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[[File:Coat of Arms of Skhodnya (Moscow oblast).png|thumb|120px|Coat of arms of Shkhodnya]]
'''Skhodnya''' ({{langx|ru|Сходня}}) was formerly a [[types of settlements in Russia|town]] in [[Moscow Oblast]], [[Russia]], located on the [[Skhodnya River]] some 12&nbsp;km northwest of [[Moscow]].  On September 15, 2004, it was merged into the city of [[Khimki]].<ref name="Merger">Resolution of the Governor of Moscow Oblast #209-NG of September 15, 2004 [http://www.sever-2001.ru/documentation/enactment-209-pic.htm ''On merger of the city of Khimki of Moscow Oblast and the town of Skhodnya of Khimkinsky District of Moscow Oblast'']</ref>
Skhodnya's population was recorded at 19,119&nbsp;inhabitants as of the [[Russian Census (2002)|2002 Census]]; down from&nbsp;20,366 recorded in the [[Soviet Census (1989)|1989 Census]].  In 1974, the population stood at around&nbsp;19,000.
Skhodnya was founded in 1874 and granted town status in 1961.
In 1974, a former manor house in Skhodnya was the site of a camp training Middle Eastern terrorists in the use of small arms, explosives, military tactics, and ideology.<ref name="ClaiborneSovietTraining">{{cite news|last1=Claiborne|first1=William|title=PLO Terrorist Recalls His Training, Mission: Terrorist: Soviets Gave PLO Training|publisher=Newsday|date=17 November 1980|id={{ProQuest|1002861278}}}}</ref>
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