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Elektrogorsk

Town in Moscow Oblast, Russia

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Elektrogorsk Электрогорск
Town[1]
Elektrogorsk Train Station in Elektrogorsk
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Elektrogorsk
Elektrogorsk Location of Elektrogorsk Show map of Russia Elektrogorsk Elektrogorsk (Moscow Oblast) Show map of Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 55°53′N 38°48′E / 55.883°N 38.800°E / 55.883; 38.800
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Moscow Oblast[1]
Founded	1912
Town status since	1946
Elevation	133 m (436 ft)
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Elektrogorsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
• Capitalof	Elektrogorsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Elektrogorsk Urban Okrug[2]
• Capitalof	Elektrogorsk Urban Okrug[2]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [3])
Postal code(s)[4]	142530
OKTMOID	46791000001

Elektrogorsk (Russian: Электрого́рск) is a towninMoscow Oblast, Russia, located 75 kilometers (47 mi) east from Moscow. Population: 20,353 (2002 Census);^[6] 18,391 (1989 Soviet census).^[7]

Elektrogorsk was founded in 1912 due to the construction of the first big peat-fired thermal power station in Russia, which would be called Elektroperedacha ("Электропередача", lit. "electric power transmission").^{[citation needed]} The settlement was named after the power station. In 1946, it was granted town status and renamed Elektrogorsk.^{[citation needed]} It has a highly variable climate ranging from −30 °C (−22 °F) in the winter up to 25 °C (77 °F) in the summer.

Within the administrative divisions framework, it is incorporated as Elektrogorsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1] As a municipal division, Elektrogorsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Elektrogorsk Urban Okrug.^[2]

• Aleksandr Boloshev (1947–2010), basketball player
• Alexey Chesmin (born 1986), paralympic footballer

• Московская областная Дума. Закон №11/2013-ОЗ от 31 января 2013 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Московской области», в ред. Закона №249/2019-ОЗ от 29 ноября 2019 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Московской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Московской области"». Вступил в силу на следующий день после официального опубликования (13 января 2013 г.). Опубликован: "Ежедневные Новости. Подмосковье", №24, 12 февраля 2013 г. (Moscow Oblast Duma. Law #11/2013-OZ of January 31, 2013 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Moscow Oblast, as amended by the Law #249/2019-OZ of November 29, 2019 On amending the Law of Moscow Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Moscow Oblast". Effective as of the day following the day of the official publication (January 13, 2013).).

• Московская областная Дума. Закон №131/2004-ОЗ от 29 октября 2004 г. «О статусе и границе городского округа Электрогорск», в ред. Закона №155/2010-ОЗ от 10 декабря 2010 г «О внесении изменений в Закон Московской области "О статусе и границе городского округа Электрогорск"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ежедневные Новости. Подмосковье", №213, 10 ноября 2004 г. (Moscow Oblast Duma. Law #131/2004-OZ of October 29, 2004 On the Status and the Border of Elektrogorsk Urban Okrug, as amended by the Law #155/2010-OZ of December 10, 2010 On Amending the Law of Moscow Oblast "On the Status and the Border of Elektrogorsk Urban Okrug". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).

• Media related to Elektrogorsk at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website of Elektrogorsk (in Russian)
• Elektrogorsk Business Directory (in Russian)