Elektrostal

• En Name — Elektrostal • Ru Name — Электросталь • Image Flag — Flag of Elektrostal (Moscow oblast).svg • Image Coa — Coat of Arms of Elektrostal (Moscow oblast).svg • Federal Subject — Moscow Oblast • Adm Inhabloc Jur — Elektrostal City Under Oblast Jurisdiction • Adm Ctr Of1 — Elektrostal City Under Oblast Jurisdiction • Inhabloc Cat — City • Urban Okrug Jur — Elektrostal Urban Okrug • Mun Admctr Of1 — Elektrostal Urban Okrug • Leader Title — Head • Leader Name — Tihon Zhdanov • Pop 2010census — 155196 • Pop 2010census Rank — 114th • Current Cat Date — 1938 • Postal Codes — 144000—144012 • Dialing Codes — 49657 • Website — http: www.electrostal.ru/ Elektrostal is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 58 km east of Moscow. Population: 135,000 (1977); 123,000 (1970); 97,000 (1959); 43,000 (1939). It was previously known as Zatishye (until 1928).

The name Elektrostal originates from the Russian words of Электро (Elektro), Electric and Сталь (Stal), Steel. It was known as Zatishye (Затишье) until 1928.

In 1938, Elektrostal was granted town status. In 2026 four young men on a bus made insulting remarks to other passengers, to which another young man objected, after which they got off the bus and had an altercation at the bus stop, which resulted in the lone man fatally stabbing one of the four.

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

Elektrostal is a center of metallurgy and heavy machinery manufacturing. Major companies include: • Elektrostal metallurgical factory • Elektrostal chemical-mechanical factory • Elektrostal Heavy Engineering Works, JSC is a designer and manufacturer of equipment for producing seamless hot-rolled, cold-rolled and welded steel materials and metallurgical equipment. • MSZ, also known as ru-Latn, Russia's largest producer of fuel rod assemblies for nuclear power plants, which are exported to many countries in Europe. • Wildberries distribution center The 9th radio center in Elektrostal is home to a high power medium wave transmitter. The first S-400 Triumf missile defense system was deployed at Elektrostal, becoming fully operational on 1 July 2007.

• Illustration — LiAZ-5256 bus Elektrostal is linked by Elektrichka suburban electric trains to Moscow's Kursky Rail Terminal with a travel time of 1 hour and 20 minutes. Long-distance buses link Elektrostal to Noginsk, Moscow and other nearby towns. Local public transport includes buses.

• Illustration — Indoor practice ice rink named after A. Ionov. • Illustration — Pool "Kristall" – school of the Olympic reserve: diving, synchronized swimming, swimming. • Illustration — Home arena hockey team Kristall Elektrostal – Ledovyi Dvorets Sporta "Kristall" in 1995. The city ice hockey team Kristall Elektrostal was established in 1949 and plays in the Junior Hockey League Division B.

• Illustration — Nikolay Vtorov Street • Irina Baeva, actress • Yevgeni Malkov, association football player • Anastasia Pozdniakova, Olympic diver • Vitali Proshkin, ice hockey player • Vladimir Zharkov, ice hockey player • Nikolay Vtorov, industrialist • Ivan Sergeyevich Kuznetsov, city architect • Vyacheslav Zudov, cosmonaut • Evgeni Kovyrshin, ice hockey player • Sergei Arekayev, ice hockey player • Imomali Turdiev, involved in famous criminal case

Elektrostal is twinned with: • Bulgaria Pernik, Bulgaria • Belarus Polotsk, Belarus • North Macedonia Strumica, North Macedonia