Chekhov (russian: Че́хов) is a

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and the

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Chekhovsky District Chekhovsky District (russian: Че́ховский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #77/2005-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The are ...

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. Population: 56,000 (1985). It was previously known as ''Lopasnya'' (until 1954).

History

Originally named Lopasnya (), after the Lopasnya River, it was granted town status and given its present name in 1954 in honor of writer

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...

.C.D. Merriman. "Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)". Jalic, Inc. http://www.online-literature.com/anton_chekhov/ Retrieved August 28, 2014. Germany took Lopasnya from 23 11 to 17 12 1941.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Chekhov serves as the

.Resolution #123-PG As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Chekhovsky District 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 Chekhov. As a municipal division, the Town of Chekhov is incorporated within Chekhovsky Municipal District as Chekhov Urban Settlement.Law #77/2005-OZ

Military

Near Chekhov is the

Russian General Staff The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (russian: Генеральный штаб Вооружённых сил Российской Федерации, General'nyy shtab Vooruzhonnykh sil Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the mil ...

wartime command post, buried deep underground.

Religion

On the outskirts of Chekhov lies the

Davidov Hermitage Davidov (russian: Давыдов), or Davidova (feminine; Давыдова), also sometimes transliterated as Davydov/Davydova, is a surname common in Russia among Jewish and non-Jewish people, in high frequently among Mountain Jews, meaning "son of ...

, reputedly the richest monastery in Russia. It contains many churches from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Twin towns and sister cities

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External links

Official website of Chekhov

Chekhov Business Directory
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Moscow Oblast