Ramenskoye, Moscow Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Ramensky (inhabited locality).

Ramenskoye (Russian: Ра́менское, Russian pronunciation: [ˈramʲɪnskəjə]) is a town and the administrative center of Ramensky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 46 kilometers (29 mi) southeast of Moscow.

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Coordinates: 55°34′08″N 38°13′31″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Moscow Oblast[1]
Administrative district	Ramensky District[1]
Town	Ramenskoye[1]
Founded	1770s
Town status since	March 15, 1926
Government
• Leader	Nikolai Khanin[2]
Elevation	125 m (410 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	96,317
• Rank	176th in 2010
Administrative status
• Capital of	Ramensky District,[1] Town of Ramenskoye[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Ramensky Municipal District[4]
• Urban settlement	Ramenskoye Urban Settlement[4]
• Capital of	Ramensky Municipal District,[4] Ramenskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	140100–140105, 140108, 140109, 140116
Dialing code(s)	+7 49646
OKTMO ID	46568000001

Etymology

The town's name derives from an Old Slavonic word "раменье" (ramenye), meaning "on the edge of forest".

Population

Population: 114,537 (2021 Census);^[7] 96,317 (2010 Census);^[3] 82,074 (2002 Census);^[8] 87,666 (1989 Soviet census);^[9] 69,000 (1974); 28,000 (1939).

History

Main building of Ramenskoye textile factory

The area where the town now stands was first mentioned in 1328. A stone church was built here by Count Platon Musin-Pushkin in 1725–1730. In the 1770s, the selo of Novo-Troitskoye (Russian: Ново-Троицкое) was established here; its name later changed to Ramenskoye.^{[citation needed]} In 1831, a textile factory was founded in Ramenskoye and by the second half of the 19th century, it had grown to be one of the largest enterprises in the Russian Empire. On March 15, 1926, Ramenskoye was granted town status.^{[citation needed]}

Russo-Ukrainian War

On the night of 9 September 2024, during a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on western Russia. a Ukrainian drone crashed into an apartment building in Ramenskoye, killing 1 and injuring 3 according to Moscow Oblast governor Andrey Vorobyov.^[10][11]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ramenskoye serves as the administrative center of Ramensky District.^[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with the village of Dergayevo, incorporated within Ramensky District as the Town of Ramenskoye.^[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Ramenskoye is incorporated within Ramensky Municipal District as Ramenskoye Urban Settlement.^[4]

Transportation

The Zhukovsky airport serves the Gromov Flight Research Institute.

Sports

FC Saturn Ramenskoye is the local association football club.