Podolsk ( rus, Подольск, p=pɐˈdolʲsk) is an industrial
city
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, center of
Podolsk Urban Okrug
Podolsk Urban Okrug (''"Big Podolsk"'') — municipal divisions, located southeast of Moscow Oblast Russia. Its administrative division and center is the city of Podolsk
Podolsk ( rus, Подольск, p=pɐˈdolʲsk) is an industrial city, ...
,
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
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, located on the
Pakhra River
The Pakhra (russian: Пахра́) is a river in Moscow Oblast and the city of Moscow, Russia, a right tributary of the Moskva. It is 135 km in length. The area of its basin is 2580 km².[tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...]
of the
Moskva River).
History
The first mentions of the village of Podol, which belonged to the
votchina
Votchina (russian: во́тчина) or otchina (о́тчина – from word ''Father'') was an East Slavic land estate that could be inherited. The term "votchina" was also used to describe the lands of a knyaz.
The term originated in the la ...
of the
Danilov Monastery
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, are contained in the church
letopis
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of 1627-1628. On October 5, 1781, by the personal decree of
Catherine II
, en, Catherine Alexeievna Romanova, link=yes
, house =
, father = Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
, mother = Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
, birth_date =
, birth_name = Princess Sophie of Anha ...
, the
Podolsky Uyezd Podolsky Uyezd (''Подольский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Moscow Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Podolsk.
Demographics
At the time ...
was formed, and the village of Podol was renamed the city of Podolsk.
Podolsk land is directly connected with the events of the
Patriotic War of 1812
The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign, the Second Polish War, the Army of Twenty nations, and the Patriotic War of 1812 was launched by Napoleon Bonaparte to force the Russian Empire back into the continental block ...
. After the
Battle of Borodino, the troops under the leadership of
Mikhail Kutuzov
Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov ( rus, Князь Михаи́л Илларио́нович Голени́щев-Куту́зов, Knyaz' Mikhaíl Illariónovich Goleníshchev-Kutúzov; german: Mikhail Illarion Golenishchev-Kut ...
, passing through Podolsk, took up defensive positions near the village of
Krasnaya Pakhra, Podolsk district, then approached
Tarutino, setting up a camp here. The famous
Tarutino maneuver determined the entire further victorious course of the war with the
Napoleonic army
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.
After the Patriotic War of 1812, Podolsk and Podolsk uyezd restored and expanded their economic functions, primarily trade. This, in particular, was facilitated by the construction in 1844-1847 of the
Warsaw (Brest-Litovsk) highway, as well as the construction of a bridge across the Pakhra river. In the 1840s, 13 manufactories worked in the uyezd. Among the cities near
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 ...
, Podolsk in the second half of the 19th century stood out with the highest population growth rate. In 1900, the American company "
Singer
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" founded in Podolsk a
mechanical plant for the assembly of sewing machines and the production of parts for them and had become one of the city-forming enterprises of Podolsk, causing city's economic growth at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1917 the stone buildings of a
realschule
''Realschule'' () is a type of secondary school in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia (''realna gimnazija''), the Austrian Empire, the German Empire, Denmark and Norway (''realskole''), Sweden (''realskola''), ...
, a cinema, a power plant, and a water supply were built, and the number of citizens reached 19 thousand.
In the 1930s, American communist writer
Myra Page
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Background
Page was born Dorothy Page Gary on October 1, 1897, ...
described Podolsk in her pamphlet ''Soviet Main Street''.
[
]
In 1971, Podolsk was awarded the
Order of the Red Banner of Labor
The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the ...
. In the Soviet times, Podolsk was one of the industrial giants in Moscow Oblast. At that time, more than seventy factories were operating in the city. Most of the citizens were working at these plants.
Podolsk is the site of the
.
Administrative and municipal status
As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Podolsk
City Under Oblast Jurisdiction - an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts
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.
[Law #11/2013-OZ] As a
municipal division, Podolsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as
Podolsk Urban Okrug
Podolsk Urban Okrug (''"Big Podolsk"'') — municipal divisions, located southeast of Moscow Oblast Russia. Its administrative division and center is the city of Podolsk
Podolsk ( rus, Подольск, p=pɐˈdolʲsk) is an industrial city, ...
.
[Law #145/2004-OZ]
Twin towns – sister cities
Podolsk is
twinned with:
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Amstetten, Austria
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Bălți
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Notable people
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Andrey Balanov, amateur boxer
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Anatoli Izmailov, professional footballer
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Lev Korolyov,
computer scientist
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Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation, as opposed to the hardware side on which computer engineers mainly focus (al ...
*
Viktor Kruglov, football player
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Eugenie Leontovich
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, actress
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Sergey Makarov,
track and field
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athlete
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Nikolai Potapov, professional boxer
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Darya Sagalova, film and stage actress, choreographer
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Andrey Smolyakov
Andrey Igorevich Smolyakov (russian: Андре́й И́горевич Смоляко́в; born 24 November 1958) is a Soviet and Russian actor and director. He is known for '' Vysotskiy. Spasibo, chto zhivoy'' (2011), '' Stalingrad'', and '' For ...
, actor
Gallery
Открытие после реконструкции станции Подольск МЦД-2 (04).jpeg, Podolsk railway station in 2020
Holy Trinity Church Podolsk 2.jpg,
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