Zelenograd
Zelenograd (Зеленогра́д) is a town 40 km from Moscow, Russia (officially is a district of Moscow city).
The town was created in 1960s as a reflection of US Silicon valley. It was (and it currently is) one of the most powerful centers of microchips, lasers, micro- and nanoelectronics production in former USSR. A lot of scientific research institutes are also located there.
As Zelenograd was built 'de novo' on a previously empty place, its architecture is all yielded to one general architectural plan. That makes the town beautiful and pleasant for life. A small river Skhodnya flows trough it.
A railway station in Zelenograd is called Kryukovo.
Before mid-1980s Zelenograd was closed for foreigners (they were made get off from the buses and trains and gently forced to return to Moscow).
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Categories: Moscow Oblast | Cities and towns in Russia