Kotelniki

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Kotelniki ({{langx|ru|Котельники}}) is a town of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located {{cvt|22|km|sp=us}} southeast of the center of Moscow. Population: {{ru-census|p2021=63,728|p2010=32,338|p2002=17,747|p1989=17,456}}

History

The village of Kotelniki was first mentioned in the 17th century and belonged to Golitsyns in the 19th century.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}} It was granted town status in 2004.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}}

On August 20, 2021, Russian security forces raided a mosque in the region and arrested up to 600 people. They were released later without any explanation as to the cause for the raid.{{Cite web |title=Police arrest 600 Muslims at mosque in Moscow |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/police-arrest-600-muslims-at-mosque-in-moscow/2341828 |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=www.aa.com.tr}} Non-Russian Muslims were released after their DNA was collected.{{Cite book |first= |title=Country Policy and Information Note Russia: Muslims |publisher=Home Office of the United Kingdom Government |year=2022 |pages=35}}

On July 7, 2023, an anti-Ukrainian far-right Russian telegram channel spoke out against the presence of Muslims prayer houses in the area leading to security forces raiding a prayer house on the pretext of finding illegal immigrants.{{Cite web |title='The flow of migrants must stop' A religious dispute in a Moscow suburb ends with both sides asking Putin for protection |url=https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/07/14/the-flow-of-migrants-must-stop |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=Meduza |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Узел |first=Кавказский |title=Head of Dagestan criticizes law enforcers for raid in a mosque near Moscow |url=https://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/62875 |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Caucasian Knot}}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Kotelniki Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #11/2013-OZ As a municipal division, Kotelniki Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Kotelniki Urban Okrug.Law #160/2004-OZ

Economy

File:ЖК «Оранж Парк» в Котельниках (октябрь 2020).jpg at Kotelniki metro station.]]

=Transportation=

Kotelniki metro station, the terminus of the Moscow Metro's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line, is located in the city. It was opened on 21 September 2015 and became the second station of the Moscow Metro in Moscow Oblast after Myakinino.{{cite web |url=http://www.rosmetrostroy.ru/kotelniki.htm |script-title=ru:Котельники |publisher=Андрей Суриков |language=ru |access-date=10 November 2013}}

Notable people

Nikolay Abramov (born 1950), football player

Gallery

Усадьба "Белая Дача", главный дом, вид с центральной аллеи.jpg|Belaya Dacha estate

Church of the Theotokos of Kazan (Kotelniki) 03.jpg|Church of the Theotokos of Kazan

Храм мученика Виктора Дамасского в Котельниках.jpg|Temple of Martyr Victor of Damascus