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Zheleznodorozhny, Moscow Oblast

Zheleznodorozhny Железнодорожный
City[1] (abolished)
Zheleznodorozhnaya railway station
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Zheleznodorozhny
Zheleznodorozhny Location of Zheleznodorozhny Show map of Russia Zheleznodorozhny Zheleznodorozhny (Moscow Oblast) Show map of Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 55°45′N 38°01′E / 55.750°N 38.017°E / 55.750; 38.017
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Moscow Oblast[1]
Founded	1861
City status since	1952[2]
Abolished	January 9, 2015[3]
Government
• Body	City Council[2]
• Mayor[4]	Yevgeny Zhirkov[4]
Elevation	145 m (476 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[5]
• Total	131,257
• Rank	126th in 2010
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Zheleznodorozhny City Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
• Capitalof	Zheleznodorozhny City Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Zheleznodorozhny Urban Okrug[3]
• Capitalof	Zheleznodorozhny Urban Okrug[6]
Postal code(s)[7]	143980

Zheleznodorozhny (Russian: Железнодоро́жный) is an inhabited zone and cityinMoscow Oblast, Russia, located 21 kilometers (13 mi) east of Moscow. It was technically abolished and merged into the city of Balashikha in January 2015.^[3] Population: 131,257 (2010 Russian census);^[5] 103,931 (2002 Census);^[8] 97,426 (1989 Soviet census).^[9] Its name means "Railway", and its flag and coat of arms both had lines resembling railway tracks.

Founded in 1861 to service the railway station of Obiralovka (Обира́ловка),^[2] 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 for "by the railway") in 1939 and granted town status in 1952.^[10] In the 1960s the settlements of Kuchino (Ку́чино), Savvino (Са́ввино), Temnikovo (Те́мниково), and Sergeyevka (Серге́евка) became part of Zheleznodorozhny. Kuchino 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.^[3]

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 the districts.^[1] As a municipal division, Zheleznodorozhny City Under Oblast Jurisdiction was incorporated as Zheleznodorozhny Urban Okrug.^[6][3]

The railway connecting Moscow and Vladimir runs through Zheleznodorozhny, which is served by Kuchino and Zheleznodorozhnaya railway stations of the Gorkovsky suburban railway line.

• Alexandra Snezhko-Blotskaya, animated films director, lived here until her death in 1980.
• Vasily Arkhipov, a Soviet Navy officer, lived in the city until his death in 1998.

• Московская областная Дума. Закон №179/2004-ОЗ от 21 декабря 2004 г. «О статусе и границе городского округа Железнодорожный», в ред. Закона №8/2011-ОЗ от 28 января 2011 г «О внесении изменений в Закон Московской области『О статусе и границах Ногинского муниципального района и вновь образованных в его составе муниципальных образований』и Закон Московской области "О статусе и границе городского округа Железнодорожный"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ежедневные Новости. Подмосковье", №248, 30 декабря 2004 г. (Moscow Oblast Duma. Law #179/2004-OZ of December 21, 2004 On the Status and the Border of Zheleznodorozhny Urban Okrug, as amended by the Law #8/2011-OZ of January 28, 2011 On Amending the Law of Moscow Oblast "On the Status and Borders of Noginsky Municipal District and the Newly Established Municipal Formations It Comprises" and the Law of Moscow Oblast "On the Status and the Border of Zheleznodorozhny Urban Okrug". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
• Московская областная Дума. Закон №209/2014-ОЗ от 30 декабря 2014 г. «Об объединении городов областного подчинения Московской области Балашиха и Железнодорожный и внесении изменения в Закон Московской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Московской области"». Вступил в силу через десять дней после официального опубликования. Опубликован: Официальный Интернет-портал Правительства Московской области (http://www.mosreg.ru), 12 января 2015 г. (Moscow Oblast Duma. Law #209/2014-OZ of December 30, 2014 On the Merger of the Balashikha and Zheleznodorozhny Cities Under Oblast Jurisdiction and on Amending the Law of Moscow Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Moscow Oblast". Effective as of the day which is ten days after the official publication.).

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• Zheleznodorozhny Business Directory (in Russian)