Lyubertsy ( rus, Люберцы, p=ˈlʲʉbʲɪrtsɨ) is a

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and the

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of Lyuberetsky District in

Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally " under Moscow"), is a federal subject of R ...

, Russia.

Demographics

Population:

History

It was first mentioned in 1621 and was granted town status in 1925. It is sometimes described as a working class suburb of Moscow.''

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bought now defunct Uhtomsky factory which before produced

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s 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 ''Perestroika'' (; russian: links=no, перестройка, p=pʲɪrʲɪˈstrojkə, a=ru-perestroika.ogg) was a political movement for reform within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the late 1980s widely associated wit ...

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

of Lyuberetsky District.Resolution #123-PG As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Lyuberetsky District as the

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of Lyubertsy. As a municipal division, the Town of Lyubertsy is incorporated within Lyuberetsky Municipal District as Lyubertsy Urban Settlement.Law #81/2005-OZ

Economy

Lyubertsy is a major industrial center. There are over twenty-five industrial enterprises and a large railway junction. Prevailing branches of industry are

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, production of

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materials,

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, and

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. 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

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*"Torgmash" joint-stock company produces manufacturing equipment *A construction materials plant *"Lyuberetskye carpets" collective *"Belaya dacha" agricultural processing plant, a supplier for

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People

* Sergey Abeltsev, politician *

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, first human in space * Alexander Menshikov, assistant of

Peter the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...

Nikolay Rastorguyev Nikolay Vyacheslavovich Rastorguyev (russian: Николай Вячеславович Расторгуев; born February 21, 1957, Lytkarino, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union) is the lead singer of the Russian group Lyube. In 1978, Nikolay was th ...

, lead singer of rock group ''

Lyube Lyube ( rus, Любэ́, p=lʲʉˈbɛ) is a Russian rock band from Lyubertsy, a city in Moscow Oblast. Lyube's music is a mixture of several genres, with influences from both Russian folk music, rock, Russian chanson, and Soviet military songs ...

'' * Boris Razinsky, Olympic champion association football player * Vasily Yakemenko, youth politician

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* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Moscow Oblast Moskovsky Uyezd 17th-century establishments in Russia