Sources
Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a site - Become an editor
Wikipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Are you an expert in this subject? Join the discussion and share your knowledge at Wikipedia.org.
Chernogolovka
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chernogolovka (Russian: Черноголо́вка) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 43 km northeast from Moscow border. Town status since 2001. Population: 20,284 (2002 Census).
Chernogolovka is a major Russian center of scientific research. It is home to a number of research institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences:
- Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics [1]
- Institute of Solid State Physics [2]
- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds [3]
- Institute of Microelectronics Technology and High Purity Materials [4]
- Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics
- Institute of Energy Problems for Chemical Physics [5]
- Institute of Experimental Mineralogy [6]
- Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Materials Science [7]
It is also the home of Ost-Company, which produces a broad range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks which are exported world-wide. Napitki iz Chernogolovki, Shustov vodka, and others.
A settlement of Chernogolovl was known since the 14th century[citation needed]. Chernogolovka for the first time has been officially mentioned in 1710[citation needed].
In 1956, Chernogolovka grew into a scientific center with the help of Nobel Prize winner Nikolay Semyonov. Semyonov started the experimental branch of Moscow Institute of Chemical Physics, which in the 1960s–1970s grew into a scientific center. In 2001, Chernogolovka was granted town status.
 |
This Central Russia location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |