Lyubertsy

Lyubertsy (English)
Люберцы (Russian)
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Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia
Lyubertsy
Location of Lyubertsy in Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 55°40′N 37°56′E / 55.667°N 37.933°E / 55.667; 37.933Coordinates: 55°40′N 37°56′E / 55.667°N 37.933°E / 55.667; 37.933
Coat of arms
Flag
Administrative status (as of September 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Moscow Oblast[1]
Administrative district Lyuberetsky District[1]
City Lyubertsy[1]
Administrative center of Lyuberetsky District,[1] City of Lyubertsy[1]
Municipal status (as of May 2012)
Municipal district Lyuberetsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Lyubertsy Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Lyuberetsky Municipal District,[2] Lyubertsy Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 172,525 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2010 106th
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
First mentioned 1621
City status since 1925
Postal code(s)[5] 140000, 140002–140014, 140020, 140025, 140026, 140028, 140079, 994002
Dialing code(s) +7 495
Official website
Lyubertsy on Wikimedia Commons

Lyubertsy (Russian: Люберцы; IPA: [ˈlʲʉbʲɪrtsɨ]) is a city and the administrative center of Lyuberetsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: 172,525 (2010 Census);[3] 156,691 (2002 Census);[6] 165,478 (1989 Census).[7]

History

It was first mentioned in 1621 and was granted town status in 1925. It is sometimes described as a working class suburb of Moscow.[8]

Lyubertsy was home to the Lyubers Soviet sports youth movement in the 1980s. During the perestroika years of the 1990s, the Lyubers, and by association Lyubertsy, formed a part of the emerging organized crime syndicates.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Lyubertsy serves as the administrative center of Lyuberetsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Lyuberetsky District as the Town of Lyubertsy.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Lyubertsy is incorporated within Lyuberetsky Municipal District as Lyubertsy Urban Settlement.[2]

Economy

Lyubertsy is a major industrial center. There are over twenty-five industrial enterprises and a large railway junction. Prevailing branches of industry are mechanical engineering, metalworking, production of construction materials, woodworking, and food processing.

The largest enterprises include:

Notable people

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Resolution #123-PG
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #81/2005-OZ
  3. 1 2 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ The New York Times. "Fear of Return to '90s Hardship Fuels Support for Putin". A political analysis by Michael Schwirtz. March 3, 2012.

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