Protvino

city Protvino Протвино flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Moscow Urban district Protvino mayor Andrei Bazhenov Founded 1960 City since 1989 surface 27  km² population 37,308 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1382 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 140  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 4967 Post Code 142280, 142281 License Plate 50, 90, 150, 190, 750 OKATO 46 467 Website www.protvino.ru Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 52 '  N , 37 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 52 '0 "  N , 37 ° 13' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Moscow Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Protvino ( Russian Протвино ) is a town in Moscow Oblast , Russia . It is located 116 km south of Moscow and 15 km west of Serpuchow on the Protva River , right on the border with Kaluga Oblast , and has 37,308 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

history

Protwino was built in 1960 as a settlement near the physics research institute that was founded at the same time. Originally known as Serpukhov-7 , Protvino received the status of an urban-type settlement on January 22, 1965 and the current place name, which is derived from the Protva River.

In 1989 Protvino was granted city rights.

Population development

year	Residents
1970	12,995
1979	25,034
1989	34,520
2002	36,175
2010	37,308

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

Old mill near Protvino

The main employer Protwinos the Physics Research Institute (official name: Research Institute for Physics of High Energies ., Russ Институт физики высоких энергий ), the protons - particle accelerator to 1972 of the world's largest of its kind was. There is also a branch of the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Protvino. Due to the great importance of the scientific institutions for the city, it has the status of a Naukograd , literally " City of Science".

There is also food, furniture and electrical engineering industries in Protwino. A software development company also operates in the city.

There are important transport connections, including to Moscow, via the neighboring Serpuchow , where there is a connection to the M2 trunk road and the Moscow – Kursk railway line .

Town twinning

• Antony , France

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)

Web links

Commons : Protwino  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Protvino on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• Research Institute for High Energy Physics (Russian)
• Serpukhov Raion website (Russian)