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Coat of arms of Podolsk
Coat of arms of Podolsk

Podolsk (Russian: Подо́льск) is an industrial city and the administrative center of Podolsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages The classification system of the types of inhabited localities in Russia, the former Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared Moscow Oblast (Моско́вская о́бласть Moskovskaya oblast) or Podmoskovye (ru Подмоско́вье Podmoskovye) is a Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending It is located on the Pakhra River (a tributary of the Moskva River). The Pakhra River (Пахра is a River in the Moscow Oblast in Russia, a right Tributary of the Moskva River. A tributary is a Stream or River which flows into a mainstem (or parent river The Moskva River (Москва is a river that flows through the Moscow and Smolensk Oblasts in Russia, and is a Tributary of the Oka It is the biggest city in Moscow Oblast, with a population of 180,963 (2002 Census); 209,178 (1989 Census); 183,000 (1974); 129,000 (1959); 72,000 (1939). Russian Census of 2002 (Всеросси́йская пе́репись населе́ния 2002 го́да was the first Census of the Russian Federation carried The 1989 Soviet Census was the final and most comprehensive census taken within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The city of Podolsk grew out of the village Podol, which in the 18th century belonged to the Danilov Monastery in Moscow. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. Danilov Monastery, in full Svyato-Danilov Monastery or Holy Danilov Monastery (Данилов монастырь, Свято-Данилов монастырь in Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Podolsk was granted the status of city by Catherine II in 1791. Catherine II, called Catherine the Great (Екатерина II Великая Yekaterina II Velikaya;) reigned as Empress of Russia for 34 years At that time, Russia was establishing the major country districts, appointing governors and establishing new cities.

Before the Russian Revolution, Podolsk was among one of the most industrialized cities in Russia. See also Russian Revolution (1905 The Russian Revolution of 1916 refers to a series of popular revolutions in Russia, and the events surrounding them A Singer factory producing sewing machines was established here. Singer Corporation is a manufacturer of sewing machines first established as I A sewing machine is a textile machine used to stitch Fabric or other material together with Thread.

The Ulyanov family used to live in Podolsk. Vladimir Lenin visited the city a number of times and even had a small estate and cottage there. In 1900, he held a meeting in Podolsk with the social democrats from Moscow and other cities to win their support for the Iskra newspaper, which had already been in the making. Social democracy is a Political ideology of the left and centre-left Iskra (Russian Искра means Spark, was a political Newspaper of Russian Socialist emigrants established as the official A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint.

In 1971, Podolsk was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. History The Red Banner of Labour began as an order of the Russian SFSR on In the Soviet times, Podolsk was one of the industrial giants in Moscow Oblast. At that time there were more than seventy factories operating in the city. Most of the citizens were working at these plants.

In 2000 a major military base was formed . 07 miles from town (Microyone) 1 its is currently commanded under Igor Minin

Aerial view of Podolsk
Aerial view of Podolsk

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