Podolsk

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Podolsk Подольск
City[1]
Center of Podolsk
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Podolsk
Podolsk Location of Podolsk Show map of Russia Podolsk Podolsk (Moscow Oblast) Show map of Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 55°25′52″N 37°32′44″E / 55.43111°N 37.54556°E / 55.43111; 37.54556
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Moscow Oblast[1]
Founded	1627
City status since	1781
Government
• Head	Dmitry Zharikov
Area [2]
• Total	40.39 km2 (15.59 sq mi)
Elevation	160 m (520 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	187,961
• Rank	97th in 2010
• Density	4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Administrative status
• Capital of	Podolsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Podolsk Urban Okrug[2]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	142100—142134
Dialing code(s)	+7 4967
OKTMO ID	46760000001
Website	подольск-администрация.рф

Podolsk (Russian: Подольск, IPA: [pɐˈdolʲsk]) is an industrial city, center of Podolsk Urban Okrug, Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Pakhra River (a tributary of the Moskva River). Population: 314,934 (2021 Census)^[6]

The first mentions of the village of Podol, which belonged to the votchina of the Danilov Monastery, are contained in the church letopis of 1627-1628. On October 5, 1781, by the personal decree of Catherine II, the Podolsky Uyezd was formed, and the village of Podol was renamed the city of Podolsk.

Podolsk land is directly connected with the events of the Patriotic War of 1812. After the Battle of Borodino, the troops under the leadership of Mikhail Kutuzov, passing through Podolsk, took up defensive positions near the village of Krasnaya Pakhra, Podolsk district, then approached Tarutino, setting up a camp here. The famous Tarutino maneuver determined the entire further victorious course of the war with the Napoleonic army.

After the Patriotic War of 1812, Podolsk and Podolsk uyezd restored and expanded their economic functions, primarily trade. This, in particular, was facilitated by the construction in 1844-1847 of the Warsaw (Brest-Litovsk) highway, as well as the construction of a bridge across the Pakhra river. In the 1840s, 13 manufactories worked in the uyezd. Among the cities near Moscow, Podolsk in the second half of the 19th century stood out with the highest population growth rate. In 1900, the American company "Singer" founded in Podolsk a mechanical plant for the assembly of sewing machines and the production of parts for them and had become one of the city-forming enterprises of Podolsk, causing city's economic growth at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1917 the stone buildings of a realschule, a cinema, a power plant, and a water supply were built, and the number of citizens reached 19 thousand.^[7]

In the 1930s, American communist writer Myra Page described Podolsk in her pamphlet Soviet Main Street.^[8]

In 1971, Podolsk was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. In the Soviet times, Podolsk was one of the industrial giants in Moscow Oblast. At that time, more than seventy factories were operating in the city. Most of the citizens were working at these plants. ^{[citation needed]}

In January 2024, almost half of the population was left without heat after a heating main burst at a nearby ammunition plant.^[9]

Podolsk is the site of the Central Archives of the Russian Ministry of Defence.^[10]

As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Podolsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction - an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1] As a municipal division, Podolsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Podolsk Urban Okrug.^[2]

Podolsk is twinned with:^[11]

• Andrey Balanov, amateur boxer
• Maxim Eprev, professional ice hockey player
• Anatoli Izmailov, professional footballer
• Lev Korolyov, computer scientist
• Viktor Kruglov, football player
• Eugenie Leontovich, actress
• Sergey Makarov, track and field athlete
• Nikolai Potapov, professional boxer
• Roman Safiullin, professional tennis player
• Darya Sagalova, film and stage actress, choreographer
• Andrey Smolyakov, actor
• Yaroslav Tulyakov, professional ice hockey player

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  Podolsk railway station in 2020
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  Trinity Cathedral [ru]