My native town. My native town is situated not far from Moscow. Its name is Krasnogorsk. The word derives from "red mountains". That is because in old Russian "red" meant "beautiful". But, frankly speaking, there are no real mountians in the town, there are hills. In winter people can mountain ski on these slopes. They are rather picturesque. The town became the capital of Moscow region some years ago. And it's been growing very fast since that time. The population of the town is about 175 000 people.