Klin, Klinsky District, Moscow Oblast

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Klin Клин
Town[1]
Sovetskaya Square in Klin
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Klin
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Coordinates: 56°20′N 36°44′E / 56.333°N 36.733°E / 56.333; 36.733
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Moscow Oblast[1]
Administrative district	Klinsky District[1]
Town	Klin[1]
Known since	1317
Town status since	1781
Government
• Head	Alena Sokolskaya
Elevation	160 m (520 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	80,585
• Rank	206th in 2010
Administrative status
• Capital of	Klinsky District,[1] Town of Klin[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Klinsky Municipal District[3]
• Urban settlement	Klin Urban Settlement[3]
• Capital of	Klinsky Municipal District,[3] Klin Urban Settlement[3]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	141601–141607, 141609, 141612, 141613, 141618
Dialing code(s)	+7 49624
OKTMO ID	46621101001

Klin (Russian: Клин, lit. a wedge) is a town and the administrative center of Klinsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 85 kilometers (53 mi) northwest of Moscow. Population: 80,585 (2010 Census);^[2] 83,178 (2002 Census);^[6] 94,908 (1989 Soviet census);^[7] 94,000 (1985 est.).

It has been known since 1317.^{[citation needed]} In 1482, it was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Moscow with the rest of the Principality of Tver. Town status was granted in 1781.^{[citation needed]}

Klin was taken by the Germans briefly during the Battle of Moscow in 1941. The German occupation lasted from November 23 to December 15, 1941. A short time later, on December 19, the British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and the Soviet ambassador to the United Kingdom Ivan Maysky visited the town with more than twenty correspondents during Eden's first diplomatic mission to Moscow.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Klin serves as the administrative center of Klinsky District.^[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with sixty-one rural localities, incorporated within Klinsky District as the Town of Klin.^[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Klin is incorporated within Klinsky Municipal District as Klin Urban Settlement.^[3]

The town is best known as the residence of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, whose house, the Tchaikovsky House-Museum, is open to visitors as a museum. It was here that the composer wrote his last major work, the 6th symphony, or the "Pathetique".

Among several churches, the most noteworthy are the 16th-century church of the Dormition cloister and the baroque Resurrection cathedral (1712).

There is a large beer factory, which produces Klinskoye beer.

The M10 highway connecting Moscow to St. Petersburg and the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway run through the town.

It was home to the Klin air base during the Cold War.

Local association football team Khimik plays in the Moscow Oblast league. Titan Klin play in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey.

• Sergei Tyablikov, theoretical physicist
• Yevgeny Minayev, Soviet Olympic weightlifter
• Yevgeny Leonov, film director who grew up in Klin
• Vera Mukhina, sculptor;^[9] one of the streets in the town is named after her

Klin is twinned with:^[10]

• Губернатор Московской области. Постановление №123-ПГ от 28 сентября 2010 г. «Об учётных данных административно-территориальных и территориальных единиц Московской области», в ред. Постановления №252-ПГ от 26 июня 2015 г. «О внесении изменения в учётные данные административно-территориальных и территориальных единиц Московской области». Опубликован: "Информационный вестник Правительства МО", №10, 30 октября 2010 г. (Governor of Moscow Oblast. Resolution #123-PG of September 28, 2010 On the Inventory Data of the Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units of Moscow Oblast, as amended by the Resolution #252-PG of June 26, 2015 On Amending the Inventory Data of the Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units of Moscow Oblast. ).
• Московская областная Дума. Закон №80/2005-ОЗ от 28 февраля 2005 г. «О статусе и границах Клинского муниципального района и вновь образованных в его составе муниципальных образований», в ред. Закона №36/2011-ОЗ от 25 марта 2011 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Московской области "О статусе и границах Клинского муниципального района и вновь образованных в его составе муниципальных образований", Закон Московской области "О статусе и границах Солнечногорского муниципального района и вновь образованных в его составе муниципальных образований", Закон Московской области "О статусе и границах Истринского муниципального района и вновь образованных в его составе муниципальных образований"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ежедневные Новости. Подмосковье", №44, 12 марта 2005 г. (Moscow Oblast Duma. Law #80/2005-OZ of February 28, 2005 On the Status and the Borders of Klinsky Municipal District and the Newly Established Municipal Formations Comprising It, as amended by the Law #36/2011-OZ of March 25, 2011 On Amending the Law of Moscow Oblast "On the Status and the Borders of Klinsky Municipal District and the Newly Established Municipal Formations Comprising It", the Law of Moscow Oblast "On the Status and the Borders of Solnechnogorsky Municipal District and the Newly Established Municipal Formations Comprising It", the Law of Moscow Oblast "On the Status and the Borders of Istrinsky Municipal District and the Newly Established Municipal Formations Comprising It". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).

• Unofficial website of Klin (in Russian)
• Nutcrackers and Christmas Trees in historic Klin