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Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast
Krasnogorsk (, ) is a city and the administrative center of Krasnogorsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Moskva River, adjacent to the northwestern boundary of Moscow. It has a population of History An urban-type settlement was established here in 1932, to which town status was granted in 1940. In the 1940s, the Antifascist Central School, in which many foreign Communists studied and lectured, was located at Krasnogorsk. After the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943, Krasnogrsk became the birthplace of The National Committee for a Free Germany (NKFD), an organization of German exiles living in the Soviet Union. Many members of this organization would play a role in the establishment of the German Democratic Republic and its military. After the war, the German V2 rocket scientists whom the Soviet Army had captured were taken here with their families for sharashka work. 2024 terror attack On 22 March 2024, terrorists opened fire and detonated explosives in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast (, , informally known as , ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). With a population of 8,524,665 (Russian Census (2021), 2021 Census) living in an area of , it is one of the most densely populated regions in the country and is the list of federal subjects of Russia by population, second most populous federal subject. The oblast has no official administrative center; its public authorities are located in Moscow and Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Krasnogorsk (the Moscow Oblast Duma and the local government), and also across other locations in the oblast.According to Article 24 of the Charter of Moscow Oblast, the government bodies of the oblast are located in the city of Moscow and throughout the territory of Moscow Oblast. However, Moscow is not named the official administrative center of the oblast. Located in European Russia between latitudes 54th parallel north, 54° and 57th parallel north, 57° N and longitudes 35th meridian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crocus City Hall Attack
On 22 March 2024, a coordinated terrorist attack against civilians occurred at the Crocus City Hall music venue in Crocus City, Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia. The attack began at around 20:00 Moscow Time, MSK (UTC+3), shortly before the Russian band Picnic (band), Picnic was scheduled to play a sold-out show at the venue. Four terrorists associated with Islamic State – Khorasan Province (IS–KP or ISIS-K) carried out a mass shooting, as well as Stabbing as a terrorist tactic, slashing attacks on the people gathered at the venue, and used incendiary devices to set the venue on fire. Investigators said 145 people had been killed (including those who died later in hospital), and more than 551 concertgoers injured by gunfire or suffering from burns. On 28 March, Russian authorities also claimed that a further 95 people were missing. Islamic State, IS claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement through the IS-affiliated Amaq News Agency shortly after the attack, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myakinino (Moscow Metro)
Myakinino () is a Moscow Metro station. It is a surface-level station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, between Volokolamskaya (Moscow Metro), Volokolamskaya and Strogino (Moscow Metro), Strogino stations. The station opened on 26 December 2009. It is in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast near the Moscow Oblast administrative headquarters and the Crocus City Mall and is the first station to be built outside the city of Moscow. It is also the first station in Moscow to be constructed under a public-private partnership. Financing Financing to build the station came from Aras Agalarov’s Crocus Group, the developer of the nearby Crocus City Mall, Crocus Expo trade center, and the Crocus City Hall entertainment center. Agalarov sought to connect his complex to Moscow via the metro and invested 600 million rubles ($20 million) to construct the station. The agreement between Crocus and the city gave ownership of the station lobbies and entryways to Crocus, while th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow Metro
The Moscow Metro) is a rapid transit system in the Moscow Oblast of Russia. It serves the capital city of Moscow and the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy, and Kotelniki. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union. , the Moscow Metro has 271 stations and of route length, excluding light rail Monorail, making it the list of metro systems, 8th-longest in the world, the longest in Europe and the longest outside China. It is also the only system in Russia with two circle lines. The system is mostly underground, with the deepest section underground at the Park Pobedy (Moscow Metro), Park Pobedy station, one of the world's deepest underground stations. It is the busiest metro system in Europe, the busiest in the world outside Asia, and is considered a tourist attraction in itself, thanks to its lavish interior decoration. The Moscow Metro is a world leader in the fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krasnogorsk (camera)
Krasnogorsk (Красногорск) is a series of spring-wound 16mm mirror-reflex movie camera designed and manufactured in the USSR by Krasnogorsky Zavod (KMZ), produced between 1966 and 1993. There were four models of this series released by KMZ: * Krasnogorsk-1 (1966) * Krasnogorsk-2 (1966) * Krasnogorsk-3 (1971) * Krasnogorsk-4 (1974) A total of 105,435 Krasnogorsk-3 cameras were produced between 1971 and 1993. This series was used by studios and professional filmmakers, as well as the military, amateurs, and artists, not only in the USSR, but all over Eastern Europe, where it became one of the most popular 16mm movie cameras. As such, it also made a prominent appearance in Krzysztof Kieślowski Krzysztof Kieślowski (, 27 June 1941 – 14 March 1996) was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He is known internationally for ''Dekalog'' (1989), ''The Double Life of Veronique'' (1991), and the Three Colours trilogy, ''Three Colours'' ...'s 1979 film '' Camera B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zenit (camera)
Zenit () is a Soviet Union, Soviet camera brand manufactured by Krasnogorskiy Zavod, KMZ in the town of Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Krasnogorsk near Moscow since 1952 and by BELOMO, BelOMO in Belarus since the 1970s. The Zenit trademark is associated with 35 mm format, 35 mm Single-lens reflex camera, SLR cameras. Among related brands are Zorki (Watchful) for 35 mm rangefinder cameras, Moskva (Moscow) and Iskra (Spark) for Medium format (film), medium-format folding cameras and Horizon (camera), Horizon for panoramic cameras. In the 1960s and 1970s, they were exported by Mashpriborintorg to 74 countries. The name is sometimes spelled Zenith in English, such as the manuals published by the United Kingdom, UK Zenit-importer Technical & Optical Equipment (London) Ltd., TOE. However, TOE's imported camera bodies as from 1963 retained the "Zenit" badges. The early Zorki-based models before that time were labelled "Zenith" in a handwritten style of script. History Early yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorki
Zorki (, meaning sharp-sighted) is a series of 35mm format, 35mm Rangefinder camera, rangefinder cameras manufactured in the Soviet Union between 1948 and 1978. The Zorki was a product of the Krasnogorsky Zavod, Krasnogorsk Mechanical Factory (KMZ), which also produced the Zenit (camera), Zenit single lens reflex camera (SLR). The first Zorki cameras are inexpensive Leica II copies just like the FED (camera), FED, but later models are considerably different from the Leica. When using most Zorki cameras, the shutter speed should only be set after the shutter has been cocked. Setting the shutter speed before the shutter is cocked can permanently damage the camera. This especially affects all Zorki cameras with slow shutter speeds under 1/30 of a second, in particular the Zorki-3 and Zorki-4. Models Zorki/Zorki 2 The first Zorki was the Zorki 1, Zorki (called "Zorki 1" by some for clarity, although it never had a number in the name), an exact copy of the 1932 Leica II rangefind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krasnogorsky Zavod
Krasnogorsky zavod () is a Russian factory in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Krasnogorsk near Moscow which specializes in Optics, optical technology. Part of Shvabe Holding (Rostec state corporation). During the Soviet Union, Soviet period it was called Krasnogorsk Mechanical Works (, ). The abbreviation KMZ () is still in common use. Products KMZ is known largely for its photographic and movie cameras of the Zorki, Zenit (camera), Zenit and Krasnogorsk (camera), Krasnogorsk series, several million of which were produced. It also has a large military optics and mechanical engineering division. Image:Zorki4.jpg, Zorki 4 rangefinder camera Image:Zenit12.jpg, Zenit (camera), Zenit 12 Single-lens reflex camera, SLR camera File:Kinokamera Krasnogorsk-2.jpg, Krasnogorsk-2 movie camera Image:Krasnogorsk-3_camera.jpg, Krasnogorsk-3 movie camera Image:Horizon202.jpg, Horizon (camera), Horizon 202 Panoramic photography, panoramic camera Image:%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subdivisions Of Russia
Russia is divided into several types and levels of subdivisions. Federal districts The federal districts are groupings of the federal subjects of Russia. Federal districts are not mentioned in the nation's constitution, do not have competences of their own, and do not manage regional affairs. They exist solely to monitor consistency between the federal and regional bodies of law, and ensure governmental control over the civil service, judiciary, and federal agencies operating in the regions. The federal district system was established on 13 May 2000. There are total eight federal districts. Federal subjects Since 30 September 2022, the Russian Federation has consisted of eighty-nine federal subjects that are constituent members of the Federation.Constitution, Article 65 However, six of these federal subjects—the Republic of Crimea, the Donetsk People's Republic, the Kherson Oblast, the Lugansk People's Republic, the federal city of Sevastopol, and the Zaporoz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamic State
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadism, Salafi jihadist organization and unrecognized quasi-state. IS occupied significant territory in Iraq and Syria in 2013, but lost most of it in 2019. In 2014, the group proclaimed itself to be a worldwide caliphate, and claimed religious, political, and military authority over all Muslims worldwide, a claim not accepted by the vast majority of Muslims. It is List of designated terrorist groups, designated as a terrorist organisation by the United Nations and many countries around the world, including Muslim world, Muslim countries. By the end of 2015, its self-declared caliphate ruled an area with a population of about 12 million, where they enforced their extremist interpretation of Islamic law, managed an annual budget exceeding billion, and commanded more than 30,000 fighters. After a grinding co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Asia
Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Persian suffix "-stan" (meaning ) in both respective native languages and most other languages. The region is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the southwest, European Russia to the northwest, China and Mongolia to the east, Afghanistan and Iran to the south, and Siberia to the north. Together, the five Central Asian countries have a total population of around million. In the pre-Islamic and early Islamic eras ( and earlier) Central Asia was inhabited predominantly by Iranian peoples, populated by Eastern Iranian-speaking Bactrians, Sogdians, Khwarezmian language, Chorasmians, and the semi-nomadic Scythians and Dahae. As the result of Turkic migration, Central Asia also became the homeland for the Kazakhs, Kyrgyzs, Volga Tatars, Tatars, Turkmens, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
