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{{Short description|Town in Moscow Oblast, Russia}}
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'''Protvino''' ({{lang-ru|Протвино́}}) is a town in Moscow Oblast, {{wipe|Russia}}, located about {{convert|100|km|sp=us}} south of [[Place:Moscow|Moscow]] and {{convert|15|km|sp=us}} west of Serpukhov, on the left bank of the Protva River. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=37,308|p2002=36,175|p1989=34,520}}

==History==
Construction of an urban-type settlement intended to house a large [[Physics:Particle physics|high energy physics]] research laboratory started in 1958, and the Rosatom [[Organization:Institute for High Energy Physics|Institute for High Energy Physics]] was opened here in 1965. The institute is known for the 70 GeV [[Physics:Particle accelerator|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|date=February 2012}} The [[Organization:UNK proton accelerator|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.<ref name="Ref1406">Law #11/2013-OZ</ref> As a municipal division, Protvino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as '''Protvino Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="Ref795">Law #159/2004-OZ</ref>

==Transport==
[[File:Bus LiAZ 5292-60 in Protvino.jpg|thumb|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==

Protvino is twinned with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Внешние связи|url=http://www.protvino.ru/city/general-information/external-relations/|website=protvino.ru|publisher=Protvino|language=ru|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|FRA}} Antony, France
*{{flagicon|USA}} Bowling Green, United States
*{{flagicon|BLR}} Gomel, Belarus
*{{flagicon|BLR}} Lahoysk, Belarus
*{{flagicon|USA}} Milan, United States
*{{flagicon|FIN}} Somero, Finland
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==Notable people==
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*Nixelpixel (born 1993), feminist and cyber activist
*Vitali Yelsukov (born 1973), football player
*[[Biography:Anatoli Bugorski|Anatoli Bugorski]] (born 1942), survivor of a [[Physics:Particle accelerator|particle accelerator]] accident

==References==
===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|mos|adm|law}}
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|mos|mun|list|protvino}}

==External links==
*[http://www.protvino.info Unofficial website of Protvino]
*[http://www.ihep.ru Institute for High Energy Physics]


[[Category:Nuclear research institutes]]

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