Klin, Moscow Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia

🇷🇺 Klin (Клин) is a town and the administrative centre of Klinsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 85 km (53 mi) north-west of Moscow.

History It has been known since 1317. In 1482, it was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Moscow with the rest of the Principality of Tver. Town status was granted in 1781.

Klin was taken by the Germans briefly during the Battle of Moscow in 1941. The German occupation lasted from November 23 to December 15, 1941. A short time later, on December 19, the British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and the Soviet ambassador to Great Britain Ivan Maysky visited the town with more than twenty correspondents during Eden's first diplomatic mission to Moscow.

Geography: Administrative status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Klin serves as the administrative centre of Klinsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with sixty-one rural localities, incorporated within Klinsky District as the Town of Klin. As a municipal division, the Town of Klin is incorporated within Klinsky Municipal District as Klin Urban Settlement.

Architecture and culture The town is best known as the residence of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, whose house, the Tchaikovsky House-Museum, is open to visitors as a museum. It was here that the composer wrote his last major work, the 6th symphony, or the "Pathetique".

Among several churches, the most noteworthy are the 16th-century church of the Dormition cloister and the baroque Resurrection cathedral (1712).

Economy There is a large beer factory, which produces Klinskoye beer.

Transport The M10 highway connecting Moscow to St. Petersburg and the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway run through the town.

Military It was home to the Klin air base during the Cold War.

Sport Local association football team Khimik plays in the Moscow Oblast league. Titan Klin play in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey.