Odintsovo

• En Name — Odintsovo • Ru Name — Одинцово • Federal Subject — Moscow Oblast • Adm District Jur — Odintsovsky District • Adm Selsoviet Jur — Odintsovo • Adm Selsoviet Type — City • Adm Ctr Of1 — Odintsovsky District • Adm Ctr Of2 — City of Odintsovo • Inhabloc Cat — City • Mun District Jur — Odintsovsky Municipal District • Urban Settlement Jur — Odintsovo Urban Settlement • Mun Admctr Of1 — Odintsovsky Municipal District • Mun Admctr Of2 — Odintsovo Urban Settlement • Leader Title — Head • Leader Name — Ivanov Andrei • Area Km2 — 19.6 • Pop 2010census — 138930 • Pop 2010census Rank — 122nd • Established Date — late 14th century • Current Cat Date — 1957 • Postal Codes — 143000–143003, 143005–143007, 143009–143011, 143015–143019, 143027, 994010 • Website — odintsovo-gorod.ru Odintsovo (ɐdʲɪnˈtsovə) is a city and the administrative center of Odintsovsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Western suburb of Moscow. Population:

The village of Odintsovo was established in the late 14th century by a noble known as Andrey Odinets (whose real name was Andrey Domotkanov). For his great service to Dmitry Donskoy Odinets was granted land to the southwest of Moscow. Town status was granted to Odintsovo in 1957.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Odintsovo serves as the administrative center of Odintsovsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with nineteen rural localities, incorporated within Odintsovsky District as the City of Odintsovo. As a municipal division, the City of Odintsovo is incorporated within Odintsovsky Municipal District as Odintsovo Urban Settlement.

The coat of arms of Odintsovo shows a white deer, representing cleanliness and purity. The deer lies facing the west, although gazes to the east.

Odintsovo volleyball clubs Iskra (men) and Zarechie Odintsovo (women) were both champions of Russia in the past and are still performing successfully. Zarechie Odintsovo won in the final in April 2008 against Dinamo Moscow to become champions of Russia. Many male and female players in Russian national volleyball teams either grew up, or played/trained in Odintsovo. "The Ice Palace", or the Odintsovo ice skating and hockey ring, was named to have "the best ice ever played on" by North American and former Soviet ice hockey veterans during the Stanley Cup visit in 2004.

• Illustration — Church of Grebnevskaya • Illustration — Residential complex in Odintsovo Odintsovo is home to the Church of Grebnevskaya, Icon of the Mother of God, which was built in 1802.

• Alеna Aurum (born 2009), singer, radio host, and video blogger on the Likee social network • Olga Budina (born 1975), theater and film actress • Ivan Dubasov (1897–1988), artist active in the Soviet Union • Konstantin Krizhevsky (1926-2000), footballer • Larisa Lazutina (born 1965), Olympic, Russian, and World Cross-country skiing champion

Odintsovo is twinned with: • Kruševac, Serbia • Novopolotsk, Belarus • Wittmund, Germany

• Kizlyar, Russia • Sudzhansky District, Russia