Chernogolovka
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Chernogolovka (Russian: Черноголо́вка) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 43 km northeast from Moscow border. Town status since 2001. Population: 20,284 (2002 Census).
Chernogolovka is a major Russian center of scientific research. It is home to a number of research institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences:
- Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics [1]
- Institute of Solid State Physics [2]
- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds [3]
- Institute of Microelectronics Technology and High Purity Materials [4]
- Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics
- Institute of Energy Problems for Chemical Physics [5]
- Institute of Experimental Mineralogy [6]
- Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Materials Science [7]
It is also the home of Ost-Company, which produces a broad range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks which are exported world-wide. Napitki iz Chernogolovki, Shustov vodka, and others.
[edit] History
A settlement of Chernogolovl was known since the 14th century[citation needed]. Chernogolovka for the first time has been officially mentioned in 1710[citation needed].
In 1956, Chernogolovka grew into a scientific center with the help of Nobel Prize winner Nikolay Semyonov. Semyonov started the experimental branch of Moscow Institute of Chemical Physics, which in the 1960s–1970s grew into a scientific center. In 2001, Chernogolovka was granted town status.
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