page_title: Technopolis Moscow
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Technopolis Moscow / History
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Москва, 2014 год, Технополис «Москва
context_page_description: Technopolis Moscow is a specialized territory for innovative production development in Moscow, created under the control of SUE Stroyexprom.
  Development of Technopolis is supervised by the Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship of Moscow Government. The project is implemented under personal control of the Mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin. Technopolis Moscow is located on the territory of the South-Eastern Administrative Okrug of Moscow, close to Tekstilshchiki metro station.
  Property complex of Technopolis Moscow includes buildings located on industrial purpose land lots with a total area exceeding 32 hectares. At the beginning of 2014, industrial pavilion with a total area of 240,000 square meters operated on the territory of Technopolis Moscow. Reconstruction of the second pavilion will be completed in 2016, increasing industrial area up to 350,000 square meters.
  Administrative and office premises with a total area exceeding 30,000 sq. meters are being reconstructed. They will be commissioned at the beginning of 2017.
context_section_description: Technopolis was created on the territory of the former automotive factory Lenin Komsomol (AZLK) “Moskvitch”. Following the enterprise's bankruptcy procedure initiation in 2006, three major property owners - Avtoframos, LLC IFC Metropol and the Moscow City Government, which transferred its control of the property to SUE "Construction and operation of industrial facilities" (SUE Stroyexprom) appeared on the territory of the factory.
  In July 2010, the Moscow City Government created the Territory of Innovate Development Moskvitch (TID Moskvitch).
  In December 2012, the TID Moskvitch was awarded the status of Technopolis and the name “Moscow” was adopted.
  In 2013, the Council for Development of Innovations under the Moscow City Government has created a special working team for development of Technopolis “Moscow”. Members of the working team included leading experts from Russia, USA, Canada, Germany, France in the field of promotion of innovations and creation of specialized territories. They consult the Moscow City Government regarding selected development strategy of Technopolis considering the best global practices of industrial redevelopment and creation of specialized innovative territories. Esko Aho,  Senior Advisor of NOKIA corporation, the former Prime Minister of Finland was appointed the  Chairman of the working team.
  In 2012 and 2013, Technopolis Moscow was visited by the Mayor of Moscow city Sergey Sobyanin. In August 2013, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, the Head of Rosatom Sergey Kiriyenko and the Minister for Open Government Mikhail Abyzov visited Technopolis.
  In February 2014, Technopolis Moscow was visited by the Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.
  On July 3, 2014, Technopolis Moscow was visited by the Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin  with a purpose of commissioning new production – electronic optics elements production line based on microelectromechanical systems of Mapper Lithography (the Netherlands). Mapper Lithography is a portfolio company of RUSNANO LTD Management Company.
  On September 13, 2014, with the support of the Department of Culture of Moscow  as a part of the Best city on Earth Festival the festival of graffiti  was conducted in Technopolis Moscow. The Festival coincided with the completion of the biggest picture in graffiti style in Russia with an area of 7,200 m², and its subject was innovation. Established record was entered to the Record Book of Russia.
  In October 2014, the Annual International Forum and Exposition “Open Innovations”  was held on the territory of Technopolis; more than 15,000 participants from 70 countries took part in it. China was Official partner country. On the first day of the Forum, the Heads of Government of Russia and China Dmitry Medvedev and Li Keqiang took part in the work of the III Moscow International Forum for Innovative Development “Open Innovations” and got acquainted with exhibits of Open Innovations Expo.
  On November 24, 2014, a public opening of infrastructural projects created by the Moscow City Government for the support of high tech companies in the capital city  took place in Technopolis Moscow. A unit of clean premises was opened for companies engaged in microelectronics with a total area of 5,100 m² and biopharmaceutics with total area of 2,100 m². HackSpace Center for Engineering and Industrial Design for engineers working on technological solutions was presented to the public as well as the Center for Robotic Engineering and Automation. The Moscow City Government invested over RUB 1 billion  in these projects.
  In February 2015, Technopolis Expo Center with a total area over 5,000 m² was opened. The Center became the venue for innovative and specialized expositions in the field of art-engineering and art-science .
  On June 19, 2015, Prototyping Center of National Research University — Higher School of Economics launched a new project “Makers Club” in HackSPACE in Technopolis Moscow.
  In July 2015, unmanned aircraft assembly and training center was opened in Technopolis Moscow.
  On September 25, 2015, the Russian stage of the Internati
caption: Moscow, 2014. Opening of the infrastructure projects at Technopolis “Moscow”
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