Skhodnya () was formerly a

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, located on the Skhodnya River some 12 km northwest of

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. On September 15, 2004, it was merged into the city of

Khimki Khimki (, ) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located approximately northwest from central Moscow, and is part of the Moscow metropolitan area. History Origins and formation Khimki was initially a railway station that had existed sin ...

.Resolution of the Governor of Moscow Oblast #209-NG of September 15, 200
''On merger of the city of Khimki of Moscow Oblast and the town of Skhodnya of Khimkinsky District of Moscow Oblast''
/ref> Skhodnya's population was recorded at 19,119 inhabitants as of the 2002 Census; down from 20,366 recorded in the 1989 Census. In 1974, the population stood at around 19,000. Skhodnya was founded in 1874 and granted town status in 1961. In 1974, a former manor house in Skhodnya was the site of a camp training Middle Eastern terrorists in the use of small arms, explosives, military tactics, and ideology.

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