Razvilka () is a
rural locality
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(a settlement) in
Leninsky District of
Moscow Oblast
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,
Russia
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, located in the "green forests and parks space" surrounding the city of
Moscow
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, on the
Kashira Highway. Population: Postal code: 142717. Telephone code: +7 495.
Razvilka was founded in 1947 as a settlement for employees of the Scientific Institute of Natural Gases (''
VNIIGAZ'') and its experimental factory. Currently, enterprises of the
natural gas
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industry are located in the settlement, which earned an unofficial name of the "gas capital of Russia".
The infrastructure of the settlement includes a clinic, pharmacies, a dental clinic, a secondary school, a college, kindergartens, a
Russian Orthodox
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church, a church education centre, supermarkets, car-maintenance facilities, a fire depot, and a police department. The local cable TV station is ''KTV-Razvilka''.
The settlement is connected with Moscow by five bus lines: #44 to railway station Rastorguyevo, #95, #355, #356 to
Domodedovskaya station of the
Moscow Metro
The Moscow Metro) is a rapid transit system in the Moscow Oblast of Russia. It serves the capital city of Moscow and the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy, and Kotelniki. Opened in 1935 with one l ...
, and #897 to
Maryino metro station.
Images
Image:Vid na VNIIGAZ.jpg, View of the ''VNIIGAZ'' building from the Moscow Ring Road
The Moscow Automobile Ring Road (), or MKAD (), is a ring road running predominantly on the city border of Moscow with a length of 108.9 km (67.7 mi) and 35 exits (including ten interchanges). It was completed in 1962. The speed limi ...
File:Razvilka den2.jpg, View of Razvilka from the Kashira Highway
Image:Razvilka den1.jpg, Central part of the settlement, occupied by the 1970s Soviet-era residential buildings
File:Post office and bank (Razvilka, Moscow Oblast).jpg, Post office and bank
File:Apartment buildings (Razvilka, Moscow Oblast).jpg, New residential buildings
Image:Razvilka Old Square.jpg, Old square
Image:Supermarket_Razvilka.jpg, Supermarket
References
External links
Official website of Razvilka
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Rural localities in Moscow Oblast
Leninsky District, Moscow Oblast