Staraya Kupavna
{{Short description|Town in Moscow Oblast, Russia}}
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Staraya Kupavna ({{langx|ru|Ста́рая Купа́вна}}, Old Kupavna) is a town in Noginsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Shalovka River (Klyazma's tributary) {{convert|23|km|sp=us}} east of Moscow. Population: {{ru-census|p2021=22898|p2010=21,811|p2002=21,433|p1989=25,052}}.
History
File:Старая Купавна улица Кирова 20200808 034.jpg
It was first mentioned on 1348 named "New village on Kupavna" following the name of one of the numerous tributaries of Klyazma flown nearby.
Starting from 17th century it had a name of "Village of Demidov" as one as "Kupavna".
Starting from mid-19th century it changed a name to current one.
It was granted town status in 2004.http://web.archive.org/web/20250125061939/https://old.bigenc.ru/geography/text/5717802
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated within Noginsky District as the Town of Staraya Kupavna.Resolution #123-PG As a municipal division, the Town of Staraya Kupavna is incorporated within Noginsky Municipal District as Staraya Kupavna Urban Settlement.Law #82/2005-OZ
Economy
Over thirty companies are operating in the industrial area of the town, including: OJSC Pharmaceutical plant "Akrikhin", CJSC "Base #1 Chimreaktivov", CJSC "Textile firma Kupavna", OJSC "Zhelezobeton, OJSC "Moskhim", OJSC "Lakra Sintez", OJSC "Biserovsky kombinat etc.
=Transportation=
Kupavna railway station is located on the Moscow–Nizhny Novgorod line {{convert|9|km|sp=us}} from the town. Local buses link the town with Moscow, Noginsk, and Monino.
Politics
On November 23, 2009, the former mayor of Staraya Kupavna, Anatoly Pleshan, was convicted of taking a bribe for assisting a developer with getting an approval from the residents for construction of a high-rise condo and sentenced to seven years in prison.Interfax.ru. [http://www.interfax.ru/society/news.asp?id=111287 Экс-мэр Старой Купавны приговорен к семи годам лишения свободы] {{in lang|ru}}
Culture and media
There is a cultural center "Akrikhin", named after local pharmaceutical producer Akrikhin.
Weekly newspaper Staraya Kupavna was first published in 1998. Since 2004, Alternativnaya gazeta newspaper has been published, with over 10,000 copies in 2004–2006. In 2008, Molodaya Kupavna newspaper was first issued and TV channel Staraya Kupavna started broadcasting.
Religion
The Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox church built in 1751 has recently{{when|date=April 2014}} been reopened after being closed in Soviet times.
References
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- {{RussiaAdmMunRef|mos|adm|list}}
- {{RussiaAdmMunRef|mos|mun|list|noginsky}}
External links
- [http://stkupavna.munrus.ru/ Official website of Staraya Kupavna] {{in lang|ru}}
- [http://starayakupavna.ru/ Unofficial website of Staraya Kupavna] {{in lang|ru}}
{{Moscow Oblast}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2012}}