Troitsk () is a town in Troitsky Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia, located on the Desna River southwest from the center of Moscow on the Kaluzhskoye Highway. Population: 39,873 (2010 Census); 32,653 (2002 Census);
History Troitsk was first mentioned in 1646 as a settlement of Troitskoye.Троицк вчера, сегодня, завтра. Юбилейное издание / Под ред. К. П. Рязанова. — Троицк: Тровант, 2007. — 128 с.: 414 илл. It was renamed Troitsk and granted town status in 1977. Until 1 July 2012 it was a part of Moscow Oblast but was transferred to Moscow's jurisdiction along with other territories in the southwest.
Administrative and municipal status On 1 July 2012 Troitsk was transferred to the city of Moscow and became a part of the newly-established Troitsky Administrative Okrug.
Prior to the transfer, within the framework of administrative divisions, it was incorporated as Troitsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #12/2001-OZ; revision prior to July 17, 2012 As a municipal division, Troitsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction was incorporated as Troitsk Urban Okrug.Law #48/2005-OZ
Research It is home of a number of research institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences, including: Institute for Nuclear Research Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, IZMIRAN
Institute for Spectroscopy of the Russian Academy of Sciences Technological Institute for Superhard and Novel Carbon Materials Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Thermonuclear Research Branch of Lebedev Physical Institute Branch of the of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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External links Troitsk online community