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15-673: Chernoye is a civilian airfield located near to Fedurnovo, Balashikha , Moscow Oblast , Russia. It is home to the Moscow Aviation-Repair Plant DOSAAF which perform aviation maintenance on Mil Mi-2 , Mil Mi-8 and Antonov An-2 aircraft. This article about an airport in Russia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Balashikha In Finno-Ugric languages , Bala-shika means land of celebrations, land of laughter and fun. Finnic peoples lived in this area before Slavs . The city

30-836: A training facility used by the Federal Security Service . Balashikha is twinned with: Zheleznodorozhny, Moscow Oblast Zheleznodorozhny ( Russian : Железнодоро́жный ) is an inhabited zone and city in Moscow Oblast , Russia , located 21 kilometers (13 mi) east of Moscow . It was technically abolished and merged into the city of Balashikha in January 2015. Population: 131,257 ( 2010 Census ) ; 103,931 ( 2002 Census ) ; 97,426 ( 1989 Soviet census ) . Its name means "Railway", and its flag and coat of arms both had lines resembling railway tracks. Founded in 1861 to service

45-460: Is historically associated with the name of Andrei Bely , the Russian poet who lived there between 1925 and 1931. In January 2015 Zheleznodorozhny was abolished and its territory merged into the city of Balashikha . Within the framework of administrative divisions , it was incorporated as Zheleznodorozhny City Under Oblast Jurisdiction —an administrative unit with the status equal to that of

60-440: Is known for its unique river and waterway system. The Pekhorka River system covers an area of 40 kilometers (25 mi) from north to south and 20 kilometers (12 mi) 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. Balashikha was established in 1830. It was granted town status in 1939. Several rural hamlets had existed long before on

75-606: The KhAD agency were sent to Balashikha for training under the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan . The Balashikha Maternity House was designated on July 1, 2003, to be the Moscow Oblast 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 Moscow Oblast. Although not part of

90-655: The artistic community. Isaak Levitan , the famous landscape painter, lived there in 1879. Lev Tolstoy was another frequent visitor. Several institutions were founded in Balashikha after the October Revolution , including one dedicated to the production of fur. During the Soviet era, Balashikha became a major industrial center with industries in metallurgy, aviation industry, cryogenic technology, machinery, and other fields. Balashikha sent many of its sons to

105-546: 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 centers and is quickly modernizing. It is surrounded by attractive woodland and countryside. In January 2015, the city of Zheleznodorozhny was abolished with its territory merged into Balashikha. Within the framework of administrative divisions , it is, together with twelve rural localities , incorporated as Balashikha City Under Oblast Jurisdiction —an administrative unit with

120-572: The front to fight the Germans during World War II. Among those who fought and died was Ivan Flerov who commanded a Katyusha rocket division and is remembered by several monuments and museums in the area. Along with many other Russian Orthodox Churches, the Cathedral of Saint Alexander Nevsky was demolished by the government. The cathedral was blown up in the 1960s but was rebuilt, on its original site, in 2002. Additionally, Afghan operatives of

135-518: The prisoners were marched in chains along this road followed by their wives. In truth, the Decembrist prisoners were sent from St. Petersburg , then the capital of Russia, 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. Between 1830 and 1870, a cotton factory was in operation in the area, with its fabric called Balashikha. A railway station

150-545: The railway station of Obiralovka ( Обира́ловка ), the settlement became famous as the location where the main character of Leo Tolstoy 's 1878 novel Anna Karenina committed suicide. It was renamed Zheleznodorozhny (Russian adjective meaning "railway"; example of use: "zheleznodorozhnaya stantsiya" "railway station") in 1939 and granted town status in 1952. In the 1960s the settlements of Kuchino ( Ку́чино ), Savvino ( Са́ввино ), Temnikovo ( Те́мниково ), and Sergeyevka ( Серге́евка ) became part of Zheleznodorozhny. Kuchino

165-581: The site of the modern city. The city stands on the famous Vladimir Highway , which led out of Moscow to the east. This was the route along which convicted criminals were marched to forced labor camps in Siberia . The road was renamed Gorky Highway in the Soviet era. The failure of the Decembrist Revolt against Tsar Nicholas I led to the execution of its ringleaders and the exile of many nobles to Siberia. Soviet-era schoolchildren were told that

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180-522: The status equal to that of the districts . As a municipal division , Balashikha City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Balashikha Urban Okrug . In the past, Balashikha served as the administrative center of Balashikhinsky District . On January 1, 2011, the district was abolished. The 2017 national rink bandy cup took place in Balashikha. Balashikha is a home to FC Balashikha , Meteor Balashikha and Olimp-SKOPA Zheleznodorozhny football teams. Ice Palace Balashikha Arena

195-448: Was built at the end of the 19th century, again called Balashikha Station. As it grew, Balashikha absorbed other villages, including Gorenki, a suburban estate of Count Andreas Razumovsky , and Pekhra-Yakovlevskoye, an estate of Prince Galitzine , the latter being in use for 250 years from 1591 to 1828. This is the site of a stone church, built from 1777 to 1782. Saltykovka, a part of Balashikha, has long been known for its attractions to

210-561: Was closed to foreigners during the Soviet era, a ban which, in theory, remains to the present day. It was the headquarters of the 1st Corps of the Soviet Air Defense Forces and is now to become the headquarters of the Operational-Strategic Command for Missile-Space Defense. Balashikha is also a base for ODON ( Internal security division). Balashikha is home to Military Unit 35690, which is

225-687: Was opened in 2007. From 2007 to 2010 it was a home venue for HC MVD , that took part in Kontinental Hockey League and from 2019 to 2022 it hosted Avangard Omsk that won Gagarin Cup in 2020-21 season. The city is home to several music schools, including the Sviridov School of Arts. Attractions include the Balashikha Arena and Moscow Radio Center 13 . Balashikha is the site of a large Russian Army base and

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