Organization:Protvino
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);[1] 36,175 (2002 Census);[2] 34,520 (1989 Census).[3]
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.[4] As a municipal division, Protvino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Protvino Urban Okrug.[5]
Transport
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:[6]
Antony, France
Bowling Green, United States
Gomel, Belarus- Lahoysk, Belarus
- Milan, United States
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
References
Notes
- ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census]. Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/perepis_itogi1612.htm.
- ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 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" (in Russian) (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002]. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls.
- ↑ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989]. Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php.
- ↑ Law #11/2013-OZ
- ↑ Law #159/2004-OZ
- ↑ "Внешние связи" (in ru). Protvino. http://www.protvino.ru/city/general-information/external-relations/.
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