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The city of Kaluga oblast.
Obninsk is a city in Russia, the first “naukograd” (“the city of science”) of the country, located in the north of the Kaluga region, about 80 km to the south-west of the Moscow Ring Road and 68 km to the north-east of Kaluga.
The population of Obninsk is about 121,500 (2022), the area - 43 sq. km.
The phone code - +7 48439, the postal codes - 249030, 249032, 249034, 249038.
In 1946, a secret laboratory called “Laboratory B” was created on the site of the village of the boarding school named after S. Shatskii “Cheerful Life” and the former Spanish orphanage. Later, it became the Institute of Physics and Power Engineering.
The laboratory carried out research in nuclear physics. For this purpose the German specialists were invited from the laboratories of Wilhelm the Kaiser and Leipzig University as well as the best Russian specialists. As a result the first in the world nuclear power station was constructed there. It began operating on June 27, 1954.
In 1956, the settlement became a town. It was named Obninsk after the closest railway station Obninskoye. The name of the station in its turn is derived from the last name of the Obninskys who in the past owned the lands on which the railway was constructed.
Later, Obninsk developed as a scientific city specializing in nuclear physics and nuclear power engineering, meteorology, radiology, radiation chemistry, and geophysics. In 2000, Obninsk became the first Russian city which received the official status of Naukograd (Science City).
Obninsk street view
Church of the Nativity in Obninsk - the view from above
Obninsk architecture
Obninsk is located in the continental region of the temperate zone, with cold and snowy winters and warm, humid summers. The average temperature in January is about minus 10 degrees Celsius, in July - plus 19 degrees Celsius.
The city stands at the intersection of the federal highways “Moscow-Kiev” (M3) and “Moscow-Roslavl-Brest” (A101), on the railway “Moscow-Bryansk-Kiev” (about 102 km from Kievsky railway station in Moscow). It is situated close to the main Moscow airports: Vnukovo (70 km), Sheremetyevo (130 km), Domodedovo (90 km). Also, there is a freight airport Yermolino located close to the city (15 km).
Obninsk is an internationally recognized research center. There are ten research institutes in the city. About one thousand of scientists work there. The high level of scientific research became the basis for long-term cooperation between local institutes and foreign research centers.
The pavilion near Belkin ponds in Obninsk
Roundabout and apartment buildings in Obninsk
Obninsk scenery
The main attractions of Obninsk are:
Morozova dacha (Turliki) on Pirogova Street, 1 in Obninsk
Church of the Nativity in Obninsk
Church of Boris and Gleb in Belkino, Obninsk
The main office building of the Institute of Physics and Power Engineering in Obninsk
Shopping center in Obninsk
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