- Tomilino
Tomilino ( _ru. Томи́лино) is an
urban-type settlement inLyuberetsky District ofMoscow Oblast ,Russia .Tomilino consists of a multi-storey buildings sector and a private houses sector. The nearest villages are Khlystovo, Kirillovka, Tokarevo, Chkalovo, Mirny, Zhilino-1, and Zhilino-2.
Railway station in 25 km southeast from
Moscow .Population: 28,545 (2002 Census); 27,736 (1989 Census). Tomilino is the largest urban-type settlement in Lyuberetsky District.
In the 19th century, Tomilino was an estate of Obolensky
knyaz es. Tomilino was officially founded in 1894 by merchant Tomilin as a suburban settlement where he build his own house. It became very attractive for people because of a very close location to Moscow.Later Tomilino became known as a scientific research, development, and production center. Some major enterprises were founded by the government. One of them is
NPP Zvezda plant, famous for the spacesuits for Russian cosmonauts, includingYuri Gagarin , and aircraft ejector seats, which highly proved themselves in many extreme situations. There's alsoMil Moscow Helicopter Plant ("Mil helicopters", "MVZ"), Tomilino plant of diamond equipment "TOMAL", Tomilino poultry farm and a textile mill. Tomilino semiconductor devices plant "TZPP" became operational at 1958. Tomilino is know as a worker's settlement since 1961.There are several secondary schools, one sports school, one music school, one boarding school, one sanative school, and a children creative works house.
Tomilino has a local newspaper with a free-of-charge distribution "Tomilinskaya Nov" (in russian that mean "What's new in Tomilino").
The Local Government Board of Tomilino was elected in September 2005 for five years, and is represented by Igor Nickolayevich Dvornikov and his deputies.
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Pekhorka River External links
* [http://www.tomilino.com/index_e.htm Official website of Tomilino] en icon
* [http://www.tomilino.ru/ Tomilino poultry farm web-site]
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