Nearly every Russian space module that has reached outer space or just is going to can not do without hardware components or computer system and equipment which have been made in Zelenograd, at Mikron, Angstrem, Komponent facilities, NPO ELAK, Submikron research institute, NPP OPTEKS, NPC SPURT etc. Onboard control and data processing systems for Soyuz TMA and Progress-M space modules are being developed here. Zelenograd participates in apparatus manufacturing for GLONASS navigation satellite system.










The 3rd of March, 1958 is considered to be the birthday of Zelenograd. On this day the Council of Ministers of the USSR adopted the resolution on building city satellite of Moscow in the region of the station Krukovo belonged to the Oktyabrskaya railway. The station Krukovo is a historical place. During The Great Patriotic War our forces launched counter-offensive here to put an end to fascist Germany.
1963 The Executive Committee of Moscow decided to name the new city Zelenograd.