Dolgoprudny Долгопрудный
Town[1]
A street in Dolgoprudny in 2016
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Dolgoprudny
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Coordinates: 55°56′N 37°30′E / 55.933°N 37.500°E / 55.933; 37.500
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Moscow Oblast[1]
Founded	1931
Town status since	1957
Government
• Head	Vladislav Yudin
Elevation	180 m (590 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	90,956
• Estimate  (2018)[3]	108,861 (+19.7%)
• Rank	187th in 2010
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Dolgoprudny Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
• Capital of	Dolgoprudny Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Dolgoprudny Urban Okrug[4]
• Capital of	Dolgoprudny Urban Okrug[4]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	141700
Dialing code(s)	+7 495
OKTMO ID	46716000001
Website	www.dolgoprudny.com

Dolgoprudny (Russian: Долгопру́дный, Russian pronunciation: [dəlɡɐˈprudnɨj]) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located about 20 kilometers (12 mi) north of Moscow city center. The town's name is derived from Russian "Долгий пруд" (dolgy prud, lit. "long pond")—a long and narrow pond situated in the northeastern part of the town. The town's name is sometimes colloquially shortened as Dolgopa. Population: 120,907 (2021 Census);^[7] 90,956 (2010 Census);^[2] 68,792 (2002 Census);^[8] 70,751 (1989 Census).^[9]

Geography

The territory of the town borders with Moscow in the south and in the east, Khimki in the southwest, and is limited by the Moscow Canal in the west and by the Klyazminskoye Reservoir in the north. The town can be reached by suburban train from the Savyolovsky Terminal of Moscow in about twenty minutes to one of the three platforms: Novodachnaya, Dolgoprudnaya, or Vodniki, or by bus shuttle from Khovrino and Altufyevo stations of the Moscow Metro. The Dmitrovskoye highway connecting Moscow with Dmitrov and Dubna passes just east of the town.

History

A settlement of Vinogradovo situated in the place of the modern town was known at least since the 17th century. Then a railway was built in the 1900s (decade) and a railway platform was built in 1914. The settlement started to develop as an airship manufacturing plant was built there in 1931. The aeronautic engineer Umberto Nobile worked there for five years during the 1930s. For a few years during the 1930s, the settlement was renamed Dirizhablestroy (meaning "airship building"). In 1951, the famous Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology or Phystech, moved to Dolgoprudny, and a construction of its present campus started in the southern part of the town, inspired by the Nobel Prize winners Pyotr Kapitsa, Lev Landau, and Nikolay Semyonov. Town status was granted in 1957.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Dolgoprudny Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1] As a municipal division, Dolgoprudny Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Dolgoprudny Urban Okrug.^[4]

Economy

Now the town has machinery-building, engineering, and chemical industries. It is being extensively developed with much commercial and residential construction due to its favorable location and following the growing demand for real estate in the suburbs of Moscow.

Gallery

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  Church of the Theotokos of Kazan
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  Dolgoprudnaya railway station
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  The campus of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Phystech)