Shakhovskaya (russian: Шаховская) is an
urban locality (a
work settlement) and the
administrative center
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of
Shakhovskoy District
Shakhovskoy District (russian: Шаховско́й райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #62/2005-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area ...
of
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
Izel and the
Khovanka Rivers, from
Moscow
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. Population: Postal code: 143700. Dialing code: +7 49637.
Municipally, it is incorporated as Shakhovskaya Urban Settlement.
Shakhovskaya was founded in 1901 during the construction of the
Moscow
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-
Vindava railroad. It became the administrative center of the district on August 4, 1929, when Moscow Oblast was founded, and was granted urban-type settlement status in 1958.
Shakhovskaya stands on the
M9 highway (Moscow–
Riga
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) and the Moscow–Riga railway, being the terminus of suburban trains from Moscow.
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Urban-type settlements in Moscow Oblast
Populated places established in 1901