En Name: | Elektrogorsk |
Ru Name: | Электрогорск |
Map Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 55.8833°N 86°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Elektrogorsk (Moscow oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Moscow Oblast |
Adm City Jur: | Elektrogorsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction |
Adm Ctr Of: | Elektrogorsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Elektrogorsk Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of: | Elektrogorsk Urban Okrug |
Pop 2020 Census: | 22653 |
Established Date: | 1912 |
Current Cat Date: | 1946 |
Elektrogorsk (Russian: Электрого́рск) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 75km (47miles) east from Moscow. Population:
Elektrogorsk was founded in 1912 due to the construction of the first big peat-fired thermal power station in Russia, which would be called Elektroperedacha ("Russian: Электропередача", lit. "electric power transmission"). The settlement was named after the power station. In 1946, it was granted town status and renamed Elektrogorsk. It has a highly variable climate ranging from -30°C in the winter up to 25°C in the summer.
Within the administrative divisions framework, it is incorporated as Elektrogorsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, Elektrogorsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Elektrogorsk Urban Okrug.[2]