Kratovo (Russian: Кра́тово) is an urban locality (a suburban (dacha) settlement) in Ramensky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 40 kilometers (25 mi) southeast of Moscow. Population: 8,277 (2010 Census);[1] 6,855 (2002 Census);[5] 6,295 (1989 Census).[6]
Kratovo
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Coordinates: 55°36′N 38°09′E / 55.600°N 38.150°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Moscow Oblast |
Administrative district | Ramensky District |
Founded | 1898 |
Population | |
• Total | 8,277 |
• Estimate (2018)[2] | 8,937 (+8%) |
Demonym | Kratovian |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [3]) |
Postal code(s)[4] | 140130 |
OKTMO ID | 46648157051 |
Zoe Williams of The Guardian wrote that Kratovo "resembles a Russian Guildford with high hedges, gigantic trees, the careful, botanical planning of expensive privacy."[7] and that the locality "has a reputation for being full of former KGB safe houses, though I couldn’t find one Moscovite who would vouch for that."[7]
On 10 June 2017, a 50-year-old man opened fire on passers-by in the settlement, killing four people.[citation needed]
Yuriy Borzakovskiy, who took home the gold in the men's 800-meter run at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, was born in Kratovo. Sergei Eisenstein and Sergei Prokofiev had dachas here, and Soviet dissident Valeriya Novodvorskaya also spent time in a rented dacha here.[8][9]
George Blake, famous Cold War spy [b.1922] lives in a dacha in Kratovo.[7]