Kolionovo

Coordinates: 55°18′N 39°27′E / 55.300°N 39.450°E / 55.300; 39.450

Kolionovo (Russian: Колионово) is a village in Yegoryevsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia. The population, as of the 2010 census, is 9. The village is located at the end of a dead-end road[1] about 125 km away from Moscow. The town gained notoriety in 2010 when resident Mikhail Shlyapnikov fought local turf fires without government assistance.[2] The village also banned government officials from entering the town without a note proving their mental health[2] and a recent fluorography test to prove that they do not have tuberculosis.[3] In 2014, Shlyapnikov created a local currency called the "kolion" as an alternative to the ruble.[2][4] Shlyapnikov was later arrested and the kolion was declared illegal tender.

References

  1. ↑ "Anger in Moscow as Russian village prints own currency". Al Jazeera. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Andrei Kozenko (12 June 2015). "Russian farmer on trial for printing his own monopoly money". Meduza. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Ivan Nechepurenko (2 June 2015). "Anarchist Russian Farmer to Defend His Village Currency in Court". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Russian prosecutors seek to ban 'surrogate money' known as kolions". Russian Legal Information Agency. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
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