Lyubertsy

Lyubertsy (Russian: Люберцы, IPA: [ˈlʲʉbʲɪrtsɨ]) is a city and the administrative center of Lyuberetsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia.

Lyubertsy Люберцы
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Coordinates: 55°40′42″N 37°53′40″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Moscow Oblast[1]
Administrative district	Lyuberetsky District[1]
City	Lyubertsy[1]
First mentioned	1621
City status since	1925
Elevation	130 m (430 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	172,525
• Rank	106th in 2010
Administrative status
• Capital of	Lyuberetsky District,[1] City of Lyubertsy[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Lyuberetsky Municipal District[3]
• Urban settlement	Lyubertsy Urban Settlement[3]
• Capital of	Lyuberetsky Municipal District,[3] Lyubertsy Urban Settlement[3]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	140000, 140002–140014, 140020, 140025, 140026, 140028, 140079, 994002
Dialing code(s)	+7 495
OKTMO ID	46748000001
Website	www.luberadm.ru

Demographics

Population: 224,195 (2021 Census);^[6] 172,525 (2010 Census);^[2] 156,691 (2002 Census);^[7] 165,478 (1989 Soviet census).^[8]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1926	10,000	—
1939	46,491	+364.9%
1959	93,255	+100.6%
1970	139,401	+49.5%
1979	159,563	+14.5%
1989	165,478	+3.7%
2002	156,691	−5.3%
2010	172,525	+10.1%
2021	224,195	+29.9%
Source: Census data

History

It was first mentioned in 1621 and was granted town status in 1925.^{[citation needed]} It is sometimes described as a working class suburb of Moscow.^[9]

In 1909 International Harvester bought now defunct Uhtomsky factory which before produced railway air brakes and was called "New York" and was repurposed to produce agricultural equipment. It was closed in 2007.

Lyubertsy was home to the Lyubers Soviet sports youth movement in the 1980s. During the perestroika years of the 1990s, the Lyubers, and by association Lyubertsy, formed a part of the emerging organized crime syndicates.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Lyubertsy serves as the administrative center of Lyuberetsky District.^[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Lyuberetsky District as the Town of Lyubertsy.^[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Lyubertsy is incorporated within Lyuberetsky Municipal District as Lyubertsy Urban Settlement.^[3]

Economy

Lyubertsy is a major industrial center. There are over twenty-five industrial enterprises and a large railway junction. Prevailing branches of industry are mechanical engineering, metalworking, production of construction materials, woodworking, and food processing.

The largest enterprises include:

• Kamov company. Ukhtomsky Helicopter plant named after N. I. Kamov (developer of the Ka-50 "Black Shark" and Ka-52 "Alligator" helicopters)
• Ukhtomsky machine-building plant, making equipment for raising livestock
• "Torgmash" joint-stock company produces manufacturing equipment
• A construction materials plant
• "Lyuberetskye carpets" collective
• "Belaya dacha" agricultural processing plant, a supplier for McDonald's

Notable people

• Sergey Abeltsev, politician
• Michael Belov, racing driver
• Yuri Gagarin, first human in space
• Alexander Menshikov, assistant of Peter the Great
• Sergei Lobanov, Russian Second Division football player
• Nikolay Rastorguyev, lead singer of rock group Lyube
• Boris Razinsky, Olympic champion association football player
• Vasily Yakemenko, youth politician
• Edward Snowden, NSA whistleblower