Zheleznodorozhny, Moscow Oblast


Zheleznodorozhny was a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of Moscow. It was abolished and merged into the city of Balashikha in January 2015. Population:

History

Founded in 1861 to service the railway station of Obiralovka, the settlement became famous as the location where the main character of Leo Tolstoy's 1878 novel Anna Karenina committed suicide. It was renamed Zheleznodorozhny in 1939 and granted town status in 1952.
In the 1960s the settlements of Kuchino, Savvino, Temnikovo, and Sergeyevka became part of Zheleznodorozhny. Kuchino is historically associated with the name of Andrei Bely, the Russian poet who lived there between 1925 and 1931.
In January 2015 Zheleznodorozhny was abolished and its territory merged into the city of Balashikha.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it was incorporated as Zheleznodorozhny City Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, Zheleznodorozhny City Under Oblast Jurisdiction was incorporated as Zheleznodorozhny Urban Okrug.

Transportation

The railway connecting Moscow and Vladimir runs through Zheleznodorozhny, which is served by Kuchino and Zheleznodorozhnaya railway stations of the Gorkovsky suburban railway line.

Notable people