Kolionovo () is a rural locality (a village) in Yegoryevsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 9.
Geography
The village is located at the end of a dead-end road about away from Moscow.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1577 as Kalinovo ()—a name derived from the personal name Kalina. In the second half of the 18th century, the name distorted into Kalivonovo (), then into Kolivonovo (), and finally into its present form.
Local money controversy
The village gained notoriety in 2010 when resident Mikhail Shlyapnikov fought local turf fires without government assistance. The village also banned government officials from entering without a note proving their mental health and a recent fluorography lab test to prove that they do not have tuberculosis. In 2014, Shlyapnikov created a local currency, a so-called "kolion", as an alternative to the ruble. Shlyapnikov was later arrested and the kolion was declared illegal tender.
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Е.М. Поспелов (Ye.M. Поспелов). "Географические названия Московской области. Топонимический словарь" (Geographic Names in Moscow Oblast. Topographic Dictionary.). Москва, АСТ.