Malakhovka, Moscow Oblast

Malakhovka (English) Малаховка (Russian)
-  Urban-type settlement  - Work settlement
Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia
Malakhovka Location of Malakhovka in Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 55°38′37″N 38°00′32″E / 55.64361°N 38.00889°E / 55.64361; 38.00889Coordinates: 55°38′37″N 38°00′32″E / 55.64361°N 38.00889°E / 55.64361; 38.00889
Coat of arms of Malakhovka	Flag of Malakhovka
Anthem	Anthem of Malakhovka
Administrative status (as of March 2010)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Moscow Oblast
Administrative district	Lyuberetsky District
Municipal status (as of June 2009)
Municipal district	Lyuberetsky Municipal District
Urban settlement	Malakhovka Urban Settlement
Administrative center of	Malakhovka Urban Settlement
Head	Alexander Avtayev
Representative body	Council of Deputies
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	24,004 inhabitants
Time zone	MSK (UTC+03:00)
First mentioned	1328
Urban-type settlement status since	1961
Postal code(s)	140030
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Malakhovka (Russian: Мала́ховка), a Moscow suburb with historic dachas, is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Lyuberetsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: 24,004 (2010 Census);18,552 (2002 Census);26,454 (1989 Census).

Under the name Malakhovskoye (Мала́ховское), it was first mentioned in 1328 in Ivan Kalita's will as a place left to Ivan's older son Semyon.

The railway station was built in 1884, and by the next year Malakhovka was recognized as a dacha settlement. By the end of the 19th century, the settlement was inhabited by such renowned representatives of Russian arts and literature as Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, Ivan Bunin, and Feodor Chaliapin. Chaliapin performed in the Summer Theater before 1914. The actress Faina Ranevskaya performed there from the following year, and also had a dacha there. At the time of the Revolution Malakhovka was a described as a "hamlet" of about three hundred dachas.

Urban-type settlement status was granted to Malakhovka in 1961.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Malakhovka is incorporated within Lyuberetsky District of Moscow Oblast. Within the framework of municipal divisions, Malakhovka is a part of a larger Malakhovka Urban Settlement, which, in addition to Malakhovka proper, also includes the village of Pekhorka and adjacent territories.

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