Obninsk

city Obninsk Обнинск flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Kaluga Urban district Obninsk head Alexander Avdejew Founded 1946 City since 1956 surface 43  km² population 104,739 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 2436 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 175  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48439 Post Code 249030-249040 License Plate 40 OKATO 29 415 Website admobninsk.ru/ Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 6 '  N , 36 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 6 '0 "  N , 36 ° 37' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kaluga Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Obninsk ( Russian О́бнинск ) is a Russian city ​​in the Kaluga Oblast with 104,739 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010). It is located 110 km southwest of Moscow and 68 km northeast of the regional capital Kaluga . The closest city is Balabanowo, 10 km away .

history

A small village existed here until the 20th century, which developed around an estate that was first mentioned in the 16th century. The region was occupied by the German Wehrmacht from October to December 1941 . After the Second World War, a planned town was built on the site of the village, which came into the spotlight in 1954 with the commissioning of the now decommissioned Obninsk nuclear power plant as the world's first commercially operated nuclear power plant , which led to a large population growth. In 1956 Obninsk received city rights.

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  In the center of Obninsk

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  House from the 1950s on Lenin Prospect

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  House of Culture with statue of Lenin

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  Research tower

Population development

year	Residents
1959	16,334
1970	48,641
1979	73.402
1989	100.178
2002	105,706
2010	104,739

Note: census data

economy

Obninsk is now an important science and research city ( Naukograd ), with numerous institutes and research centers in the fields of space technology with control stations for satellites, atomic energy - including the research institute IPPE - and meteorology as well as in other scientific fields .

The city has a 315 meter high research tower. The construction is remarkable: the tower has a diameter of only 2 to 3 m, which is why it is secured with steel cables. It is only used for research purposes and is not open to tourists.

traffic

Obninsk is located on the Russian M3 highway from Moscow to Kiev and on the parallel railway line.

Town twinning

• Oak Ridge , United States, since 1992
• Mianyang , People's Republic of China, since 2000
• Visaginas , Lithuania, since 2003
• Tiraspol , Transnistria , since 2006

sons and daughters of the town

• Lew Beresner (* 1970), football player
• Artyom Hadschibekow (* 1970), marksman
• Swetlana Cholomina (* 1997), beach volleyball player
• Artyom Jarsutkin (* 1996), beach volleyball player
• Alexei Yegorov (* 1991), heavyweight boxer
• Lina Krasnoruzkaja (* 1984), tennis player
• Mikhail Shcherbakov (* 1963), songwriter
• Nikolai Skworzow (* 1984), swimmer

Web links

Commons : Obninsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• More information about the city (Russian)
• Entry on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)