Vysokovsk

Vysokovsk is a town in Klinsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Moscow. Population:

History

It was founded in 1879 due to the construction of a textile factory by the Vysokovskaya Manufactory Company. Two minor settlements servicing the factory—Vysokoye and Novy Bazar —grew into one, named Vysokovsky, in 1928. It was granted town status in 1940 and renamed Vysokovsk.

Education

Primary and secondary education

There are two secondary schools in Vysokovsk.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with seventeen rural localities, incorporated within Klinsky District as the Town of Vysokovsk. As a municipal division, the Town of Vysokovsk is incorporated within Klinsky Municipal District as Vysokovsk Urban Settlement.