Vlasikha, Moscow Oblast
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Vlasikha () is a closed urban locality (a work settlement) in
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,
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. It serves as the headquarters of the
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Звёздный городок и военный городок Власиха преобразованы в ЗАТО
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History

It was first mentioned in the 17th century as the village of Kostino. In 1646, this was the votchina of the widow A. Pushkina. One
kholop A ''kholop'' ( Ukrainian and Russian холо́п; , ) was a type of feudal serf (dependent population) in Kievan Rus' in the 9th and early 12th centuries. Their legal status in Russia was essentially the same as slaves. They were sold as ...
lived in the estate, and in 9 peasant households there were 30 male souls. The Tsar's father-in-law,
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Kirill Naryshkin, bought this estate from the Pushkins. By 1678 the village began to be called the Seltso of Kostino. In it and in the neighboring village of Lapino at that time there were 15 peasant households and 55 men. At the end of the 18th century, the village of Vlasikha was mentioned in the possession of the Moldavian native Prince
Alexander Mavrocordatos Firaris Alexander (II) Mavrocordatos (, ; 1 July 1754 – 8 February 1819), surnamed Firaris (, from ) was a Phanariote who served as Prince of Moldavia from 1785 to 1786. Life Alexander was the son of John II Mavrocordatos, and served as Grand Dr ...
. There were 19 male and 25 female souls in 6 households. The manor's two-story wooden house on a stone foundation, with a garden with fruit trees, and a “rusted” mill about one stand are noted. According to information from 1852, the village was owned by the collegiate assessor Abram Petrovich Khvoshchinsky and there were 23 men and 26 women in his 8 households. In 1890, 63 residents lived here. In 1928, the leadership of the Red Army decided to organize the Vaccine and Serum Laboratory of the Military Sanitary Directorate of the Red Army, which was engaged in the creation of vaccines and serums for the needs of the army. The laboratory was established by 1930 on the territory of the summer house of the former tea merchant Wahau. On April 16, 1933, the laboratory was reorganized into the Military Scientific Medical Institute of the Red Army, which in 1934 was renamed the Biotechnical Institute of the Red Army. The institute operated in Vlasikha until 1937. In October 1941, the headquarters of the Western Front was deployed in Vlasikha, from which its commander, Georgy Zhukov, led the defense of Moscow. In 1958, a command complex with a 4-tier bunker and a residence began to be built in Vlasikha. On January 15, 1960, the Minister of Defense of the USSR, Marshal
Rodion Malinovsky Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky (; ; – 31 March 1967) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He served as Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union from 1957 to 1967, during which he oversaw the strengthening of the Sov ...
signed an order “On the deployment of control bodies of the Commander-in-Chief of the Missile Forces” which ordered: “The main headquarters and directorates of the Commander-in-Chief of the Missile Forces should be located in Perkhushkovo (32 km west of Moscow) on the funds of the
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22/1". In 1986, in Vlasikha they began to build a new 12-tier bunker two kilometers from the old one. In modern
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, the headquarters of the
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is located in Vlasikha. By
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of January 19, 2009 A closed administrative-territorial formation was established on the territory of the closed military townlet #22/1 on January 19, 2009.Decree #70 The ZATO also included the Shkolny
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in the village of Yudino. On June 7, 2009, the first elections of deputies of the Council and the Head of the urban district were held in the Vlasikha urban district. The head of the city district, O. V. Agafonova, and 15 deputies of the Council of Deputies were elected On August 5, 2009,
Boris Gromov Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov (; born 7 November 1943) is a Russian politician and former military officer. He was the Governor of Moscow Oblast between January 2000 and May 2012. Deployed thrice to fight in the Soviet–Afghan War, Gromov was t ...
, the Governor of Moscow Oblast, issued a Resolution which transformed the military townlet into an
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.Resolution #110-PG On October 29, the urban-type settlement was named "Vlasikha".Resolution #8/94-P


Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the closed administrative-territorial formation of Vlasikha—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...
.Law #11/2013-OZ As a municipal division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Vlasikha is incorporated as Vlasikha Urban Okrug.Law #21/2009-OZ


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* * * * * {{Use mdy dates, date=July 2012 Urban-type settlements in Moscow Oblast Closed cities Populated places established in 2009 Strategic Rocket Forces