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27-723: Mytishchi (Russian: Мыти́щи , IPA: [mɨˈtʲiɕːɪ] ) is a city and the administrative center of Mytishchinsky District in Moscow Oblast , Russia , which lies 19 km northeast of Russia's capital Moscow on the Yauza River and the Moscow– Yaroslavl railway. The city was an important waypoint for traders on the Yauza River, the Yaroslavl Highway passes through the city. Mytishchi

54-532: 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

81-462: A dozen of such settlements from the 11th–13th centuries have been discovered. The modern settlement has been known as the village Mystiche since 1460, and Bolshiye Mytishchi ( Большие Мытищи ) since the 19th century. The name comes from the so-called mytnaya (or "myta") duty that was levied on merchants hauling ships (by wheels, rollers or skids) between the Yauza and Klyazma Rivers , collected at

108-754: A number of cultural heritage sites In 2005, the Church of the Nativity of Christ was built in the city center. On the central square, there are 4 lanterns of the late 1950s, presumably the project of M. A. Minkus. Identical lights were installed at the lobby of the Kropotkinskaya metro station (Prechistenka St.) and at the Nikulin Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. Mytishchi is twinned with: Former twin towns: In March 2022, Panevėžys and Płock suspended their partnerships with Mytishchi as

135-454: A record low of −43 °C (−45 °F)), and short, warm-hot summers (with a record high of 38 °C (100 °F) and temperatures reaching 30 °C (86 °F) every summer). For example, the January daily mean is −10 °C (14 °F), with the average maximum of −7 °C (19 °F) and average minimum of −13 °C (9 °F). July's daily mean temperature, on the other hand,

162-839: A response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine . There are three local TV channels: "Our Mytishchi" - the channel that belongs to the town, "The first Mytishchinsky", and "TV Mytishchi" (on the TV channel of Moscow region 360°) - district television. There is Ognivo puppet theatre, FEST drama and comedy theatre, and youth theater Domoy (Homewards). People born in Mytishchi: Types of inhabited localities in Russia The classification system of inhabited localities in Russia and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared with those in other countries. During

189-422: Is 19 °C (66 °F), with its average maximum being 24 °C (75 °F) and its average minimum being 14 °C (57 °F). The first settlement of ancient hunters and fishermen in this location dates back to the 6th–8th millennia BCE, i.e., in the late Stone Age . In the 8th–9th centuries, first Slavic tribes ( Vyatichi and Krivichs ) began settling here. In and around Mytishchinsky District about

216-685: Is famous for its aqueduct, built in 1804, the first water supply pipeline to supply the growing population of Moscow. The city has a population of approximately 262,702 people as of 2022. The city is located 19 km northeast of Russia's capital Moscow on the Yauza River and the Moscow–Yaroslavl railway. Mytishchi has a humid continental climate, which is the same as Moscow but usually a few degrees colder due to significantly lesser impact of urban heat island . The city features long, cold winters (with temperatures as low as −25 °C (−13 °F) to −30 °C (−22 °F) occurring every winter and

243-401: 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 the status equal to that of the districts . As

270-674: Is the fourth largest city in Moscow Oblast after Balashikha (275,313 (population est, 2024)  [REDACTED] ), Podolsk (312,911 (population est, 2024)  [REDACTED] ), Khimki (256,684 (population est, 2024)  [REDACTED] ) in terms of population. Within the framework of administrative divisions , Mytishchi serves as the administrative center of Mytishchinsky District . As an administrative division, it is, together with twenty-four rural localities , incorporated within Mytishchinsky District as

297-603: The Town of Mytishchi . As a municipal division , the Town of Mytishchi is incorporated within Mytishchinsky Municipal District as Mytishchi Urban Settlement . The city is the oblast's largest center for industry (machine building, arms industry in particular) and education. The Mytishchi Machine-Building Plant and Metrovagonmash (a manufacturer of train cars) are two large employers. The city has

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324-705: The Soviet time, each of the republics of the Soviet Union , including the Russian SFSR , had its own legislative documents dealing with classification of inhabited localities. After the Dissolution of the Soviet Union , the task of developing and maintaining such classification in Russia was delegated to the federal subjects . While currently there are certain peculiarities to classifications used in many federal subjects, they are all still largely based on

351-476: 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 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

378-500: 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 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

405-622: 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 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

432-618: 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 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

459-509: 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 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

486-479: The middle of the 19th Century. Mytischi station, on the Moscow-Yaroslavl railway, opened in 1861, SI Mamontov's car building plant opened in 1896, and Viskova, Russia's first artificial silk company, began work in 1908. Mytischi and its district became a popular summer retreat for Russian holidaymakers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, . Mytischi gained city status on August 17, 1925. In 1932,

513-637: The place now known as Yauza mytishche . The word "Mytische" is a portmanteau of myt ( мыт а) and a place where there was a residential building with a kiln and a hearth. In 1804, the Mytishchi-Moscow aqueduct was built by order of Catherine the Great . It was the first water supply constructed in Russia to provide the Kremlin with pure water. The first enterprises were organized in Mytischi in

540-1031: The population of Mytishchi was 275,313 (2024) , 389 (1852) , 435 (1859) , 1,000 (1897) , 1,026 (1899) , 7,000 (1917) , 17,000 (1926) , 23,100 (1931) , 60,118 (1939) , 98,606 (1959) , 107,000 (1962) , 111,000 (1964) , 112,000 (1967) , 118,653 (1970) , 125,000 (1973) , 134,000 (1975) , 134,000 (1976) , 140,656 (1979) , 148,000 (1982) , 151,000 (1985) , 150,000 (1986) , 152,000 (1987) , 154,068 (1989) , 154,000 (1990) , 154,000 (1991) , 154,000 (1992) , 153,000 (1993) , 152,000 (1994) , 153,000 (1995) , 153,000 (1996) , 153,000 (1997) , 155,000 (1998) , 155,700 (1999) , 155,700 (2000) , 157,000 (2001) , 159,900 (2002) , 159,900 (2003) , 161,400 (2004) , 161,500 (2005) , 161,800 (2006) , 162,700 (2007) , 163,400 (2008) , 164,299 (2009) , 173,160 (2010) , 173,300 (2011) , 174,971 (2012) , 178,672 (2013) , 183,224 (2014) , 187,119 (2015) , 201,130 (2016) , 205,397 (2017) , 211,606 (2018) , 222,739 (2019) , 235,504 (2020) , 255,429 (2021) , 266,436 (2023) . Mytishchi

567-484: 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 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

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594-470: 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 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 ,

621-486: The system used in the RSFSR. In all federal subjects, the inhabited localities are classified into two major categories: urban and rural. Further divisions of these categories vary slightly from one federal subject to another, but they all follow common trends described below. In 1957, the procedures for categorizing urban-type settlements were further refined. Multiple types of rural localities exist, some common through

648-742: The territory of the city was significantly expanded, according to the decree of the Presidium of the Moscow Regional Executive Committee No. 8 (minutes No. 56) of October 4, 1932 and the decree of the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of November 20, 1932 that approved it. The settlement merged with the villages of Bolshie Mytishchi, Rupasovo, Sharapovo, Zarechnaya Sloboda, Leonidovka, Perlovka, Taininsky settlements, Druzhba and Taininka. According to Wikidata,

675-564: The whole territory of Russia, some specific to certain federal subjects. The most common types include: 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 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

702-561: 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

729-687: 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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