- Source: Vidnoye, Moscow Oblast
Vidnoye (Russian: Ви́дное, IPA: [ˈvʲidnəjə]) is a city and the administrative center of Leninsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) south of Moscow city limits. Population: 101,490 (2021 Census); 56,752 (2010 Census); 52,198 (2002 Census); 55,829 (1989 Soviet census).
History
Rastorguyevo summer cottage community was established in this area in 1902. The construction of the Moscow Coke and Gas Works factory started in 1937 but was interrupted by World War II, and it was only in 1949 that the settlement of Vidnoye was established for the factory workers. Vidnoye was merged with Rastorguyevo and granted town status in 1965.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Vidnoye serves as the administrative center of Leninsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with seven rural localities, incorporated within Leninsky District as the Town of Vidnoye. As a municipal division, the Town of Vidnoye is incorporated within Leninsky Municipal District as Vidnoye Urban Settlement.
Economy
Main industrial enterprises in Vidnoye include the Moscow Coke and Gas Works, the Metallist factory, and the Gipsobeton company. Public transportation is represented by commuter trains to Moscow (Rastorguyevo railway station of the Pavelets Line) and eight bus lines. Several trolleybus lines were put into operation during the first decade of the 2000s.
Culture
St. Catherine's monastery
Soviet Square and Leninskiy District Historical and Cultural Center
Media
Vidnovskiye Vesti, established in 1931, is the local newspaper. One local cable TV station (Vidnoye-TV) broadcasts in the city.
Sports
There are several sports arenas in the city: Vidnoye sports palace, Metallurg ice stadium, a motoball stadium, and a swimming pool. There are several sport clubs for teenagers.
= Basketball
=Women's Basketball Club Spartak Moscow Oblast is a women's basketball team based in Vidnoye that plays in FIBA's EuroLeague Women. It is a highly successful team in recent years, winning the 2005-2006 EuroCup Women and the 2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2008–2009 and 2009-2010 EuroLeague Women championship and the inaugural SuperCup Women.
= Motoball (Motorcycle Polo)
=Vidnoye is hometown of Metallurg motoball team. Three European championships took place in Vidnoye (in 1992, 1998, and 2006), in all of which team Russia was the winner.
Notable people
Association football goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev was born in Vidnoye.
Nike Borzov - popular Russian singer and musician - was born in Vidnoye
Twin towns and sister cities
Vidnoye is twinned with:
Glyfada, Attica, Greece
Kant, Chüy Region, Kyrgyzstan
Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Sri Lanka
Shaoshan, Hunan, China
Tuusula, Uusimaa, Finland
References
= Notes
== Sources
=Губернатор Московской области. Постановление №123-ПГ от 28 сентября 2010 г. «Об учётных данных административно-территориальных и территориальных единиц Московской области», в ред. Постановления №252-ПГ от 26 июня 2015 г. «О внесении изменения в учётные данные административно-территориальных и территориальных единиц Московской области». Опубликован: "Информационный вестник Правительства МО", №10, 30 октября 2010 г. (Governor of Moscow Oblast. Resolution #123-PG of September 28, 2010 On the Inventory Data of the Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units of Moscow Oblast, as amended by the Resolution #252-PG of June 26, 2015 On Amending the Inventory Data of the Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units of Moscow Oblast. ).
Московская областная Дума. Закон №79/2005-ОЗ от 28 февраля 2005 г. «О статусе и границе Ленинского муниципального района и вновь образованных в его составе муниципальных образований», в ред. Закона №120/2013-ОЗ от 10 октября 2013 г. «О внесении изменения в Закон Московской области "О статусе и границе Ленинского муниципального района и вновь образованных в его составе муниципальных образований"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ежедневные Новости. Подмосковье", №44, 12 марта 2005 г. (Moscow Oblast Duma. Law #79/2005-OZ of February 28, 2005 On the Status and the Border of Leninsky Municipal District and of the Newly Established Municipal Formations It Comprises, as amended by the Law #120/2013-OZ of October 10, 2013 On Amending the Law of Moscow Oblast "On the Status and the Border of Leninsky Municipal District and of the Newly Established Municipal Formations It Comprises". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
External links
Official website of Vidnoye (in Russian)
Unofficial website of Vidnoye (in Russian)
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