Naro-Fominsk

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.

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Town[1]
Naro-Fominsk St. Nicholas Cathedral with T-34 gate guardian
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	46750000001
Website	www.nfcity.ru

History

The Fominskoye village was first mentioned in Russian chronicles under the year 1339, while it was under the rule of Ivan I of Moscow. 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 of 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

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

Naro-Fominsk is twinned with:^[6]

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