Mytishchi
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| Mytishchi (English) Мытищи (Russian) |
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  Location of Mytishchi on the map of Russia
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| Coat of Arms | Flag |
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| City Day: One of the Sundays in September | |
| Administrative status | |
| Federal subject In jurisdiction of Administrative center of |
Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast Mytishinsky District |
| Local self-government | |
| Charter | Charter of Mytishchi |
| Municipal status | Urban settlement |
| Head | Alexander Kazakov |
| Legislative body | Council of Deputies |
| Area | |
| Area | 34.59 km² (13.4 sq mi) |
| Population (as of the 2002 Census) | |
| Population - Rank - Density |
159,900 inhabitants 106th 4,622.7/km² (11,972.7/sq mi) |
| Events | |
| Founded | 1460 |
| Town status | 1925 |
| Other information | |
| Postal code | n/a |
| Dialing code | +7 495 |
| Official website | |
| http://www.mytischi-city.ru/ | |
Mytishchi (Russian: Мыти́щи, IPA: [mɨ'tʲiɕɕi]) is the second-largest city (according to the 2002 census) in Moscow Oblast, Russia, adjacent to the capital Moscow from north-east, on the Yauza River and the Moscow – Yaroslavl railroad. The city is the administrative center of Mytishchinsky District and also the region's largest center for industry (machine building, arms industry in particular) and education. Mytishchi is famous for its aqueduct, built in the 18th century by order of Catherine II. It was the first water supply constructed in Russia to provide the Kremlin with pure water.
Population: 159,900 (2002 Census); 154,068 (1989 Census); 125,000 (1973); 60,000 (1939).
[edit] History
The first settlement of ancient people (hunters and fishermen) is dated to the 6th–8th millennia BCE, i.e. in the late Stone Age. In the 8th–9th centuries, first Slavic tribes (Vyatichs and Krivichs) began settling here. In and around the Mytishchi district about a dozen of such settlements (11th–13th centuries) are known.
The settlement of Mytishchi has been known since 1460, since the 19th century as Bolshiye Mytishchi (Большие Мытищи). The history of the village is closely linked to the Yauzsky port. Mytishchi was an important place on the trade ship route. Through this site commercial ships had been hauled across on wheels, rollers, or skids from the Yauza River to the Klyazma River. Merchants had to pay a duty for this. The settlement got its name thanks to the duty, which had been known as myt (мыт).
In the middle of the 19th century, the population of the village was 389.
[edit] Twinned cities
Chernihiv, Ukraine
Nymburk, Czech Republic
Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Zhodzina, Baranovichi, Barysaw, Smilavichy, Belarus
Panevėžys, Lithuania
Płock, Poland
[edit] External links
- Official website of Mytishchi (Russian)
- Unofficial website of Mytishchi (Russian)
