North Moscow Oblast

North Moscow Oblast is a region in .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Khimki and Sergiev Posad.

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is a mid-sized city in North Moscow Oblast, adjacent to , with a prominent historical role in the Soviet aerospace industry, some very large upscale shopping malls, and fast-growing residential districts for Muscovite commuters.

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is a city in North Moscow Oblast, famous for its Troitse-Sergiev Lavra monastery, the spiritual home of the Russian Orthodox Church. It is often visited as a part of the Golden Ring around Moscow.

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is a mid-sized industrial city in North Moscow Oblast, which borders to the southwest. It is perhaps 's principal industrial center, particularly for machinery and armaments.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Korolyov and Dmitrov.

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is a mid-sized city in North Moscow Oblast, best known as the "cradle of space exporation," as it was the center of the Soviet space program. It was also a former elite dacha location, a vacation spot for all sorts of famous Russians.

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is a small millennial city in , located some 65 km north of the capital . It has some 60,000 inhabitants and is renowned for its old and beautiful kremlin.

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Schyolkovo is a mid-sized city in the North Moscow Oblast. While not especially a tourist destination itself, it serves as a change point on routes to sights in the north-eastern Moscow Region.

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is a small ancient town in . The town is best known as the residence of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, whose house, the Tchaikovsky House-Museum, is open to visitors as a museum.

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is an estate located north of Moscow, in the proximity of Khotkovo, that became a center for the Slavophile movement and artistic activity in the 19th century.

North Moscow Oblast

Latitude of center
56.3° or 56° 18′ north
Longitude of center
37.6° or 37° 36′ east
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Russian—“North Moscow Oblast” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “поўнач Маскоўскай вобласьці”
  • Catalan: “Nord de l’óblast de Moscou”
  • Chinese: “北莫斯科州”
  • Russian: “Север Московской области”

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