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Kratovo, Russia


Coordinates: 55°36′N 38°09′E / 55.600°N 38.150°E / 55.600; 38.150

Kratovo (Russian: Кра́тово) is an urban locality (a suburban (dacha) settlement) in Ramensky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 40 kilometers (25 mi) southeast of Moscow. Population: 8,277 (2010 Census);6,855 (2002 Census);6,295 (1989 Census).

Yuriy Borzakovskiy, who took home the gold in the men's 800-meter run at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, was born in Kratovo. Sergei Eisenstein and Sergei Prokofiev had dachas here.



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