Kratovo, Russia

For other uses, see Kratovo (disambiguation).

Kratovo (Russian: Кра́тово) is an urban locality (a suburban (dacha) settlement) in Ramensky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 40 kilometers (25 mi) southeast of Moscow. Population: 8,277 (2010 Census);^[1] 6,855 (2002 Census);^[4] 6,295 (1989 Soviet census).^[5]

Kratovo Кра́тово
Urban-type settlement
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Location of Kratovo
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Coordinates: 55°36′N 38°09′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Moscow Oblast
Administrative district	Ramensky District
Founded	1898
Population  (2010 Census)[1]
• Total	8,277
Demonym	Kratovian
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [2])
Postal code(s)[3]	140130
OKTMO ID	46648157051

Zoe Williams of The Guardian wrote that Kratovo "resembles a Russian Guildford with high hedges, gigantic trees, the careful, botanical planning of expensive privacy."^[6] and that the locality "has a reputation for being full of former KGB safe houses, though I couldn’t find one Moscovite who would vouch for that."^[6]

History

On 10 June 2017, a 50-year-old man opened fire on passers-by in the settlement, killing five people.

Notable people

Yuriy Borzakovskiy, who won gold in the men's 800-meter race at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, was born in Kratovo. Sergei Eisenstein and Sergei Prokofiev had dachas here, and Soviet dissident Valeriya Novodvorskaya also spent time in a rented dacha here.^[7][8]

George Blake, a famous Cold War spy, lived in a dacha in Kratovo.^[6]

References

1. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
2. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
3. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
4. Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
5. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
6. Williams, Zoe (2017-12-08). "'A good traitor': the extraordinary life of George Blake, the spy who went into the cold". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
7. "Валерия Новодворская – между весталкой и гейшей". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
8. "Новодворская Валерия Ильинична". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.

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