Kolionovo

55°18′N 39°27′E / 55.300°N 39.450°E / 55.300; 39.450

Kolionovo (Russian: Колио́ново) is a rural locality (a village) in Yegoryevsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 150.[1][2]

Geography

The village is located at the end of a dead-end road[3] about 125 kilometers (78 mi) away from Moscow.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1577 as Kalinovo (Калиново)—a name derived from the personal name Kalina.[4] In the second half of the 18th century, the name distorted into Kalivonovo (Каливоново), then into Kolivonovo (Коливоново), and finally into its present form.[4]

Local money controversy

The village gained notoriety in 2010 when resident Mikhail Shlyapnikov fought local turf fires without government assistance.[5] The village also banned government officials from entering without a note proving their mental health[5] and a recent fluorography lab test to prove that they do not have tuberculosis.[6] In 2014, Shlyapnikov created a local currency, a so-called "kolion", as an alternative to the ruble.[5][7] Shlyapnikov was later arrested and the kolion was declared illegal tender.

References

Notes

  1. ^ "Population of Kolionovo, Russian Federation (RU) 2024". World Meters. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
  2. ^ Moscow Oblast Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Results of the 2010 All-Russian Census. Численность сельского населения и его размещение на территории Московской области (Rural Population and Its Distribution on the Territory of Moscow Oblast). Volume III (in Russian)
  3. ^ "Anger in Moscow as Russian Village Prints Own Currency". Al Jazeera. June 28, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Pospelov, p. 288
  5. ^ a b c Andrey Kozenko (June 12, 2015). "Russian Farmer on Trial for Printing His Own Monopoly Money". Meduza. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  6. ^ Ivan Nechepurenko (June 2, 2015). "Anarchist Russian Farmer to Defend His Village Currency in Court". The Moscow Times. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  7. ^ "Russian Prosecutors Seek to Ban "Surrogate Money" Known as Kolions". Russian Legal Information Agency. June 1, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2016.

Sources

  • Е.М. Поспелов (Ye.M. Поспелов). "Географические названия Московской области. Топонимический словарь" (Geographic Names in Moscow Oblast. Topographic Dictionary.). Москва, АСТ. ISBN 978-5-17-042560-0