Zelenograd
| Zelenograd (English) Зеленоград (Russian) |
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Moscow |
| Administratively subordinated to | Moscow |
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| Prefect | Anatoly Smirnov |
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| Area | 37.22 km2 (14.37 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 221,712 inhabitants |
| Density | 5,957/km2 (15,430/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Founded | March 3, 1958 |
| City status since | January 15, 1963 |
| Postal code(s) | 124xxx |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 (495), (499) |
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Zelenograd (Russian: Зеленоград; IPA: [zʲɪlʲɪnɐˈgrat], lit. green city) is a city which, along with the territories and settlements under its jurisdiction, forms one of the administrative okrugs of Moscow - Zelenogradsky Administrative Okrug (ZelAO). It is located 37 kilometers (23 mi) from the center of Moscow proper along Leningradskoye Shosse highway. The city color is green and its emblematic animal is the squirrel (more precisely Sciurus vulgaris).
Before 1989, Zelenograd was a de facto closed city in some aspects: it was prohibited to take photos in the central parts of the city, near the plants, teaching and research facilities, and foreigners were not admitted into the city.
Zelenograd was one of the most powerful centers of electronics, microelectronics and computer industry in the Soviet Union, and it still plays a similar role in modern Russia. It was developed as a reflection of the California Silicon Valley and is known also as Soviet/Russian Silicon Valley.
Zelenograd was founded in 1958 and planned as a center of the textile industry initially. In 1962, Alexander Shokin (Chairman of State Committee of Electronic Technology, then first Minister of Electronic Technology) proposed to change the line of future city business to electronics. Some researchers of Soviet electronics history mentioned that a similar idea was proposed to the Soviet government by two fugitive Silicon Valley engineers - Alfred Sarant (more known in Russia as Philip Staros) and Joel Barr (Joseph Berg).
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