Kolionovo

Kolionovo (Russian: Колио́ново) is a rural locality (a village) in Yegoryevsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 9.[1]

Geography

The village is located at the end of a dead-end road[2] 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.[3] In the second half of the 18th century, the name distorted into Kalivonovo (Каливоново), then into Kolivonovo (Коливоново), and finally into its present form.[3]

Local money controversy

The village gained notoriety in 2010 when resident Mikhail Shlyapnikov fought local turf fires without government assistance.[4] The village also banned government officials from entering without a note proving their mental health[4] and a recent fluorography lab test to prove that they do not have tuberculosis.[5] In 2014, Shlyapnikov created a local currency, a so-called "kolion", as an alternative to the ruble.[4][6] Shlyapnikov was later arrested and the kolion was declared illegal tender.

References

Notes
  1. 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)
  2. "Anger in Moscow as Russian Village Prints Own Currency". Al Jazeera. June 28, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  3. Pospelov, p. 288
  4. Andrey Kozenko (June 12, 2015). "Russian Farmer on Trial for Printing His Own Monopoly Money". Meduza. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  5. Ivan Nechepurenko (June 2, 2015). "Anarchist Russian Farmer to Defend His Village Currency in Court". The Moscow Times. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  6. "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
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