[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)]Podolsk is an industrial city, the center of Podolsk Urban Okrug, Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Pakhra River (a tributary of the Moskva River) Before the Revolution of 1917, Podolsk was one of the most industrialized cities in Russia. The Podolsk Mechanical Plant producing sewing machines was established here. In the 1930s, American communist writer Myra Page described Podolsk in her pamphlet Soviet Main Street. In 1971, Podolsk was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. In Soviet times, Podolsk was one of the industrial giants in the Moscow Region. At that time, there were more than seventy factories operating in the city. Most of the citizens were working at these plants. Podolsk is the site of the Central Archives of the Russian Ministry of Defence.