Protvino
Town in Moscow Oblast, Russia
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::summary Town in Moscow Oblast, Russia ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Russian town"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| en_name | Protvino |
| ru_name | Протвино |
| image_skyline | Вид на Протвино.jpg |
| coordinates | |
| map_label_position | left |
| image_coa | Coat of Arms of Protvino (Moscow oblast).png |
| image_flag | Flag of Protvino.svg |
| federal_subject | Moscow Oblast |
| federal_subject_ref | |
| adm_city_jur | Protvino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction |
| adm_city_jur_ref | |
| adm_ctr_of | Protvino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction |
| adm_ctr_of_ref | |
| inhabloc_cat | Town |
| inhabloc_cat_ref | |
| urban_okrug_jur | Protvino Urban Okrug |
| urban_okrug_jur_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of | Protvino Urban Okrug |
| mun_admctr_of_ref | |
| pop_2010census | 37308 |
| pop_2010census_ref | |
| current_cat_date | 1989 |
| website | http://www.protvino.ru |
| :: |
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Protvino (Russian: Протвино) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located about 100 km south of Moscow and 15 km west of Serpukhov, on the left bank of the Protva River. Population:
History
Construction of an urban-type settlement intended to house a large high energy physics research laboratory started in 1958, and the Rosatom Institute for High Energy Physics was opened here in 1965. The institute is known for the 70 GeV proton accelerator which was the largest in the world at the time it was launched in 1967, and other physics research. Town status was granted in 1989. The UNK Collider was the last big planned particle accelerator.
Among the discoveries made at IHEP are that of antihelium and the Serpukhov cross-section effect.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Protvino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, Protvino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Protvino Urban Okrug.
Transport
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In the city the Protvino railroad station is located, although it is only used for cargo transport. Public transport is provided by buses.
Twin towns – sister cities
Protvino is twinned with:
- FRA Antony, France
- USA Bowling Green, United States
- BLR Gomel, Belarus
- BLR Lahoysk, Belarus
- USA Milan, United States
- FIN Somero, Finland
Notable people
- Nixelpixel (born 1993), feminist and cyber activist
- Vitali Yelsukov (born 1973), football player
- Anatoli Bugorski (born 1942), survivor of a particle accelerator accident
- Inga Kuznetsova (born 1974), surrealist poet and writer
References
Notes
Sources
References
- {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
- Law #11/2013-OZ
- Law #159/2004-OZ
- "Внешние связи". Protvino.
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