Staraia Kupavna

Staraia Kupavna

 

an urban-type settlement in Noginsk Raion, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR. Located 36 km east of Moscow, on the Moscow-Vladimir Highway. Population, 24,800 (1975). Staraia Kupavna has a factory producing fine fabric and a chemicopharmaceutical plant. There is also production of building materials. Educational institutions include a chemicopharmaceutical technicum and an evening textile technicum. The All-Union Scientific Research Institute on the Use of Waste Water is located in Staraia Kupavna.