Balashikha

The Peter the Great Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces (Russian: Военная академия Ракетных войск стратегического назначения имени Петра Великого) is a military academy that serves personnel of the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Armed Forces. Since 2015, it has been located in the municipality of Balashikha in the Moscow Oblast. The academy is subordinate to the Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces.

The Balashikha Arena is a 6,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Balashikha, Russia. Opened in 2007, it replaced Vityaz Ice Palace as the home of HC MVD, a Kontinental Hockey League ice hockey team. The 2017 national rink bandy cup took place in the arena.

Balashikhinsky District (Russian: Балашихинский райо́н) was an administrative and municipal district (raion) of Moscow Oblast, Russia. Its administrative center was the city of Balashikha. Population: 225,381 (2010 Census); 187,988 (2002 Census); 31,964 (1989 Census). The population of Balashikha accounted for 95.6% of the district's total population.The district was abolished on January 1, 2011 and reorganized as Balashikha City Under Oblast Jurisdiction.

On 17 August 2016, two armed men with axes and firearms attacked the traffic police station on Shchelkovskoye highway near Moscow. Both the attackers were shot dead by police.

Moscow Radio Center 13 is a transmission facility near Balashikha, approximately 3.5 km east of the ringbelt motorway of Moscow. Moscow Radio Centre 13 served in the Cold War era as jammer to block transmissions of western shortwave radio programs. Although the radio wave jammer activities ceased in the middle of the 1980s, some occasional continuing of the jammer use occurred on March 14, 1989 to block incoming transmissions to the Lithuanian minority in Moscow area. In later years, a tall, 176m freestanding lattice tower for transmissions was built in OIRT-band. In 2005, a new mast for FM-broadcasting was built by the Russian company Stako. This mast, called Balashikha Transmission Mast', has a triangular cross-section which is 3.6m in width. The construction originally planned for the mast to reach a height of 460m and contain six floors, however the mast has only reached a height of 300m and is constructed of 4 levels. In the meantime, shortwave transmission was ceased at Moscow Radio Center 13. The shortwave broadcasting masts were dismantled between 2002 and 2007.

Zheleznodorozhny (Russian: Железнодоро́жный) is an inhabited zone and former city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 21 kilometers (13 mi) east of Moscow. It was technically abolished and merged into the city of Balashikha in January 2015. Population: 131,257 (2010 Census); 103,931 (2002 Census); 97,426 (1989 Census). Its name means "Railway", and its flag and coat of arms both had lines resembling railway tracks.

Vostochny District, Moscow (Russian: райо́н Восто́чный) is an administrative district (raion) of Eastern Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia.

Shchyolkovsky District (Russian: Щёлковский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 704.88 square kilometers (272.16 sq mi). Its administrative center is the city of Shchyolkovo. Population: 193,629 (2010 Census); 211,560 (2002 Census); 101,216 (1989 Census). The population of Shchyolkovo accounts for 57.0% of the district's total population.

Shchyolkovo (Russian: Щёлково, IPA: [ˈɕːɵlkəvə]) is a city and the administrative center of Shchyolkovsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River (Oka's tributary), 20 kilometers (12 mi) northeast of Moscow. Population: 134,211 (2021 Census); 110,411 (2010 Census); 112,865 (2002 Census); 109,255 (1989 Census); 91,000 (1977).

Podmoskovie Stadium, situated in the suburb of Shchelkovo some 15 km from the centre of Moscow, is one of the oldest stadia in Russia. The Russian word Podmoskovye means "Moscow Region". Built in 1928, it underwent a refurbishment in 2003 to modernise its facilities. As part of the preparations for the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Championship, the stadium received new seating areas, improved floodlighting and brought its VIP and press areas in line with international standards.

Chernoye is a civilian airfield located near to Fedurnovo, Balashikha, Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is home to the Moscow Aviation-Repair Plant DOSAAF which perform aviation maintenance on Mil Mi-2, Mil Mi-8 and Antonov An-2 aircraft.

Zagoryansky (Russian: Загорянский) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Shchyolkovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: 7,997 (2010 Census); 7,576 (2002 Census); 5,177 (1989 Census).