Protvino (russian: Протвино́) is a

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, located about south of

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and west of

Serpukhov Serpukhov ( rus, Серпухов, p=ˈsʲɛrpʊxəf) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Oka and the Nara Rivers, south from Moscow ( from Moscow Ring Road) on the Moscow—Simferopol highway. The Moscow—Tul ...

, on the left bank of the

Protva River The Protva () is a river in Moscow and Kaluga Oblasts in Russia, left tributary of the Oka. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .

. Population:

History

Construction of an

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intended to house a large

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research laboratory started in 1958, and the

Rosatom Rosatom, ( rus, Росатом, p=rɐsˈatəm}) also known as Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation, the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom or Rosatom State Corporation, is a Russian state corporation headquartered in Moscow that special ...

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. The UNK Collider was the last big planned particle accelerator. Among the discoveries made at IHEP are that of

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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

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.Law #11/2013-OZ As a municipal division, Protvino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Protvino Urban Okrug.Law #159/2004-OZ

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: * Antony, France *

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, Belarus *

Lahoysk Lahoysk ( be, Лаго́йск, Lahojsk, ; russian: link=no, Лого́йск, pl, Łohojsk) is a city in the Minsk Region of Belarus and the administrative center of Lahoysk District. History First chronicled in 1078, Lahoysk was the centr ...

, Belarus *

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, Finland

Notable residents

* Nixelpixel (born 1993), feminist and cyber activist * Vitali Yelsukov (born 1973), football player *

Anatoli Bugorski Anatoli Petrovich Bugorski (russian: Анатолий Петрович Бугорский, link=no; born 25 June 1942) is a retired Russian particle physicist. He is known for surviving a radiation accident in 1978, when a high-energy proton bea ...

(born 1942), survivor of a

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accident

References

Notes

Sources

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External links

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Unofficial website of ProtvinoInstitute for High Energy Physics
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Moscow Oblast Nuclear research institutes Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union Populated places established in 1958 Naukograds