Kratovo, Russia
Urban-type settlement in Moscow Oblast, Russia
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Kratovo (Russian: Кра́тово) is an urban locality (a suburban (dacha) settlement) in Ramensky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 40 kilometers (25 mi) southeast of Moscow. Population: 8,277 (2010 census);[1] 6,855 (2002 census);[4] 6,295 (1989 Soviet census).[5]
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Kratovo
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| Coordinates: 55°36′N 38°09′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Moscow Oblast |
| Administrative district | Ramensky District |
| Founded | 1898 |
| Population | |
• Total | 8,277 |
• Estimate (2024) | 15,790 (+90.8%) |
| Demonym | Kratovian |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [2]) |
| Postal code[3] | 140130 |
| OKTMO ID | 46648157051 |
Zoe Williams of The Guardian wrote that Kratovo "resembles a Russian Guildford with high hedges, gigantic trees, the careful, botanical planning of expensive privacy."[6] and that the locality "has a reputation for being full of former KGB safe houses, though I couldn’t find one Moscovite who would vouch for that."[6]
History
On 10 June 2017, a 50-year-old man opened fire on passers-by in the settlement, killing five people.
Notable people
Yuriy Borzakovskiy, who won gold in the men's 800-meter race at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, was born in Kratovo. Sergei Eisenstein and Sergei Prokofiev had dachas here, and Soviet dissident Valeriya Novodvorskaya also spent time in a rented dacha here.[7][8]
George Blake, a famous Cold War spy, lived in a dacha in Kratovo[6] as well as State Duma member Viktor Ilyukhin.
