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Solnechnogorsk (, lit. sunny mountain town) is a town and the administrative center of Solnechnogorsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow–St. Petersburg Highway and the Moscow–St. Petersburg railway, on the coast of Senezh Lake, northwest from Moscow. Population:

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Solnechnogorsk
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Солнечногорск
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Sovetskaya Square in Solnechnogorsk
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Moscow Oblast
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Solnechnogorsky District
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Solnechnogorsk
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Town
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Solnechnogorsky District
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Town of Solnechnogorsk
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Town
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Solnechnogorsky Municipal District
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Solnechnogorsk Urban Settlement
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Solnechnogorsky Municipal District
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Solnechnogorsk Urban Settlement
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  • Economy
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Solnechnogorsk (, lit. sunny mountain town) is a town and the administrative center of Solnechnogorsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow–St. Petersburg Highway and the Moscow–St. Petersburg railway, on the coast of Senezh Lake, northwest from Moscow. Population:

It was previously known as Solnechnaya Gora (until 1938).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Solnechnogorsk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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