As of July 1, 2017, there are 73 cities in the Moscow Region, of which:
- 14 city-district centers;
- 43 cities of regional subordination;
- 1 closed city - Krasnoznamensk;
- 12 cities of regional subordination, which are administratively subordinate to the districts;
- 3 cities that are under the administrative subordination of cities of regional subordination.
List of cities near Moscow remoteness from Moscow
The list of cities is headed by Lyubertsy, Kotelniki and Reutov, they are located 2 km from the capital, Dzerzhinsky and Khimki - 3 km, Krasnogorsk - 4, Vidnoe and Odintsovo - 5 km, Dolgoprudny - 6, Balashikha and Shcherbinka - 8 km, Mytishchi - 9 km, Yubileiny - 10, Moscow - 11 km, Zheleznodorozhny, Lytkarino and Korolev - 12 km, Lobnya - 14 km, Domodedovo - 15 km, Podolsk - 16 km, Troitsk - 18 km, Ivanteyevka, Pushkino and Shchelkovo - 19 km, Dedovsk - 20 km, Zhukovsky, Staraya Kupavna and Elektrougli - 23 km, Klimovsk - 24 km, Aprelevka - 25 km, Fryazino - 27 km, Golitsino and Ramenskoye - 28 km, Krasnoznamensk and Los but, Petrovsky - 29 km, Istra - 36 km, Noginsk - 37 km, Krasnoarmeysk - 39 km, Bronitsy and Zvenigorod - 41 km, Elektrostal - 42 km, Chernogolovka - 43 km, Solnechnogorsk - 44 km, Dmitrov, Yakhroma and Kubinka - 48 km, Chekhov - 50 km, Khotkovo - 53 km, Sergiev Posad - 55 km, Naro-Fominsk - 57 km, Pavlovsky Posad - 59 km, Elektrogorsk - 64 km, Klin - 66 km, Peresvet - 71 km, Drezna - 72 km, Serpukhov - 73 km, Krasnozavodsk - 74 km, Voskresensk - 76 km, Vysokovsk and Orekhovo-Zuevo - 78 km, Kurovskoye - 79 km, Likino-Dulyovo - 86 km, Ruza - 87 km, Stupino - 88 km, Mozhaisk - 89 km, Kolomna - 91 km, Volokamsk - 94 km, P gorge - 96 km, Dubna - 98 km, Vereya, Protvino, Kashira - 99 km, Yegoryevsk - 100 km, Necklace - 105 km, Taldom - 107 km, Lukhovitsy - 112 km, Lakes - 119 km, Zaraysk - 137 km, Shatura - 138 km. Closes the list of cities near Moscow is the most remote city Roshal, its distance to Moscow is 147 km.
The nearest Moscow Region includes the territory of the Moscow Region and the cities of Moscow, located from the Moscow Ring Road at a distance of 40 km towards the region. What are the cities near Moscow? The list is small: Mytischi, Kotelniki, Lyubertsy, Lobnya, Zhukovsky, Podolsk, Odintsovo, Domodedovo, Khimki, Krasnogorsk, Dzerzhinsky, Balashikha, Reutov, Korolev, Pushkino and others. All these cities are known to almost any resident of our country.
The largest cities of the Moscow Region: a list of cities by population
The list of the 20 largest cities of the Moscow Region in terms of the population living in them included:
- Balashikha - 215, 350 people;
- Khimki - 208 560 people;
- Podolsk - 187 960 people;
- Korolev - 183, 400 people;
- Mytishchi - 173, 340 people;
- Lyubertsy - 171 980 people;
- Elektrostal - 155, 370 people;
- Kolomna - 144790 people;
- Odintsovo - 139, 020 people;
- Railway - 132, 230 people;
- Serpukhov - 126 500 people;
- Orekhovo-Zuevo - 121 110 people;
- Krasnogorsk - 116 740 people;
- Shchelkovo - 108, 060 people;
- Sergiev Posad - 105 840 people;
- Pushkino - 102 820 people;
- Zhukovsky - 102 790 people;
- Noginsk - 102, 080 people;
- Ramenskoye - 101 200 people;
- Wedge - 93, 420.
The most ancient cities
In the era of ancient Russia (the period before the Tatar-Mongol invasion), about 17 ancient Russian cities were located on the territory of the modern metropolitan region. But only 9 of them are mentioned in ancient written sources and only they retained their names and did not turn into dead cities. List of ancient cities of the Moscow Region: Moscow, Zaraysk (Sturgeon), Mozhaisk, Dmitrov, Volokolamsk, Dubna, Zvenigorod, Lobynsk, Kolomna.
Most of the cities of the ancient Moscow region are mentioned in annals from the 12th century. The very first mention of the city of Dubna - 1134, the second mentioned Volokolamsk - 1135. List of ancient cities of the Moscow Region and the year of their first mention in the annals:
- Dubna - 1134;
- Volokolamsk - 1135 g.;
- Moscow, Lobinsk - 1147;
- Dmitrov - 1154;
- Kolomna - 1177 g.;
- Zaraysk (Sturgeon) - 1225;
- Mozhaysk -1231
Tourist attractive cities of Moscow region
1. Sergiev Posad. One of the main attractions and decoration of the city is the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. Also famous are the Ascension Church, Pyatnitskaya, Uspenskaya, Vvedenskaya, Ilyinskaya churches, ancient shopping arcades and a monastery hotel.
2. Wedge. Tourist interest is caused by the old church on the territory of the former Assumption Monastery, the Resurrection Church, shopping arcades, Demyanovo estate. In the village of Boblovo - D.I. Museum Mendeleev.
3. The city of Kubinka. Invites guests to the famous military-historical armored museum.
4. Old Kupavna. Holy Trinity Church attracts many pilgrims.
5. Mozhaisk. The majestic earthen Kremlin, Yakimansky and Luzhetsky monasteries, St. Nicholas Cathedral are all the sights of a small town.
