Ramenskoye, Moscow Oblast
human settlement in Ramensky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Ramenskoye (Russian: Ра́менское, Russian pronunciation: [ˈramʲɪnskəjə]) is a town and the administrative center of Ramensky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 46 kilometers (29 mi) southeast of Moscow.
Etymology
The town's name derives from an Old Slavonic word "раменье" (ramenye), meaning "on the edge of forest".
Population
Population: 114,537 (2021 census); 96,317 (2010 census); 82,074 (2002 census); 87,666 (1989 Soviet census); 69,000 (1974); 28,000 (1939).
History
The area where the town now stands was first mentioned in 1328. A stone church was built here by Count Platon Musin-Pushkin in 1725–1730. In the 1770s, the selo of Novo-Troitskoye (Russian: Ново-Троицкое) was established here; its name later changed to Ramenskoye. In 1831, a textile factory was founded in Ramenskoye and by the second half of the 19th century, it had grown to be one of the largest enterprises in the Russian Empire. On March 15, 1926, Ramenskoye was granted town status.
Russo-Ukrainian War
On the night of 9 September 2024, during a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on western Russia, a Ukrainian drone crashed into an apartment building in Ramenskoye, killing 1 and injuring 3 according to Moscow Oblast governor Andrey Vorobyov.
On 31 October 2025, the Ukrainian GUR operation in Ramenskoye exploded all three major fuel lines of the Koltsevoy fuel pipeline, or "ring pipeline" that encircles Moscow to provide three types of fuels to the Russian military industrial complex.
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