Ramenskoye, Moscow Oblast
Ramenskoje (Russian Раменское ) is a Russian city with about 96 317 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) in the Moscow Oblast. It is located around 45 km south-east of Moscow. Nearest city is known by its flight technology center Zhukovsky, seven kilometers away from Ramenskoje.
History
In a document of 1328 there is a first mention of the area called Ramenje what was the biggest means as much as " forest edge ". However, the actual origin of the present-day city must have first used in the 1760s, when the village Troizkoje was built in the area. This was later after the original designation Ramenje in Ramenskoje, ie " the village in Ramenje " renamed. Even in the 18th century originated in Troizkoje an extensive estate, which had at that time a part of the princely family Wolkonski.
In the early 19th century was Ramenskoje seat one of the first cotton mills in the Moscow area. This factory was founded by representatives of the gender of Galitzin and was already in the 1870s as one of the largest of its kind in Russia. Other industries developed in Ramenskoje from the mid 19th century after the laying of the railway line Moscow - Ryazan.
On March 15, 1926, the factory settlement Ramenskoje received city rights. Three years later it became the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons in the Moscow Oblast.
Economy and Transport
Today Ramenskoje is an industrial town with mainly mechanical ( including the resident here arms company Avionika ) and the food industry, while the once important textile industry has now come to a virtual standstill. Plays a major role in Ramenskoje also the housing.
About a highway Ramenskoje connection has to the highway M5. In addition, the city is right on the Moscow - Ryazan railway line and where it possesses regular connections with Moscow, which were extended in 2006 in addition to the driving in dense traffic clock Sputnik express trains.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Vladimir Lutschenko ( b. 1949 ), former ice hockey player
- Vladimir Muchanow (born 1954 ), football coach
- Igor Zaitsev ( b. 1938 ), chess master
Others
In Ramenskoje there was the football club Saturn Ramenskoje, who played their home games at the local Saturn Stadium. The football club Anzhi Makhachkala currently has its living and training venue in the city, and only travels to the games to Makhachkala.