Chekhov, Moscow Oblast
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Chekhov, Moscow Oblast

Russian locality
Local nameЧехов
HolidayOne of the days in September
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMoscow Oblast
Administrative center ofChekhovsky District
Municipal status
Urban settlementChekhov Urban Settlement
HeadVladimir Steperenkov
Representative bodyCouncil of Deputies
Area km218
Population (2002)72917 (214th)
Custom SDFounded (18th century)
Postal code142300
Dialing code49672

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Chekhov ( ) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Before 1954, it was named Lopasnya ( ), after the Lopasnya River. Population: 56,000 (1985).

There is an Anton Chekhov museum fifteen kilometers away from Chekhov, in the village of Melikhovo.

On the outskirts of Chekhov lies the Hermitage, reputedly the richest monastery in Russia. It contains many churches from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Nearby Chekhov is the Russian General Staff wartime command post, buried deep underground, which is almost certainly linked directly to the Kremlin by an underground rail link - the 'Moscow Metro 2' line operated by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).

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