Urban-type settlement in Moscow Oblast, Russia
Kratovo (
Russian : Кра́тово ) is an
urban locality (a
suburban (dacha) settlement ) in
Ramensky District of
Moscow Oblast ,
Russia , located 40 kilometers (25 mi) southeast of
Moscow . Population: 8,277 (
2010 Russian census ) ;
[1] 6,855 (
2002 Census ) ;
[5] 6,295 (
1989 Soviet census ) .
[6]
Zoe Williams of
The Guardian wrote that Kratovo "resembles a Russian
Guildford with high hedges, gigantic trees, the careful, botanical planning of expensive privacy."
[7] and that the locality "has a reputation for being full of former
KGB safe houses, though I couldn’t find one Moscovite who would vouch for that."
[7]
History
On 10 June 2017, a 50-year-old man opened fire on passers-by in the settlement, killing four people.[
citation needed ]
Notable people
Yuriy Borzakovskiy , who took home the gold in the men's 800-meter run at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens , was born in Kratovo.
Sergei Eisenstein and
Sergei Prokofiev had dachas here, and
Soviet dissident
Valeriya Novodvorskaya also spent time in a rented dacha here.
[8]
[9]
George Blake , famous Cold War spy [b.1922] lives in a
dacha in Kratovo.
[7]
References
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a
b 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 .
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"26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года" . Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 23 January 2019 .
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"Об исчислении времени" . Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019 .
^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post ).
Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search ) (in Russian)
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Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004).
Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS) . Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
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Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly .
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a
b
c Williams, Zoe (2017-12-08).
" 'A good traitor': the extraordinary life of George Blake, the spy who went into the cold" . The Guardian .
ISSN
0261-3077 . Retrieved 2020-01-08 .
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"Валерия Новодворская – между весталкой и гейшей" . Archived from
the original on 14 July 2014.
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"Новодворская Валерия Ильинична" . Archived from
the original on 14 July 2014.
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