Korolyov ( city ) For other articles with similar names , see Korolyov . Korolyov or Korolev ( Russian : Королёв ) is an industrial city in Moscow Oblast , Russia , located at 55°55′N 37°51′E , well-known as the cradle of space exploration . It was originally founded as Kaliningrad , by Russian scientist and academician Sergei Korolev to consolidate the activities of many people in the space exploration programme . History In the 12th century , a Slavic settlement was located on the place of modern Korolyov . The settlement stood on a junction of trade routes between Moscow and Vladimir-Suzdal principalities . After the Mongol invasion the region was in decline . In the 18th century , one of the first textile factories in Russia was established here . In 1924 , the first OGPU working commune in the Soviet Union was established here . In 1938 , a town of Kaliningrad was founded in place of the Kalininsky settlement near an artillery plant , which had previously been evacuated from Petrograd . Today 's Korolyov is a place of elite dachas . Many famous people , such as Konstantin Stanislavski , Anton Chekhov , Valery Bryusov , Boris Pasternak , Anna Akhmatova , Isaac Levitan , Pavel Tretyakov , Marina Tsvetaeva , and Vladimir Lenin , lived here . Nowadays , Korolyov is the seventh biggest city in Moscow Oblast , with population of 142 , 568 as of the 2002 Census . In 2005 it became the third biggest one in the region , mostly due to an afflux of new inhabitants considering it one of the most attractive places to live near Moscow . The main enterprise of the city is the S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia , but there are several kinds of industries in the city . External links ( English ) Official Web site of Korolyov ( Russian ) Official Web site of Korolyov Cities and towns in Moscow Oblast Administrative center : Moscow ( administratively separate ) Aprelevka | Balashikha | Bronnitsy | Chernogolovka | Chekhov | Dedovsk | Dmitrov | Dolgoprudny | Domodedovo | Drezna | Dubna | Dzerzhinsky | Elektrogorsk | Elektrostal | Elektrougli | Fryazino | Golitsyno | Istra | Ivanteyevka | Kashira | Khimki | Khotkovo | Klimovsk | Klin | Kolomna | Korolyov | Kotelniki | Krasnoarmeysk | Krasnogorsk | Krasnozavodsk | Krasnoznamensk | Kubinka | Kurovskoye | Likino-Dulyovo | Lobnya | Losino-Petrovsky | Lukhovitsy | Lytkarino | Lyubertsy | Moskovsky | Mytishchi | Naro-Fominsk | Noginsk | Odintsovo | Orekhovo-Zuyevo | Ozherelye | Ozyory | Pavlovsky Posad | Peresvet | Podolsk | Protvino | Pushchino | Pushkino | Ramenskoye | Reutov | Roshal | Ruza | Shatura | Shcherbinka | Shchyolkovo | Sergiyev Posad | Serpukhov | Skhodnya | Solnechnogorsk | Staraya Kupavna | Stupino | Taldom | Troitsk | Vereya | Vidnoye | Volokolamsk | Voskresensk | Vysokovsk | Yakhroma | Yegoryevsk | Yubileyny | Zaraysk | Zheleznodorozhny | Zhukovsky | Zvenigorod  This Central Russia location article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Categories : Cities and towns in Moscow Oblast | Central Russia geography stubs In other languages : Deutsch | Eesti | 한국어 | Hrvatski | Nederlands | Norsk ( bokmål ) | Português | Română | Русский Korolyov Королёв 55 55 N 37 51 E region : RU_type : city ( 142 , 568 ) 