Aprelevka

Aprelevka is a city in Russia (since 1961) in the Naro-Fominsky district of the Moscow region.

The area of the city is 990 hectares, the population is 27 860 thousand people (2018). Aprelevka is located on the banks of the Desna River, 25 km southwest of Moscow and 28 km northeast of Naro-Fominsk. The railway station on the Moscow - Obninsk line of the Moscow Railway.

Originated as a settlement at the station Aprelevka, opened in 1899 and named on the river Aprelevka. In 1910, the German entrepreneurs I. Molem, A. Kibart and Vogt founded in Aprelevka plant for the production of gramophone records "Metropol Record", which then became the largest such plant in the USSR (the company "Melody").

In 1935, it was united with neighboring villages in the working village of Aprelevka, since 1961 the city with the same name. Seriously suffered from bombing during the Great Patriotic War.

At the moment, records are not issued, small and medium-sized businesses are located on the territory of the enterprise.

Attractions: Church of Elijah the Prophet and the former estate of Demidov Petrovsky (Knyazhichevo).