Ramenskoye, Moscow Oblast

Ramenskoye
Раменское
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Ramenskoye is located in European Russia
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Coordinates: 55°34′08″N 38°13′31″E / 55.56889°N 38.22528°E / 55.56889; 38.22528
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMoscow Oblast
Administrative districtRamensky District
TownSelsovietRamenskoye
Founded1770s
Town status sinceMarch 15, 1926
Government
 • LeaderNikolai Khanin
Elevation
125 m (410 ft)
Population
 • Total
96,317
 • Estimate 
(2025)
117,115 (+21.6%)
 • Rank176th in 2010
 • Capital ofRamensky District, Town of Ramenskoye
 • Municipal districtRamensky Municipal District
 • Urban settlementRamenskoye Urban Settlement
 • Capital ofRamensky Municipal District, Ramenskoye Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata)
Postal codes
140100–140105, 140108, 140109, 140116
Dialing code+7 49646
OKTMO ID46568000001

Ramenskoye (Russian: Ра́менское, Russian pronunciation: [ˈramʲɪnskəjə]) is a town and the administrative center of Ramensky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 46 kilometers (29 mi) southeast of Moscow.

Etymology

The town's name derives from an Old Slavonic word "раменье" (ramenye), meaning "on the edge of forest".

Population

Population: 114,537 (2021 census); 96,317 (2010 census); 82,074 (2002 census); 87,666 (1989 Soviet census); 69,000 (1974); 28,000 (1939).

History

Main building of Ramenskoye textile factory

The area where the town now stands was first mentioned in 1328. A stone church was built here by Count Platon Musin-Pushkin in 1725–1730. In the 1770s, the selo of Novo-Troitskoye (Russian: Ново-Троицкое) was established here; its name later changed to Ramenskoye.[citation needed] In 1831, a textile factory was founded in Ramenskoye and by the second half of the 19th century, it had grown to be one of the largest enterprises in the Russian Empire. On March 15, 1926, Ramenskoye was granted town status.[citation needed]

Russo-Ukrainian War

On the night of 9 September 2024, during a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on western Russia, a Ukrainian drone crashed into an apartment building in Ramenskoye, killing 1 and injuring 3 according to Moscow Oblast governor Andrey Vorobyov.

On 31 October 2025, the Ukrainian GUR operation in Ramenskoye exploded all three major fuel lines of the Koltsevoy fuel pipeline, or "ring pipeline" that encircles Moscow to provide three types of fuels to the Russian military industrial complex. The pipelines design capacity are "3 million tons of jet fuel, 2.8 million tons of diesel and 1.6 million tons of gasoline annually."

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ramenskoye serves as the administrative center of Ramensky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with the village of Dergayevo, incorporated within Ramensky District as the Town of Ramenskoye. As a municipal division, the Town of Ramenskoye is incorporated within Ramensky Municipal District as Ramenskoye Urban Settlement.

Transportation

The Zhukovsky airport serves the Gromov Flight Research Institute.

Sports

FC Saturn Ramenskoye is the local association football club.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Resolution #123-PG
  2. ↑ "Главой Раменского округа Подмосковья избрали Николая Ханина". tass.ru (in Russian). August 17, 2023.
  3. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #55/2005-OZ
  5. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  8. ↑ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  9. ↑ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  10. ↑ Harding, Luke (September 10, 2024). "Ukrainian drone attacks kill one and force airport closures in Moscow". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  11. ↑ Wolkov, Nicole; Mappes, Grace; Evans, Angelica; Zehrung, Haley; Hird, Karolina (September 10, 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 10, 2024". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved September 11, 2024. Footage published on September 10 reportedly shows the aftermath of a drone strike in Ramenskoye, Moscow Oblast, and Ramenskoye Urban Raion Acting Head Eduard Malyshev claimed that Ukrainian drones damaged two buildings in the raion.
  12. ↑ Myronyshena, Tania (November 1, 2025). "'A rumble in Moscow Oblast' — Ukraine hits critical military fuel pipeline near Russian capital, HUR says". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  13. ↑ Kullab, Samya (November 1, 2025). "Ukraine says it hit key fuel pipeline near Moscow that supplies Russian forces". ABC News. Archived from the original on November 4, 2025. Retrieved November 1, 2025.

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Residential area in Ramenskoye with painted apartment blocks