Obninsk (Roushie: О́бнинск) is a ceety in Kaluga Oblast, Roushie, locatit on the bank o the Protva River 100 kilometer (62 mi) soothwast o Moscow an 80 kilometer (50 mi) frae Kaluga.
Population: 104,739 (2010 Census).
Obninsk Обнинск | |
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Aerial view o Obninsk | |
Location o Obninsk | |
Coordinates: 55°05′35″N 36°36′38″E / 55.09306°N 36.61056°E 36°36′38″E / 55.09306°N 36.61056°E | |
Kintra | Roushie |
Federal subject | Kaluga Oblast |
Foondit | 1946 |
City status syne | 1956 |
Area | |
• Total | 42.97 km2 (16.59 sq mi) |
Elevation | 175 m (574 ft) |
Population (2010 Census) | |
• Total | 104,739 |
• Estimate (2018) | 115,029 (+9.8%) |
• Rank | 153rd in 2010 |
• Density | 2,400/km2 (6,300/sq mi) |
Admeenistrative status | |
• Subordinatit tae | Ceety o Obninsk |
• Caipital o | Ceety o Obninsk |
Municipal status | |
• Urban okrug | Obninsk Urban Okrug |
• Caipital o | Obninsk Urban Okrug |
Time zone | UTC+3 (Moscow Time ) |
Postal code(s) | 249030 |
Dialin code(s) | +7 48439 |
Twin touns | Tiraspol |
OKTMO ID | 29715000001 |
Website | www |
The history o Obninsk began in 1945 when the First Research Institute Laboratory "V", which later became ken as IPPE wis foondit. The ceety wis biggit next tae the plant in order tae support it. Scientists, ingineers, construction wirkers, teachers an ither profeesionals muivit tae Obninsk frae aw ower the Soviet Union. Toun status wis grantit tae Obninsk on 24 Juin 1956. The name o the ceety is taken frae Obninskoye, the train station in Moscow-Bryansk railwey, biggit in Tsarist times.
Athin the framewirk o admeenistrative diveesions, it is incorporatit as the Ceety o Obninsk—an admeenistrative unit wi the status equal tae that o the destricts. As a municipal diveesion, the Ceety o Obninsk is incorporatit as Obninsk Urban Okrug.
Accordin tae the 2010 Census, the population o the ceety wis 104,739, doun frae 105,706 recordit in the 2002 Census, but up frae 100,178 recordit in the 1989 Census.
The average age o the ceetizens is thirty-nine years.
The ceety is locatit on the main rail line atween Moscow an Kiev an at the intersection o Kiev an Warsaw heich-gates. Three internaitional airports are athin reach frae Obninsk: Vnukovo (70 km), Domodedovo (100 km), an Sheremetyevo (130 km). Cargo airfield Yermolino is anerlie 15 kilometer (9.3 mi) awa.
Obninsk is ane o the major Roushie science ceeties. In 2000, it wis awairdit the status o the First Science Ceety o Roushie. The ceety is hame tae twal scienteefic research institutes. Thair main activities are nuclear pouer ingineerin, nuclear methods an radiation technologie, technologie o nan-metallic materials, medical radiologie, meteorologie an ecologie an environmental pertection.
The first nuclear pouer plant in the warld for the lairge-scale production o electricity opened here on 27 Juin 1954, an it doubled as a trainin base for the crew o the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarine an aw, the K-3 Leninsky Komsomol. Nou the ceety is hame tae twal scienteefic research institutes. Thair main activities are nuclear pouer ingineerin, radiation technologie, medical radiologie, an meteorologie.
Obninsk is famous for its meteorological touer which wis biggit tae study spreadin o radiation frae the nuclear station.
The follaein institutes are locatit in the ceety:
The Heid o the Ceety Admeenistration is Alexander Avdeyev.
Obninsk haes three sister ceeties, as designatit bi Sister Cities International:
Obninsk haes a partnership wi an aw:
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