Chernogolovka () is a

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. Center of the town is located some 43 km (27 miles) northeast of the

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city limit and 59 km (37 miles) from

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. Its population in 2018 was 21,342.

History

Chernogolovka for the first time has been officially mentioned in 1710. In 1956, Chernogolovka grew into a scientific center with the help of

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winner

Nikolay Semyonov Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov , sometimes Semenov, Semionov or Semenoff (; – 25 September 1986) was a Soviet physicist and chemist. Semyonov was awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the mechanism of chemical transformat ...

. Semyonov started the experimental branch of Moscow Institute of Chemical Physics, which in the 1960s–1970s grew into a scientific center. In 2001, Chernogolovka was granted town status and given the further status as a naukograd or science city in 2008.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with nine rural localities, incorporated as Chernogolovka Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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.Law #11/2013-OZ As a municipal division, Chernogolovka Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Chernogolovka Urban Okrug.Law #61/2005-OZ

Transportation

Chernogolovka does not have a rail link but long distance buses link the town to Moscow,

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and Fryanovo.

Research facilities

Chernogolovka is a major Russian center of scientific research. It is home to a number of research institutions of the

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: * Institute of Problems of Chemical Physicsbr>
* Institute of Solid State Physics (Russia), Institute of Solid State Physicsbr>
* Institute of Physiologically Active Compoundsbr>
* Institute of Microelectronics Technology and High Purity Materialsbr>
* Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics * Institute of Energy Problems for Chemical Physicsbr>
*Institute of Experimental Mineralog

* Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Materials Sciencebr>
It is also the home of ''Ost-Company'', which produces a broad range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks which are exported worldwide. ''Napitki iz Chernogolovki'', and others.

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External links

Official website of Chernogolovka

Chernogolovka Business Directory

Chernogolovka Science Center
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Moscow Oblast Naukograds Chernogolovka Urban Okrug