Podolsk

Podolsk (Подольск in Russian) is a city and industrial and administrative center in the Podolsk district of the Moscow Oblast in Russia. It is located on the Pakhra River (a tributary of the Moskva River). Population: 183,000 (1974), 129,000 (1959), 72,000 (1939).

The city of Podolsk grew out of the village Podol, which in the 18th century belonged to the Danilov Monastery in Moscow. The Ulyanov family used to live in Podolsk. Vladimir Lenin visited the city a number of times. In 1900, he held a meeting in Podolsk with the social democrats from Moscow and other cities to win their support for the Iskra newspaper, which had already been in the making.

In 1971, Podolsk was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor.