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The Titov Main Test and Space Systems Control Centre (Russian: Главный испытательный центр испытаний и управления космическими средствами (ГИЦИУ КС), tr. Glavny Ispytatelny Tsentr Ispytany i Upravleniya Kosmicheskimi Sredstvami (GITSIU COP)) (also referenced as the Titov Space Control Centre and Titov Space Centre) is the main Russian military and commercial satellite control centre. It is run by the Russian Space Forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Located roughly 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Moscow in closed town of Krasnoznamensk, the centre was built in 1957 as part of the Soviet space program, and was known by the name of Golitsyno-2.

Krasnoznamensk (Russian: Краснозна́менск) is a closed town in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: 43,868 (2021 Census); 36,103 (2010 Census); 28,044 (2002 Census). It was previously known as Golitsyno-2 (until 1994).

Pobeda (Russian: Победа, lit. Victory) is a railway station of Kiyevsky suburban railway line in Naro-Fominsky District of Moscow Oblast. It was opened in 1951 and rebuilt in 2020.

Aeroflot Flight 2003 was operated on 3 January 1976 by a Tupolev Tu-124, registration СССР-45037, when it crashed 7 km after take-off from Moscow–Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW), on a domestic flight to Minsk-1 International Airport (MHP/UMMM), and Brest Airport (BQT/UMBB), Belarus. The crash killed all sixty-one on board and one in a house on the ground.

Bolshiye Vyazyomy (Russian: Большие Вязёмы) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Odintsovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. The population is 12,650 (2010 Census); 5,667 (2002 Census); Vyazyomy is the location of Vyazyomy Manor owned by members of the Golitsyn family. Both Kutuzov and Napoleon Bonaparte slept in the main manor house (on the same sofa in the library) only one day apart; Napoleon left the day before the French entered Moscow. The manor and two outbuildings remain to this day.

Kokoshkino is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. Population: 11,600 (2010 Census); 9,900 (2002 Census); 10,694 (1989 Census). Kokoshkino is named after Fyodor Kokoshkin, founder of the Constitutional Democratic Party, who owned a house nearby. The flag of the Kokoshkino settlement is based on the coat of arms of the Kokoshkin family.

Aprelevka (Russian: Апре́левка) is a town in Naro-Fominsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located along the Moscow–Kaluga railway, 42 kilometers (26 mi) from Moscow. Population: 18,349 (2010 Census); 18,357 (2002 Census); 21,178 (1989 Census).

Vlasikha (Russian: Вла́сиха) is a closed urban locality (a work settlement) in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It serves as the headquarters of the Strategic Missile Troops of Russia. Population: 28,240 (2021 Census); 26,359 (2010 Census);

Istra (Russian: И́стра) is a river in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Moskva. It is 113 kilometres (70 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 2,050 square kilometres (790 sq mi). The town of Istra is located on it.

Lesnoy Gorodok (Russian: Лесной Городок) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Odintsovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: 7,231 (2010 Census); 5,098 (2002 Census); 4,297 (1989 Census).

Golitsyno (Russian: Голи́цыно) is a town in Odintsovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 40 kilometers (25 mi) west of Moscow. Population: 17,593 (2010 Census); 16,189 (2002 Census); 23,315 (1989 Census).

Golitsyno Border Institute of the FSB of the Russian Federation (Russian: Голицынский пограничный институт ФСБ России) is a is a federal state educational institution of higher professional education for the training of officers for the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of Russia. It traces its history and traditions from the border school of the OGPU of the USSR, which existed between 1930 and 1953). It has existed in its current form since 1967. Located in the town of Golitsyno in Moscow Oblast.