Coat of arms of Balashikha Balashikha (Russian: Балашиха) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Pekhorka River 25 km east of Moscow, at 55°49′N, 37°58′E. It is known for its unique river and waterway system. The Pekhorka river system covers an area of 40 km from north to south and 20 km from east to west, and many small lakes and ponds were created by damming to provide water power for the cotton mills in the 19th century. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Moscow Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) officially established on January 14, 1929. ...
Pehorka River as seen from the railway bridge between Tomilino and Kraskovo Not to be confused with Pakhra River, right arm of Moskva River. ...
Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area - City 1,081 km² Population - City (2007) - Density 10,469,000 9684. ...
Its population stood at 147,909 in 2002 according to the Census), growing from 92,400 in 1970). Russian Census of 2002 (Russian: ) was the first census of Russian Federation carried out on October 9, 2002. ...
Near Balashikha stands one of the tallest structures in Russia, the 460 metre high Balashikha Transmission Mast. Balashikha Transmission Mast is a 460 metre high guyed radio mast at Balashikha near Moscow. ...
Why Balashikha? Balashikha is an unusual name in Russian and several legends exist as to why it was chosen as the name of this conurbation. The word 'balash' (балаш) is a Tatar word and can be translated as 'Inn', a place of temporary respite for travellers. Another account tells of a wealthy Tatar, named Balash, a descendant of Genghis Khan of the Golden Horde who had his residence on this site. Historically, the term Tatar (or Tartar) has been ambiguously used by Europeans to refer to many different peoples of Inner Asia and Northern Asia. ...
Historically, the term Tatar (or Tartar) has been ambiguously used by Europeans to refer to many different peoples of Inner Asia and Northern Asia. ...
For other uses, see Genghis Khan (disambiguation). ...
The four successor Khanates of the Mongol Empire: Empire of the Great Khan (Yuan Dynasty), Golden Horde, Il-Khanate and Chagatai Khanate The Golden Horde (Mongolian: Altan Orda; Tatar: Altın Urda; Russian: Ð—Ð¾Ð»Ð¾Ñ‚Ð°Ñ ÐžÑ€Ð´Ð°) was a Mongol[1][2][3][4] - later Turkicized[3] - state established in parts of present-day...
History Balashikha is a comparatively young city, established in the 1820s. Only in 1928 was it given the status of a town, although several rural hamlets had existed long before on the site of the modern city.
The city stands on the famous Vladimirka road, which led out of Moscow to the east. This was the route along which convicted criminals were marched to forced labour camps in Siberia. The road was renamed Gorky Highway in the Soviet era. The failure of the officer rebellion of December 1825 (The Decembrist Revolt) against Czar Nicolai I led to the execution of its ringleaders and the exile of many nobles to Siberia. Soviet era schoolchildren were told that the prisoners were marched in chains along this road followed by their wives. In truth the Decembrist prisoners were sent from St. Petersburg, the Czarist capital, through Yaroslavl and not through Moscow and Balashikha and the story was invented as part of celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the event in 1925. Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area - City 1,081 km² Population - City (2007) - Density 10,469,000 9684. ...
Siberian Federal District (darker red) and the broadest definition of Siberia (red) arctic northeast Siberia Udachnaya pipe Siberia (Russian: , Sibir; Tatar: ) is a vast region of Russia constituting almost all of Northern Asia and comprising a large part of the Euro-Asian Steppe. ...
The name Gorki or Gorky (Горький) can refer to any of the following things: Leninskie Gorki (Горки) - a village near Moscow where Lenin died in 1924 Nizhny Novgorod (from 1932-1990 called Gorki) Maxim Gorky Arshile Gorky Gorky Park (Novel...
Soviet redirects here. ...
Tsar, (Bulgarian цар�, Russian царь; often spelled Czar or Tzar in English), was the title used for the autocratic rulers of the First and Second Bulgarian Empires since 913, in Serbia in the middle of the 14th century, and in Russia from 1547 to 1917. ...
Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and...
Between 1830 and 1870, a cotton factory was in operation in the area, with its fabric called Balashikha. A railway station was built at the end of the 19th century, again called Balashikha Station.
As it grew, Balashikha absorbed other villages, including Gorenki - the residence and estate of Prince Dolgorukoy, and Pekhra-Yakovlevskoe, the estate of Prince Golizyn, the latter being established for over 250 years from 1591 to 1828. This was the site of a stone church, built from 1777 to 1782.
Saltykovka, part of Balashikha, has long been known for its attractions to the artistic community. Isaak Levitan, the famous landscape painter, lived there in 1879. Lev Tolstoy was another frequent visitor. Issac Levitan. ...
Leo Nikolayevitch Tolstoy (Russian: Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й) (September 9 (August 28, O.S.), 1828 - November 20 (November 7, O.S.), 1910) was a Russian novelist, reformer, and moral thinker, notable for...
The Soviet Era Several institutions were founded in Balashikha after the Bolshevik revolution, including one dedicated to the production of fur. Bolshevik Party Meeting. ...
Balashikha sent many of its sons to the front to fight the Germans during World War II. Among those who fought and died was Ivan Fleorov who commanded a Katyusha rocket division and is remembered by several monuments and museums in the area. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Katyusha multiple rocket launchers are a type of rocket artillery built and fielded by the Soviet Union beginning in the Second World War. ...
Along with many other Russian Orthodox Churches, the Cathedral of Saint Alexander Nevsky was destroyed by the communists. The Cathedral was blown up in the 1960s but was rebuilt, on its original site, in 2002 after the collapse of communism. The Russian Orthodox Church (Русская Православная церковь) is that body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with...
Statue in Pereslavl, just in front of the cathedral Alexander was baptised in. ...
This article is about communism as a form of society, as an ideology advocating that form of society, and as a popular movement. ...
Balashikha is the site of a large Russian Army base and was closed to foreigners during the Soviet era, a ban which, in theory, remains to the present day. It is also home to several music schools, including the Sviridov School of Arts. In russian, word army means armed forces in general. ...
Balashikha Today The Balashikha Maternity House was designated on July 1, 2003, to be the Moscow Region Perinatal Center. This facility will now function as a regional perinatal care facility for high-risk mothers and infants and a perinatal health education center for the Moscow Oblast. July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 183 days remaining. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area - City 1,081 km² Population - City (2007) - Density 10,469,000 9684. ...
Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area - City 1,081 km² Population - City (2007) - Density 10,469,000 9684. ...
Although not part of the extensive Moscow subway system, Balashikha is home to many office workers who commute to Moscow each day. It has several thriving markets and retail centres and is quickly modernising in the wake of the fall of communism. It is surrounded by attractive woodland and countryside.
Source: "Balashikha in stories" (Балашиха в очерках и зарисовках) - А. Галанин и др.
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Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area - City 1,081 km² Population - City (2007) - Density 10,469,000 9684. ...
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The Archangel Cathedral (1696–1704). ...
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Krasnozavodsk (Russian: ; lit. ...
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Location Position of Mytishchi in Europe Government Country Region District Russia Moscow Oblast Mytishchinskiy Head of Town Settlement Alexandr Kazakov Geographical characteristics Area - City km² Population - City (2005) 161,100 Coordinates Time zone - Summer (DST) MSK (UTC+3) MSD (UTC+4) Other Information Dialing Code +7 495 License plate 50...
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Church of St. ...
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