Zhukovsky
Description
Zhukovsky is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Moskva River, 40 km southeast of Moscow. Population: 104,736 (2010).
History
The urban-type settlement of Stakhanovo was founded in 1935 from the dacha settlement Otdykh (literally, "Relaxation"). It was named after Alexey Stakhanov, a famous Soviet miner. On April 23, 1947, the settlement was granted town status and renamed Zhukovsky, in honor of the pioneer of aero- and hydrodynamics Nikolay Zhukovsky.
Research and economy
Zhukovsky is a home to the M. M. Gromov Flight Research Institute known as LII and N. Ye. Zhukovsky Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute known as TsAGI—they are two major facilities involved in testing and designing aircraft. These facilities were employers for a great portion of the city's population before perestroika. Also, there is situated the Aeromechanics faculty of MIPT.
There are a number smaller, but also important enterprises, such as:
- V. V. Tikhomirov Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design (NIIP),
- Scientific Research Institute of Aviation Equipment (Научно-исследовательский институт авиационного оборудования, НИИАО, NIIAO),
- Agate Moscow Scientific Research Institute (Московский научно-исследовательский институт «Агат», Агат, Agate),
- Vladimir Myasishchev Experimental machine-building plant Myasishchev (Экспериментальный машиностроительный завод имени В.М.Мясищева, ЭМЗ, EMZ).
There are also some aviation design bureaus - Sukhoy, Ilyushin, Tupolev, etc. located in the area.
Machine-building, woodworking plants, spare parts factory, paper-mill Food industry - Inko, Nestlé, local bread-baking plant.
