Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast
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Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast

Russian locality
Local nameКрасногорск
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMoscow Oblast
Administrative center ofKrasnogorsky District
Municipal status
Urban okrugKrasnogorsk Urban Okrug
Representative bodyCouncil of Deputies
Population (2002)92545
Custom SDFounded (1932)

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Krasnogorsk ( ) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, adjacent to the north-western boundary of Moscow, on the Moskva River. Population: 92,545 (2002 Census). An urban-type settlement was established here in 1932, town status granted in 1940.

In the 1940s the Antifascist Central School, in which many foreign Communists studied and lectured, was located at Krasnogorsk.

After the war the German V2 rocket scientists which the Soviet Army had captured were settled here with their families.

It is known for the Moscow Country Club at Nakhabino, and the Krasnogorskiy Zavod company, which produced the Zorki, Zenit and Krasnogorsk cameras there until the early 1990s. The coat of arms acknowledges this by featuring a lens and light rays.

Zorkiy is one of the best bandy clubs in Russia.

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