Lyubertsy (, ) is a

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and the

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Lyuberetsky District Lyuberetsky District () is an administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #81/2005-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central part of the oblast east of the federal city of Moscow. The area ...

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, 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

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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

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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

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"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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Notable people

* Sergey Abeltsev, politician *

Michael Belov Michael Arnoldovich Belov (; born 21 November 2001) is a Russian racing driver who is set to compete in the Formula Regional European Championship with CL Motorsport. Career Formula 4 Belov started his professional single-seater career in ...

, racing driver *

Yuri Gagarin Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; Gagarin's first name is sometimes transliterated as ''Yuriy'', ''Youri'', or ''Yury''. (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful Human spaceflight, crewed sp ...

, first human in space *

Alexander Menshikov Alexander Menshikov may refer to: * Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (1673–1729), Russian statesman * Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov (1787–1869), Finnish-Russian nobleman * Alexander Alexandrovich Menshikov Prince Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Mens ...

, assistant of

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* Sergei Lobanov, Russian Second Division football player *

Nikolay Rastorguyev Nikolay Vyacheslavovich Rastorguyev (; born February 21, 1957, Lytkarino, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union) is the lead singer of the Russian group Lyube. In 1978, Nikolay was the soloist for the band (VIA in Russian) "Шестеро молод� ...

, 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 songs, Soviet mi ...

'' *

Boris Razinsky Boris Davidovich Razinsky (; 12 July 1933 – 6 August 2012) was a Soviet Russian Olympic champion football player and manager. Personal life Razinsky was born in Lyubertsy, Russia, and died in Moscow. He was Jewish. In 2009, Razinsky atten ...

, Olympic champion association football player *

Vasily Yakemenko Vasily Grigoryevich Yakemenko (, born 27 May 1971 in Lyubertsy, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union) is a Russian politician, creator and leader of several pro-government youth groups, most famously '' Nashi''. Yakemenko, a close ally of Vladislav Surkov, ...

, youth politician *

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