Area 22 km² | Town Naro-Fominsk Local time Tuesday 2:45 AM | |
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Municipal district Naro-Fominsky Municipal District Weather 1°C, Wind N at 6 km/h, 93% Humidity | ||
Naro-Fominsk (Russian: На́ро-Фоми́нск) is a town and the administrative center of Naro-Fominsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Nara River, 70 kilometers (43 mi) southwest from Moscow. Population: 64,665 (2010 Census); 70,475 (2002 Census); 58,292 (1989 Census).
Contents
- Map of Naro Fominsk Moskovsky Russia
- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Transportation
- Military
- Sister cities
- References
Map of Naro-Fominsk, Moskovsky, Russia
History
The selo of Fominskoye was first mentioned in chronicles in 1339, while it was under the rule of Ivan Kalita. Napoleon's Grande Armée passed through Fominskoye on its retreat from Moscow in 1812. The modern Naro-Fominsk was established as an urban-type settlement as a result of the merger of the villages of Fominskoye and Malaya Nara in 1925. Town status was granted to it in 1926. The town was severely damaged during World War II after Nazi Germany forces destroyed 687 buildings and a textile factory during the Battle of Moscow in 1941. Western part of Naro-Fominsk was occupied from October 21 to December 26, 1941.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Naro-Fominsk serves as the administrative center of Naro-Fominsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with twelve rural localities, incorporated within Naro-Fominsky District as the Town of Naro-Fominsk. As a municipal division, the Town of Naro-Fominsk is incorporated within Naro-Fominsky Municipal District as Naro-Fominsk Urban Settlement.
Transportation
The Moscow–Kiev railway passes through the town.
Military
The town is home to the 4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Tank Division, part of the Western Military District.