Lyubertsy ( rus, Люберцы, p=ˈlʲʉbʲɪrtsɨ) is a
city
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and the
administrative center of
Lyuberetsky District in
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 ...
, Russia.
Demographics
Population:
History
It was first mentioned in 1621 and was granted town status in 1925. It is sometimes described as a working class suburb of Moscow.
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In 1909
International Harvester bought now defunct Uhtomsky factory which before produced
railway air brakes and was called "New York" and was repurposed to produce agricultural equipment. It was closed in 2007.
Lyubertsy was home to the
Lyubers Soviet sports youth movement in the 1980s. During the
perestroika
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years of the 1990s, the Lyubers, and by association Lyubertsy, formed a part of the emerging organized crime syndicates.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Lyubertsy serves as the
administrative center of
Lyuberetsky District.
[Resolution #123-PG] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Lyuberetsky District as the
Town of Lyubertsy.
As a
municipal division, the Town of Lyubertsy is incorporated within Lyuberetsky Municipal District as Lyubertsy Urban Settlement.
[Law #81/2005-OZ]
Economy
Lyubertsy is a major industrial center. There are over twenty-five industrial enterprises and a large railway junction. Prevailing branches of industry are
mechanical engineering,
metalworking, production of
construction materials,
woodworking, and
food processing
Food processing is the transformation of agricultural products into food, or of one form of food into other forms. Food processing includes many forms of processing foods, from grinding grain to make raw flour to home cooking to complex industr ...
.
The largest enterprises include:
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Kamov company. Ukhtomsky Helicopter plant named after N. I. Kamov (developer of the
Ka-50 "Black Shark" and Ka-52 "Alligator" helicopters)
*Ukhtomsky machine-building plant, making equipment for raising
livestock
*"Torgmash" joint-stock company produces manufacturing equipment
*A construction materials plant
*"Lyuberetskye carpets" collective
*"Belaya dacha" agricultural processing plant, a supplier for
McDonald's
People
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Sergey Abeltsev, politician
*
Yuri Gagarin, first human in space
*
Alexander Menshikov, assistant of
Peter the Great
Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...
*
Nikolay Rastorguyev, lead singer of rock group ''
Lyube''
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Boris Razinsky, Olympic champion association football player
*
Vasily Yakemenko, youth politician
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Cities and towns in Moscow Oblast
Moskovsky Uyezd
17th-century establishments in Russia