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Solnechnogorsk (Russian: Солнечного́рск) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, an administrative center of Solnechnogorsky District. It is situated on the Moscow-Saint Petersburg highway, on the coast of the Senezh lake 65 km from Moscow. Population—57,600 (2002).


It received a town status and was renamed Solnechnogorsk in 1938.


Metal constructions factory, glass-works, sports fishing business, holiday homes, sports centers, children summer camps, ski lodges.


There is a museum of local lore in the town. Not far from Solnechnogorsk an estate of Shakhmatovo is situated. This estate belongs to Russian poet Alexander Blok; now a museum for this poet is opened there.


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Solnechnogorsk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (165 words)
Solnechnogorsk (Russian: Солнечного́рск) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, the administrative center of Solnechnogorsky District.
It is situated on the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Highway and the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway, on the coast of Lake Senezh, 65 km north-west from Moscow.
It received town status and was renamed Solnechnogorsk in 1938.
Solnechnogorsk at AllExperts (173 words)
Solnechnogorsk (Russian: Солнечного́рск) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, an administrative center of Solnechnogorsky District.
It is situated on the Moscow-Saint Petersburg highway, on the coast of the Senezh lake 65 km from Moscow.
Not far from Solnechnogorsk an estate of Shakhmatovo is situated.
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