Razvilka, Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 55°35′27″N 37°44′44″E / 55.59095701°N 37.74563301°E
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Razvilka (Russian: Разви́лка) is a settlement in Leninsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located in the "green forests and parks space" surrounding the city of Moscow, some 0.5 km south of Moscow on the Kashirskoye highway. Population: 13,200 (2009 est.);[citation needed] 8,773 (2002 Census).[1] Postal code: 142717. Telephone code: +7 495.
Razvilka was founded in 1947 аs a settlement for employees of the Scientific Institute of Natural Gases (VNIIGAZ) and its experimental factory. Currently, enterprises of the gas industry are located in the settlement, which earned an unofficial name of the "gas capital of Russia".
The infrastructure of the settlement includes a clinic, drugstores, a dental clinic, a secondary school, a college, kindergartens, a Russian Orthodox church, a church education centre, supermarkets, car-maintenance facilities, a fire depot, and a police department. The local cable TV station is KTV-Razvilka.
The settlement is connected with Moscow by five bus lines: #44 to railway station Rastorguyevo, #95, #355, #356 to Domodedovskaya station of the Moscow Metro, and #897 to Maryino metro station.
[edit] References
- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (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)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
[edit] External links
- Official website of Razvilka (Russian)
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View of the VNIIGAZ building from the Moscow Ring Road