Lukhovitsy is a town and the administrative center of Lukhovitsky District

Lukhovitsky District

Lukhovitsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 38 in Moscow Oblast, Russia....

 of Moscow Oblast

Moscow Oblast

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, Russia

Russia

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, located on the Oka River

Oka River

Oka is a river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga. It flows through the regions of Oryol, Tula, Kaluga, Moscow, Ryazan, Vladimir, and Nizhny Novgorod and is navigable over a large part of its total length, as far upstream as to the town of Kaluga. Its length exceeds...

 135 kilometres (83.9 mi) southeast of Moscow

Moscow

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. Population:

Lukhovitsy was first mentioned in 1594 as a settlement of Glukhovichi , a votchina

Votchina

Votchina or otchina was an East Slavic land estate that could be inherited. The term "votchina" was also used to describe the lands of a knyaz.The term originated in the law of Kievan Rus...

 of a Ryazan

Ryazan

Ryazan is a city and the administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Oka River southeast of Moscow. Population: The strategic bomber base Dyagilevo is just west of the city, and the air base of Alexandrovo is to the southeast as is the Ryazan Turlatovo Airport...

 archbishop

Archbishop

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. It used to be called Lukhovichi until the mid-1920s and after that Lukhovitsy. In 1957, it was granted town status. The town grew rapidly after the transfer of testing (and later production) facilities of the Mikoyan

Mikoyan

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 design bureau.

Transportation

The town is served by Lukhovitsy Tretyakovo Airport. Lukhovitsy Bus Terminal is located here.

Trivia

Lukhovitsy is famous for growing cucumber

Cucumber

The cucumber is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, which includes squash, and in the same genus as the muskmelon. The plant is a creeping vine which bears cylindrical edible fruit when ripe. There are three main varieties of cucumber: "slicing", "pickling", and...

s; there is a monument to cucumber in the town.

External links

• The Moscow News: Sights with Water