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Vnukovo (airport)
Vnukovo, formally Vnukovo Andrei Tupolev International Airport (named after Andrei Tupolev) ( rus, links=no, Внуково, p=ˈvnukəvə) , is a dual-runway international airport located in Vnukovo District, southwest of the centre of Moscow, Russia. It is one of the four major airports that serve Moscow, along with Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo, and Zhukovsky. In 2019, the airport handled 24.01 million passengers, representing an increase of 12% compared to the previous year. It is the tenth-busiest airport in Europe. History Vnukovo is Moscow's oldest operating airport. It was opened and used for military operations during the Second World War, but became a civilian facility after the war. Its construction was approved by the Soviet government in 1937, because the older Khodynka Aerodrome (located much closer to the city centre, but closed by the 1980s) was becoming overloaded. Vnukovo was built by several thousand inmates of Likovlag, a Gulag concentration camp created sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow Metropolitan Area
Moscow metropolitan area (russian: Московская агломерация) or Moscow capital region (russian: Московский столичный регион) is the largest metropolitan area in Russia and Europe, with a population of around 20 million. It consists of the city of Moscow and parts of the surrounding Moscow Oblast. The related terms Moscow region (russian: Московский регион - ''Moskovsky region'') or Moscow and the Oblast (russian: Москва и область) describe of the combined territories of the city of Moscow and the whole of Moscow Oblast. These are used in meteorology, geography, aviation, transport, broadcasting, telecommunications, business, etc. In politics, government, organizations and small business, according to the Constitution of Russia, there are two separated federal subjects of Russia with their governments, parliaments and own law. ''De jure'' there is no united Moscow region. Structure and population estimati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
