 Kuchino is historically associated with the name of Andrei Bely, the Russian poet who lived there between 1925 and 1931.In January 2015 Zheleznodorozhny was abolished and its territory merged into the city of Balashikha.Within the framework of administrative divisions, it was incorporated as Zheleznodorozhny City Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.