Noginsk near Moscow through the eyes of a resident

Noginsk is not my hometown, but now I live here. True, I’m planning to move, since the Moscow climate, as it turns out, is quite cold and humid. Therefore, if you have health problems, I do not recommend the Moscow region to you.

Noginsk is a regional ancient city with its own unique architecture. It is the center of the Bogorodsky urban district of the Moscow region.

It is very interesting that the city grew from the village of Rogozhsk, then transformed into the city of Bogorodsk, and after 1930 it was renamed Noginsk.

The city has always had many factories; historically, textile production developed here, which grew even more during Soviet times.

And in recent years, there has been an influx into the city, many factories and industrial zones have been built, in 2015 the Noginsk district was recognized as the winner and awarded a diploma from the Ministry of Investment and Innovation of the Moscow Region in the “Industrial Growth” category.

The most famous enterprises are: OJSC "Russian Sea", Bogorodsky cold storage plant (produces very tasty ice cream according to GOST), bakery, "Estima" (production of porcelain stoneware), OJSC "Foundry-Mechanical Plant" (art casting and forging, forged furniture, manufacturing stairs, fences made of non-ferrous metal and wood), Furniture Factory “MOON - Living Sofas”, Noginsk Chair Factory, Furniture Molchanov LLC, Oriflame plant.

There are a lot of chain stores: Dixy, Pyaterochka, Magnit, there is Ataki, the “Da!” supermarket has recently opened, Eldorado, Kari, many convenience stores, jewelry stores, construction stores are represented by the hypermarket “LEROY MERLIN” and Usadba, a lot of cellular communication stores - Megafon, Billine, Tele2, Svyaznoy, there are Fixprices, Okay (a large hypermarket, located along the Gorky highway next to Leroy Merlin and a large furniture center), Perekrestok, points for issuing online orders Valberrys, Ozone.

There are also restaurants, cafes, fitness clubs and gyms, and swimming pools.

There are bathhouses, dry cleaners, laundries, repair shops, beauty salons, and hairdressers.

For guests of the city, since many pilgrims travel to the city, many “Houses for Visitors” and hotels are open.

Travel agencies and insurance companies, hospitals and clinics, private medical centers, dentists operate for residents, and the Salty salt rooms have opened.

There are bank branches: Sberbank, MKB, Pochtabank, Promsvyazbank, VTB, Rosselkhozbank, Vozrozhdenie, and many different ATMs in different parts of the city.

There are also real estate agencies.

You can get to Moscow by buses that go every 25 minutes to the metro stations Chkalovskaya, Shchelkovskaya, Partizanskaya and Kursky Station (by express the travel time is about 1 hour), as well as from two railway stations Noginsk and Zakharovo. Usually local residents and residents of nearby villages come by car, leave it in a free parking lot near the Zakharovo station and go to Moscow.

To save time, they get to the Reutovo station, and there, in the Novokosino metro station, and here it is, underground Moscow.

By car, everyone travels to Moscow along the Gorkovskoye Highway, depending on the time of day and day of the week, you can get there in 35 minutes or 2 hours.

There are a lot of vehicles in charge of the city, private taxi drivers (Yandextaxi, Uber aggregators), but there are no more trams here, the railway tracks, however, have not all been completely dismantled yet. And if you drive around the city by car or minibus, you can see where the tram route used to be. Many residents have their own personal transport. There are also carsharing cars.

There are also favorable conditions for families with children; there are nurseries, kindergartens, schools, lyceums and even universities, which allows you not to travel to Moscow, but to study from home. For special children there is a boarding school, a special school, music, art and sports schools. There are many clubs open for children in the cultural center next to Glukhovo Park. Private education has been developed.

There is also a place to relax: there are 2 large parks, one Komsomolsky, the other in the Glukhovo microdistrict, the rest of the parks are smaller.

Alley of Fairy Tales

The first is notable for the Alley of Fairy Tales and the Ferris Wheel; the second historical center is the Morozov Estate; you can walk through its house after agreeing on a tour. In the same park there is a mini complex for children to learn the rules of the road, and there is a dedicated bike path for cycling enthusiasts. The park itself is full of pine and larch trees, and if you are looking for a place for photos in nature, this park is what you need. At the entrance to the park there is a bench-house with shelves on which you can bring books for free exchange, put your own or take those available there.

Concerts and folk festivals are also constantly held in Glukhovo Park, especially during major holidays (Maslenitsa, New Year, March 8) - local television comes.

Behind the park there is a newly built modern Znamya stadium, where our famous athletes train, new stands with a capacity of more than 2000 people.

There is also one large stadium, “Avtomobilist”, in addition to the football field there are running tracks, an outdoor tennis court with rubber coating, a mini-football area, and gymnastics equipment.

There is also a theater in the city, where metropolitan artists, conversational artists, singers periodically perform and plays are staged. Prices are reasonable.

The city is famous for its temples, one of the most famous is located on the street. Klimova - Church of St. Matrona of Moscow. The Epiphany and Tikhvin Cathedrals are very beautiful, and there is also a Muslim Church. There are parishes of other faiths.

Generally speaking, Noginsk consists of microdistricts formed from former villages and villages: Istomkino, Domozhirovo, Glukhovo, Yamkino (joined the city in 2021), etc.

It is noteworthy that the center in this city is considered to be the outskirts in the general sense of the word - a place near the railway and bus stations (they are nearby).

Despite the fact that there is a local beautiful Arbat with a pedestrian area and the historical center of Glukhovo.

Of the new buildings, it is worth highlighting the Polet residential complex, Istomkino residential complex, Central Usadba residential complex, Akademika Fortov residential complex, Belyakova residential complex, these new buildings are proven, the rest are problematic - as a rule, long-term construction.

The city is not bad for living; the proximity to Moscow is also pleasing, so you can get there without transfers using any transport.

There are places to relax - parks, restaurants, cafes, just walk around to take pictures of ancient buildings and spiritually cleanse yourself by visiting any of the temples.

There are places to improve and maintain your health and cure - many clinics, both private and public, dentists, salt rooms, swimming pools, fitness centers.

There are places to make yourself beautiful - beauty salons, hairdressers.

There are shopping centers with famous brands of clothing and shoes.

You won't go hungry either - Dixie, 5's, Magnets at every step.

Yes, and creative diversity - you can go to the theater.

The Active Longevity program is open to pensioners.

There is also a lot of work for the working-age population; you don’t have to go to Moscow.

When choosing housing, it is better to give preference to new buildings and those already renovated by the owner. Because repairs from the developer are done by Uzbeks, but they do them poorly, as verified by personal experience. Well, for developers, such workers greatly reduce the cost of repairs.

Because, as a rule, to make repairs (good repairs, not from the developer) you will have to spend about 1 million rubles.

If in a nutshell about new buildings in Noginsk, then here is a short overview:

Residential complex Polet - apartments for sale without finishing, standard and unusual layouts. There is only one entrance to the residential complex from the city side; there are traffic jams at the entrance, because... you need to cross the railway tracks along which electric trains go. The residential complex is built up point by point, there is a kindergarten, a school, and convenience stores. Not far from the forest and the Avtomobilist stadium. Cell phone reception is very poor. Since the building density is high, there are therefore problems with parking and utility bills are higher.
Residential complex Istomkino - apartments with and without finishing, there is a rented building, there is a swimming pool nearby, you need to go to shops, a kindergarten, and a school. There is still parking available. The stadium is nearby and there is also a highway nearby - all the dust and fumes in the apartment, it is better to immediately install an air conditioner, utility bills are higher.
Residential complex Centralnaya Usadba is a new environmentally friendly area of Noginsk, annexed in 2021. The residential complex was commissioned, monolithic brick, plenty of parking spaces, nearby a yakhont forest, a school, kindergarten, hospital, clinic, everyday stores within walking distance, a small communal apartment. The advantage of this new building is that it is located in the Small Moscow Ring Road (MMKAD), Noginsk itself is located beyond the MMRKAD
The residential complex on Akademika Fortova was built by the Finnish company YIT. The house is a panel, but with ventilated facades. The downside is the problem with parking and access to the highway, where there are always traffic jams and accidents, utility bills are average.
The residential complex on Belyakova (Zarechye microdistrict) is an established area, one might say that it is no longer a new building, but still it is also included in this list. The building density is spotty, which means parking is a problem. But shops are within walking distance, you need to drive to school and kindergarten, and utility bills are higher.

Entrance area of many stores
While walking around the city, you will definitely notice how beautifully decorated the thresholds, staircases, entrance areas are, what beautiful forged benches - all this is produced by JSC LMZ.

In the Glukhovo area there is an exhibition hall where you can not only see various products of figured forging, but also purchase them for personal use.

Another important feature of the city is that many people keep dogs - and in the city itself there is a large dog kennel, as well as a canine service, where they will help teach your dog to properly serve the owner and follow commands, and this service also trains guide dogs for people who have vision problems.

Over the past 2 years, the city began to transform, abandoned buildings in the historical center began to be reconstructed, and this greatly changed the appearance of the city. He began to look more like Peter.

Near the Morozov Estate (Glukhovo microdistrict) - they made a beautiful descent to the Chernogolovsky Pond, in the summer fountain figures (pearl, mermaid, goldfish) are installed on the surface of the pond, there are restaurants on the water, barbecue is grilled in the park and the atmosphere is like at some coast of the southern city. Fireworks in the park are also frequent in the summer, so if you look at an apartment in this area, get ready for a fun summer (holidays, weddings, fireworks, almost every day).

Yes, another important point, in Noginsk, utility bills are not small; in the city center and in the old building, for a 1-room apartment with an area of 30 m2, you can pay from 6 thousand rubles. In new buildings, as a rule, the price is 2 times cheaper.

And despite the fact that the Housing and Communal Services Administration has changed the water pipes, from time to time all residents of the city, without exception, have yellow water flowing from their taps. More often in old buildings, much less often in new buildings. It is absolutely forbidden to drink water from the tap without additional purification measures - it risks poisoning!

Residents either install filters, which are not very helpful, or buy water in 5-liter bottles, or go to springs and wells.

The construction of a new high-speed railway line Moscow-Kazan has already begun; it will bypass Balashikha and Elektrostal, with a stop in Noginsk. Travel time will be 3 hours 20 minutes.

At first, as a motorist, it was strange to me that the speed limit in the city was 40 km per hour, there were a lot of cameras and even more lying policemen.

It is very pleasant that most of the traffic lights are duplicated, there is a digital display with a countdown, and for pedestrians when crossing there are light indicators with a letter designation, with a voice indicator, and red “STOP”, green “GO”.

And one more aspect, the closer to the city of Elektrostal, the stronger the terrible smell; most Elektrostal residents envy Noginsk residents, because they feel less of the smell from industrial production, factories and the incineration plant.

Another plus is that there is a stadium in almost every microdistrict. The city pays special attention to health and sports.

And sailing races take place on the Chernogolovsky Pond, beloved by residents. And this year 2021 there was a huge race of cyclists, athletes came from other countries, the city was closed for entry and exit.

And, of course, it is impossible to imagine Noginsk without fountains; you probably won’t see so many fountains in any city. As they say, the mayor of the city has a mandatory point on them - every district should have a beautiful oasis. You will also see the fountain when entering the city from Moscow.

Famous people[edit]

Pavel Alexandrov (1896–1982), mathematician.
Grigory Fedotov (1916–1957), association footballer
Vladimir Fortov (1946-2020), physicist, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Vladimir Korotkov (born 1941), professional football coach, former player.
Anatoly Ivanovich Lipinsky (born 1959), rear admiral
Pimen I of Moscow (1910–1990), head of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Vladimir Serbsky (1858–1917), one of the founders of forensic psychiatry in Russia.
Igor Spassky (born 1926), submarine designer
Igor Talankin (1927–2010), film director and screenwriter.
Renat Yanbaev (born 1984), association footballer