrey Odinets founded Odintsovo as a way of thanking Donskoy, and so the land does not remain empty. Odinets' name is now forever in history, with the village. Town status was granted to it in 1957.
Landmarks
Odintsovo is home to the Church of Grebnevskaya, Icon of the Mother of God, which was built in 1802.
Sports
- Odintsovo volleyball clubs "ISKRA" (men) and "Zarechye-Odintsovo"(women) have each become champions of Russia in the past and they are very strong in the present. "Zarechye-Odintsovo" have won in the final in April 2008 against Dinamo Moscow to become champions of Russia. Many male and female players in Russian national volleyball teams have either grown up, or played/trained in Odintsovo.
- "The Ice Palace", or the Odintsovo ice skating and hockey ring, was named to have "the best ice ever played on" by North American and former Soviet ice hockey veterans during the Stanley Cup visit in 2004.
- The multiple Olympic, Russian and World Cross-country skiing champion Larisa Lazutina is from Odintsovo.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of Odintsovo shows a white deer, representing cleanliness and purity. The deer lies facing the West, though looks at the East, and most people believe that the deer looks at the East (where Moscow is situated) with pity. Interestingly enough, although Odintsovo is only few miles away from Moscow, the environment of Odintsovo is not even nearly as polluted as Moscow's. This is mostly explained by the large numbers of parks and relief areas.
Sister city
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in 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).
- ^ 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]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.