Mendeleyevo () is an
urban locality (a
work settlement) in
Solnechnogorsky District
Solnechnogorsky District () is an administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #27/2005-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its admini ...
of
Moscow Oblast
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,
Russia
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. It stands on the
Klyazma River
The Klyazma (, ''Klyaz'ma'' or ''Kliazma''), a river in the Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Ivanovo and Vladimir Oblasts in Russia, forms a left tributary of the Oka. , about from its source, near the city of
Zelenograd
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, and opposite the ancient Russian
village
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of
Lyalovo. Population:
It was founded in 1957 as a
closed town
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Historically, the construction of closed cities became increasingly common after the beginning of the Cold War, particularly in the Soviet Union. Since t ...
associated with the
All-Union
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(now All-Russian) Scientific Research Institute for Physical-Engineering and Radiotechnical Metrology (
VNIIFTRI
All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Physical-Engineering and Radiotechnical Metrology (VNIIFTRI; ) was founded in 1955. It is located in the settlement of Mendeleyevo of Solnechnogorsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia (), and also it in ...
).
It is named after the famous Russian chemist
Dmitry Mendeleyev who was also an eminent metrologist. Although it is no longer officially listed as a Russian ''
naukograd'', it remains close to this classification, as the VNIIFTRI scientific institute continues to be one of the most important local employers.
crashed near the town in July 1982.
References
External links
Official website of MendeleyevoOfficial website of VNIIFTRI
Urban-type settlements in Moscow Oblast
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