Naro-Fominsk (Russian: На́ро-Фоми́нск) is a town and the administrative center of Naro-Fominsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Nara River, 70 kilometers (43 mi) southwest from Moscow. Population: 64,665 (2010 Census);[2] 70,475 (2002 Census);[6] 58,292 (1989 Census).[7]

Naro-Fominsk Наро-Фоминск
Town[1]
Naro-Fominsk St. Nicholas Cathedral and tank T-34-85
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Naro-Fominsk
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Coordinates: 55°23′N 36°46′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Moscow Oblast[1]
Administrative district	Naro-Fominsky District[1]
Town	Naro-Fominsk[1]
Founded	1925
Town status since	1926
Government
• Body	Council of Deputies
• Head	Anatoly Shkurkov
Elevation	180 m (590 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	64,665
• Rank	242nd in 2010
Administrative status
• Capital of	Naro-Fominsky District[1], Town of Naro-Fominsk[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Naro-Fominsky Municipal District[3]
• Urban settlement	Naro-Fominsk Urban Settlement[3]
• Capital of	Naro-Fominsky Municipal District[3], Naro-Fominsk Urban Settlement[3]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	143300, 143301, 143302, 143304, 143306, 143308, 143310, 143398
Dialing code(s)	+7 49634
OKTMO ID	46638101001
Website	www.nfcity.ru

History

The Fominskoye village was first mentioned in chronicles in 1339, while it was under the rule of Ivan Kalita. Napoleon's Grande Armée passed through Fominskoye on its retreat from Moscow in 1812. The modern Naro-Fominsk was established as an urban-type settlement as a result of the merger of the villages of Fominskoye, Malaya Nara and Malkovo in 1925.^{[citation needed]} Town status was granted to it in 1926.^{[citation needed]} The town was severely damaged during World War II after Nazi Germany forces destroyed 687 buildings and a textile factory during the Battle of Moscow in 1941. Western part of Naro-Fominsk was occupied from October 21 to December 26, 1941. Naro-Fominsk was liberated by the 33rd army under the command Mikhail Grigoryevich Yefremov.

Naro-Fominsk silk factory was the first in the USSR to produce fabric "Bologna" in the early 1960s.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Naro-Fominsk serves as the administrative center of Naro-Fominsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with twelve rural localities, incorporated within Naro-Fominsky District as the Town of Naro-Fominsk.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Naro-Fominsk is incorporated within Naro-Fominsky Municipal District as Naro-Fominsk Urban Settlement.[3]

Transportation

The Moscow–Kyiv railway passes through the town.

Military

The town is home to the 4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Tank Division, part of the Western Military District.

Twin towns – sister cities

Naro-Fominsk is twinned with:[8]

• Babruysk, Belarus
• Daugavpils, Latvia
• Elin Pelin, Bulgaria

References

Notes

Sources

• Губернатор Московской области. Постановление №123-ПГ от 28 сентября 2010 г. «Об учётных данных административно-территориальных и территориальных единиц Московской области», в ред. Постановления №252-ПГ от 26 июня 2015 г. «О внесении изменения в учётные данные административно-территориальных и территориальных единиц Московской области». Опубликован: "Информационный вестник Правительства МО", №10, 30 октября 2010 г. (Governor of Moscow Oblast. Resolution #123-PG of September 28, 2010 On the Inventory Data of the Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units of Moscow Oblast, as amended by the Resolution #252-PG of June 26, 2015 On Amending the Inventory Data of the Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units of Moscow Oblast. ).
• Московская областная Дума. Закон №72/2005-ОЗ от 28 февраля 2005 г. «О статусе и границах Наро-Фоминского муниципального района и вновь образованных в его составе муниципальных образований», в ред. Закона №9/2013-ОЗ от 30 января 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Московской области "О статусе и границах Наро-Фоминского муниципального района и вновь образованных в его составе муниципальных образований"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ежедневные Новости. Подмосковье", №44, 12 марта 2005 г. (Moscow Oblast Duma. Law #72/2005-OZ of February 28, 2005 On the Status and the Borders of Naro-Fominsky Municipal District and the Newly Established Municipal Formations Comprising It, as amended by the Law #9/2013-OZ of January 30, 2013 On Amending the Law of Moscow Oblast "On the Status and the Borders of Naro-Fominsky Municipal District and the Newly Established Municipal Formations Comprising It". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).

External links

• (in Russian) Official website of Naro-Fominsk
• Pictures of Naro-Fominsk

На других языках

[es] Naro-Fominsk

[ru] Наро-Фоминск