Protvino
Протвино
Town[1]
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Protvino is located in Russia
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Protvino is located in Moscow Oblast
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Protvino
Protvino (Moscow Oblast)
Coordinates: 54°53′N 37°13′E / 54.883°N 37.217°E / 54.883; 37.217
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMoscow Oblast[1]
Founded1960Edit this on Wikidata
Town status since1989
Elevation
140 m (460 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total37,308
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
36,400 (−2.4%)
 • Subordinated toProtvino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
 • Capital ofProtvino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
 • Urban okrugProtvino Urban Okrug[4]
 • Capital ofProtvino Urban Okrug[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
142280, 142281Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID46767000001
Websitewww.protvino.ru

Protvino (Russian: Протвино́) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located about 100 kilometers (62 mi) south of Moscow and 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) west of Serpukhov, on the left bank of the Protva River. Population: 37,308 (2010 Census);[2] 36,175 (2002 Census);[7] 34,520 (1989 Census).[8]

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.[citation needed] 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.[1] As a municipal division, Protvino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Protvino Urban Okrug.[4]

Transport

LiAZ-5292 low-floor bus

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

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

Protvino is twinned with:[9]

Notable people

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #11/2013-OZ
  2. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Law #159/2004-OZ
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  8. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  9. ^ "Внешние связи". protvino.ru (in Russian). Protvino. Retrieved February 4, 2020.

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