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Chekhov is a town and the administrative center of Chekhovsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: 56,000 .HistoryOriginally named Lopasnya, after the Lopasnya River, it was granted town status and given its present name in 1954 in honor of writer Anton Chekhov.Administrative and municipal statusWithin the framework of administrative divisions, Chekhov serves as the administrative center of Chekhovsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Chekhovsky District as the Town of Chekhov. As a municipal division, the Town of Chekhov is incorporated within Chekhovsky Municipal District as Chekhov Urban Settlement.MilitaryNear Chekhov is the Russian General Staff wartime command post, buried deep underground, which is almost certainly linked directly to the Kremlin by an underground rail link—the Moscow Metro 2 line operated by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).
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