Everything about Zelenograd totally explained
Zelenograd ( lit.
Green City) is a
city, which, along with the territories and settlements under its jurisdiction, forms one of the
administrative okrugs of
Moscow - Zelenograd Administrative Okrug (ZelAO)
. It is located from the center of the Russian capital.
Zelenograd was built in 1958 and later developed as a reflection of the
US Silicon Valley. It was officially a
closed city until 1991. It was one of the most powerful centers of
electronics,
microelectronics and
computer industry in the former
Soviet Union, and it still plays a similar role in modern Russia. Some residents attest and writings suggest that the concept of building a high tech geographical satellite of Moscow was conceived of by two fugitive Silicon Valley engineers -
Alfred Sarant (more known in Russia as
Philip Staros) and
Joel Barr (
Joseph Berg), who pitched the idea to the Soviet government. As Zelenograd was built
de novo on a previously empty, forested place, its architecture and civic layout yields to one general architectural plan (chief architect
I. A. Pokrovsky).
In 1988, Zelenograd incorporated the former village of
Kryukovo, one of the important sites during the
Battle of Moscow (October 1941 – January 1942). Several monuments to the Defenders of Moscow and the heroes of the Great Patriotic War are located in Zelenograd and the surrounding area, the most famous of which is the
Shtyki Memorial complex (lit. "bayonets"), from which the remains of
the Unknown Soldier were taken for reinterment at the
Kremlin Wall in the
Alexander Garden in Moscow.
Zelenograd is home to the
Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology (MIET).
Zelenograd was headquarters of
Sitronics Concerne since founding in 1997 until 2005 (then headquarters had been moved to Moscow). Now the city is headquarters of its microelectroniс solutions department and residence of all production facilities of
EMS-department.
A local soccer team
Zelenograd (nickname - green-white) was founded in 2002 and since 2007 has been playing in the
Russian Second Division.
The city color is
green and its emblemic animal is the
squirrel.
The
Skhodnya River originates near the village of Alabushevo (one of settlements, which are under Zelenograd jurisdiction) and forms three ponds within the precincts of city:
Water-tower Pond (School Lake), Small and Large City Pond.
Gallery
Image:Zelenograd - Shtyki Memorial.JPG|The Shtyki Memorial complex
Image:Zelenograd - MIET.jpg|MIET
Image:Zelenograd - Large City Pond.jpg|Large City Pond (Matushkino-Savyolki District)
Image:Zelenograd - Victory Park Fountains.jpg|Cascade of fontains in the Park of Victory (Matushkino-Savyolki District)
Image:Zelenograd - 9th microdistrict.jpg|9th microdistrict of Zelenograd (Panfilovsky District)
Image:Zelenograd - 15th microdistrict.jpg|15th microdistrict of Zelenograd (Kryukovo District)
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