Kryukovo (russian: Крю́ково) is a

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of Zelenogradsky Administrative Okrug in the

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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 ...

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. Population:

History

It was formerly a village in

Solnechnogorsky District Solnechnogorsky District (russian: Солнечного́рский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #27/2005-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest o ...

Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...

. Kryukovo was where German forces came the closest to Moscow (41 km) during

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. Now several monuments are located in Kryukovo and in the surrounding area.

Transportation

The main railway station in Zelenograd is also called Kryukovo.

References

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