Korovino is the historical area in the most northern part of
Russia
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's capital city
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
.
The name means "
cow
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's" and derives from the village of the same name which was known from 16th century and stood there until the 1960s.
Nowadays the territory is included into the Dmitrovsky municipal district of
Northern Administrative Okrug.
Two
thermal power
A thermal power station is a type of power station in which heat energy
In thermodynamics, heat is defined as the form of energy crossing the boundary of a thermodynamic system by virtue of a temperature difference across the boundary ...
plants, one being among the biggest in the world, are located in Korovino along territory's adjoining with
MKAD
The Moscow Automobile Ring Road (russian: link=no, Московская кольцевая автомобильная дорога, Moskovskaja koltsevaya avtomobilnaya doroga), or MKAD (), is a ring road running predominantly on the city border ...
.
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References
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Geography of Moscow