En Name: | Lesnoy |
Ru Name: | Лесно́й |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Federal Subject: | Moscow Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Pushkinsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 8569 |
Lesnoy (Russian: Лесно́й) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Pushkinsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 42km (26miles) northeast from Moscow on the road to Yaroslavl and Arkhangelsk. Population:
Lesnoy history dates back to 1934, when Sovnarkom decided to build a transmitting radio center in Pushkinsky District. A settlement that grew around the radio center was officially named Lesnoy on April 1, 1954.