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Bronnitsy ((ロシア語:Бро́нницы)) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located southeast of central Moscow and west of the Bronnitsy station on the Moscow–Ryazan railroad. The town is surrounded by Ramensky District but is administratively incorporated as a town under oblast jurisdiction. Population: Local economy relies on food processing and packaging, construction services and jewellery manufacturing. Bronnitsy is listed among the twenty-two historical towns of Moscow Oblast.〔 Existence of Bronnitsy is attested since 1453. The village emerged as a stopover station on the highway between Moscow and Ryazan (present-day M5 road), and its population and economy traditionally tended to horses. The House of Romanov stables, established in Bronnitsy by 1634, evolved into stud farms supplying riding horses to the cavalry. In the 1780s the administrative reform of Catherine the Great turned the village into a proper small town with a grid plan and a growing merchant community. In the second half of the 19th century Bronnitsy was gradually industrialized, becoming a town of small textile mills and jewelers. Bronnitsy had a minor role in the military history of the Time of Troubles and Napoleon's invasion of Russia, when it became the farthest point of French advance after the fall of Moscow, but were spared from military action and destruction. Its key landmarks are the five-domed cathedral of Archangel Michael (completed in 1705), the church of Entry into Jerusalem (1845) and the neoclassical cavalry barracks.〔 ==Etymology== Toponyms starting with ''Bron-'' (plural ''Bronnitsy'', ''Broniki''; singular ''Bronnikovo'', ''Brontsa'' etc.) are common to all Eastern Slavic territories, from Bronytsia in Lviv Oblast of Ukraine〔 to Bronnikovo in Chita Oblast of Russia. Each of these towns and villages has a different etymology behind its name. In case of Bronnitsy in Moscow Oblast, all proposed versions were contested and none gained a solid preference of the historians.〔 *The most popular version derives ''Bronnitsy'' from ''bron (modern (ロシア語:броня), armor), suggesting that Bronnitsy was a settlement of armorers. This version, however, contradicts history of medieval Bronnitsy.〔〔 *Distantly related explanations suggest the existence of a notable ''bronnik'' - an armored warrior, or a person named Bronislav.〔 *Another explanation connects ''Bronnitsy'' to ''bran (, ''fight'' or ''battle''), referring to the struggle against Tatars.〔 *The most plausible version derives ''Bronnitsy'' from obsolete ''bronka'', a word originally meaning ''oat spikes'', later spikes of any cultivated cereal. Bronnitsy emerged as a station on a yam highway, and its grain caches were essential for feeding yam horses. ''Bronnitsy'', presumably, were the feeding troughs placed along the highway.〔 The latter version is supported by the fact that another, and older, village once named Bronnitsy, present-day Bronnitsa on Msta River, also evolved as a yam station.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bronnitsy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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