Khimki

Khimki Химки
Babakina Street in Khimki in February 2010
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Coordinates: 55°53′21″N 37°26′42″E / 55.88917°N 37.44500°E / 55.88917; 37.44500
Country	Russia

Khimki (Russian: Химки) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia.

Location

History

Khimki was located as a railway station at the Moscow–St. Petersburg railway northwest of Moscow. The Moskva-Volga Canal was constructed between 1932 and 1937 on which the city of Khimki lies on the west bank of the Moscow Saint Petersburg highway. Khimki was founded in 1939.

Khimki was located at the Moscow–St. Petersburg railway northwest of Moscow. Khimki was incorporated in 1939, grewing from a small nucleus of summer cottages (dachi). It is now an important industrial centre, with engineering, tile, and glass concerns.

Transportation

There are buses and trolleys in Khimki. Sheremetyevo International Airport is located in Khimki.

Station Khimki and platforms Lecoberezhnaya, Skhodnya, Firsanovskaya of October railroad.

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