Peresvet (russian: Пересве́т) is a

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Sergiyevo-Posadsky District Sergiyevo-Posadsky District (russian: Се́ргиево-Поса́дский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #60/2005-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the nor ...

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, located on the

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(

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) northeast of

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and north of

Sergiyev Posad Sergiyev Posad ( rus, Се́ргиев Поса́д, p=ˈsʲɛrgʲɪ(j)ɪf pɐˈsat) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: It was pre ...

, the

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of the district. Population:

History

It was founded in the summer of 1948 as the settlement of Novostroyka () servicing a research institute for bench testing of rocket engines and thermal vacuum chamber testing of spacecraft.Chertok, p. 145 During the Soviet period, the settlement was completely under the institute's authority and remained a restricted area until 1992. In the first post-Soviet years, it was managed by the administration of the town of Krasnozavodsk. On December 8, 1999, Novostroyka and a part of Krasnozavodsk containing the research institute were incorporated into the town of PeresvetDecision #21/77 (named after the medieval military hero

Alexander Peresvet Alexander Peresvet – also spelled Peresviet (Russian language, Russian: Александр Пересвет, d. 8 September 1380) – was a Russian Orthodox monk who fought in a single combat with the Tatar champion Temir-murza (known in most R ...

). The process was finalized on March 28, 2000.Resolution #274

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated within

as the

Town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

of Peresvet.Resolution #123-PG As a municipal division, the Town of Peresvet is incorporated within Sergiyevo-Posadsky Municipal District as Peresvet Urban Settlement.Law #60/2005-OZ

References

Notes

Sources

* * *Boris Chertok.
Rockets and People. Vol. II: Creating a Rocket Industry
'' NASA History Division. Washington, DC. June 2006. * *

External links

Unofficial website of Peresvet
{{Use mdy dates, date=August 2011 Cities and towns in Moscow Oblast Populated places established in 1948