Vidnoye, Moscow Oblast

Vidnoye (Ви́дное) is a city and the administrative center of Leninsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 3 km south of Moscow city limits. Population:

History
Rastorguyevo summer cottage community was established in this area in 1902. The construction of the Moscow Coke and Gas Works factory started in 1937 but was interrupted by World War II, and it was only in 1949 that the settlement of Vidnoye was established for the factory workers. Vidnoye was merged with Rastorguyevo and granted town status in 1965.

Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Vidnoye serves as the administrative center of Leninsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with seven rural localities, incorporated within Leninsky District as the Town of Vidnoye. As a municipal division, the Town of Vidnoye is incorporated within Leninsky Municipal District as Vidnoye Urban Settlement.

Economy
Main industrial enterprises in Vidnoye include the Moscow Coke and Gas Works, the Metallist factory, and the Gipsobeton company. Public transportation is represented by commuter trains to Moscow (Rastorguyevo railway station of the Pavelets Line) and eight bus lines. Several trolleybus lines were put into operation during the first decade of the 2000s.

Culture

 * St. Catherine's monastery
 * Soviet Square and Leninskiy District Historical and Cultural Center

Media
Vidnovskiye Vesti, established in 1931, is the local newspaper. One local cable TV station (Vidnoye-TV) broadcasts in the city.

Sports
There are several sports arenas in the city: Vidnoye sports palace, Metallurg ice stadium, a motoball stadium, and a swimming pool. There are several sport clubs for teenagers.

Basketball
Women's Basketball Club Spartak Moscow Oblast is a women's basketball team based in Vidnoye that plays in FIBA's EuroLeague Women. It is a highly successful team in recent years, winning the 2005-2006 EuroCup Women and the 2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2008–2009 and 2009-2010 EuroLeague Women championship and the inaugural SuperCup Women.

Motoball (Motorcycle Polo)
Vidnoye is hometown of Metallurg motoball team. Three European championships took place in Vidnoye (in 1992, 1998, and 2006), in all of which team Russia was the winner.

Notable people

 * Association football goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev was born in Vidnoye.
 * Nike Borzov - popular Russian singer and musician - was born in Vidnoye

Twin towns and sister cities
Vidnoye is twinned with:
 * 🇬🇷 Glyfada, Attica, Greece
 * 🇰🇬 Kant, Chüy Region, Kyrgyzstan
 * 🇱🇰 Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Sri Lanka
 * 🇨🇳 Shaoshan, Hunan, China
 * 🇫🇮 Tuusula, Uusimaa, Finland