Barvikha (settlement), Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast

This article is about a settlement in Odintsovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. For the village of the same name serving as the health resort of the President of Russia, see Barvikha.

Coordinates: 55°43′N 37°16′E / 55.717°N 37.267°E / 55.717; 37.267

Barvikha (Russian: Барви́ха) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Odintsovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: 4,093(2010 Census);[1] 4,228(2002 Census).[2]

The settlement was built by General Kazakov in the 19th century as a resort place to increase the profitability of his estate.

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