Urban-type settlement in Moscow Oblast, Russia
Mendeleyevo (
Russian : Менделе́ево ) is an
urban locality (a
work settlement ) in
Solnechnogorsky District of
Moscow Oblast ,
Russia , which stands on the
Klyazma River , about 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) from its source, near the city of
Zelenograd , and opposite of the ancient Russian
village of
Lyalovo . Population: 7,927 (
2010 Russian census ) ;
[1] 8,030 (
2002 Census ) ;
[4] 9,172 (
1989 Soviet census ) .
[5]
It was founded in 1957 as a
closed town attached to the
All-Union (now All-Russian) Scientific Research Institute for Physical-Engineering and Radiotechnical Metrology (
VNIIFTRI ),
[6] and is named after the famous Russian chemist
Dmitry Mendeleyev who was an eminent metrologist as well. While not now officially in the list of Russian
naukograds , it is still close to this category, as the VNIIFTRI scientific institute remains one of the most important local employers.
[7]
Aeroflot Flight 411 crashed near the town in July 1982.
References
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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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"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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"History of Mendeleevo" (in Russian).
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"Naukograds of Modern Russia" (in Russian). Archived from
the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2011-05-10 .
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