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City in Moscow Oblast, Russia

City in Moscow Oblast, Russia

Podolsk Подольск
City[1]
Center of PodolskCenter of Podolsk
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Coordinates: 55°25′52″N 37°32′44″E / 55.43111°N 37.54556°E / 55.43111; 37.54556
Country Russia
Federal subject Moscow Oblast[1]
Founded 1627Edit this on Wikidata
City status since 1781
Government
• Head Dmitry Zharikov
Area[2]
• Total 40.39 km2 (15.59 sq mi)
Elevation 160 m (520 ft)
Population (2010 Census)[3]
• Total 187,961
• Rank 97th in 2010
• Density 4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Administrative status
• Capital of Podolsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug Podolsk Urban Okrug[2]
Time zone UTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5] 142100—142134
Dialing code(s) +7 4967
OKTMO ID 46760000001
Website подольск-администрация.рф

Podolsk (Russian: Подольск, IPA: [pɐˈdolʲsk]) is an industrial city, center of Podolsk Urban Okrug, Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Pakhra River (a tributary of the Moskva River). Population: 314,934 (2021 Census)[6]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±%
1897 3,800 —
1926 19,700 +418.4%
1939 72,409 +267.6%
1959 129,429 +78.7%
1970 168,706 +30.3%
1979 201,769 +19.6%
1989 209,178 +3.7%
2002 180,963 −13.5%
2010 187,961 +3.9%
2021 314,934 +67.6%
Source: Census data

The first mentions of the village of Podol, which belonged to the votchina of the Danilov Monastery, are contained in the church letopis of 1627-1628. On October 5, 1781, by the personal decree of Catherine II, the Podolsky Uyezd was formed, and the village of Podol was renamed the city of Podolsk.

Podolsk land is directly connected with the events of the Patriotic War of 1812. After the Battle of Borodino, the troops under the leadership of Mikhail Kutuzov, passing through Podolsk, took up defensive positions near the village of Krasnaya Pakhra, Podolsk district, then approached Tarutino, setting up a camp here. The famous Tarutino maneuver determined the entire further victorious course of the war with the Napoleonic army.

After the Patriotic War of 1812, Podolsk and Podolsk uyezd restored and expanded their economic functions, primarily trade. This, in particular, was facilitated by the construction in 1844-1847 of the Warsaw (Brest-Litovsk) highway, as well as the construction of a bridge across the Pakhra river. In the 1840s, 13 manufactories worked in the uyezd. Among the cities near Moscow, Podolsk in the second half of the 19th century stood out with the highest population growth rate. In 1900, the American company "Singer" founded in Podolsk a mechanical plant for the assembly of sewing machines and the production of parts for them and had become one of the city-forming enterprises of Podolsk, causing city's economic growth at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1917 the stone buildings of a realschule, a cinema, a power plant, and a water supply were built, and the number of citizens reached 19 thousand.[7]

In the 1930s, American communist writer Myra Page described Podolsk in her pamphlet Soviet Main Street.[8]

In 1971, Podolsk was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. In the Soviet times, Podolsk was one of the industrial giants in Moscow Oblast. At that time, more than seventy factories were operating in the city. Most of the citizens were working at these plants. [_citation needed_]

In January 2024, almost half of the population was left without heat after a heating main burst at a nearby ammunition plant.[9]

Podolsk is the site of the Central Archives of the Russian Ministry of Defence.[10]

Administrative and municipal status

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As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Podolsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction - an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, Podolsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Podolsk Urban Okrug.[2]

Twin towns – sister cities

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Podolsk is twinned with:[11]

  1. ^ a b c d Law #11/2013-OZ
  2. ^ a b c Law #145/2004-OZ
  3. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  6. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  7. ^ "Городской округ Подольск: история и современность". Podolsk Urban Okrug administration website (in Russian). Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  8. ^ Page, Myra; Baker, Christina Looper (1996). In a Generous Spirit: A First-Person Biography of Myra Page. University of Illinois Press. pp. 125–127. ISBN 9780252065439. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  9. ^ "'Total Disgrace': Anger, Frustration as Mass Heating Failures Across Russia Leave Thousands in the Cold". Moscow Times. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  10. ^ "Контакты ЦА МО". Russian Ministry of Defence website (in Russian). Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  11. ^ "Города-побратимы". Podolsk official website (in Russian). Podolsk. Retrieved October 2, 2021.