Shakhovskaya, Moscow Oblast

Shakhovskaya (Russian Шаховская ) is an urban-type settlement and administrative center of the homonymous Rajons in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located approximately 150 km west of Moscow, near the border with the Tver oblasts and Smolensk, and has 10,728 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ). Nearest town is 30 km east of Volokolamsk Shakhovskaya.

History

The village was founded in 1901 with the construction of the railway line Moscow -Riga station as settlement. Shakhovskaya was named after the Princess Shakhovskaya who had the land is near the place at that time. 1929 Shakhovskaya administrative center of the newly formed Rajons. In 1930 the first machine-tractor station in the village was established.

In the 1950s and 1960s Shakhovskaya was significantly expanded. Here also a local history museum several new neighborhood emerged later.

Economy and Transport

The industry is represented in Shakhovskaya with a sawmill, a brickyard and a dairy. 2003 a factory for incandescent lamps was in the settlement with the participation of German investors built, production had to be stopped, however, in 2006 due to low profitability.

The place is connected to the highway M9 and the railway line Moscow -Riga with direct flights to Moscow to Riga train station.