Borovsk
Sign in to saveBorovsk () is a town and the administrative center of Borovsky District of Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Protva River just south from the oblast's border with Moscow Oblast. Population: 12,000 (1969).
Key facts
- Russian town.en_name
- Borovsk
- Russian town.ru_name
- Боровск
- Russian town.image_skyline
- Borovsk.jpg
- Russian town.image_caption
- View of Borovsk
- Russian town.map_label_position
- bottom
- Russian town.image_coa
- Borovsk COA (Kaluga Governorate) (1777).png
- Russian town.image_flag
- Flag of Borovsk (Kaluga oblast).png
- Russian town.federal_subject
- Kaluga Oblast
- Russian town.adm_district_jur
- Borovsky District
- Russian town.adm_ctr_of
- Borovsky District
- Russian town.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian town.mun_district_jur
- Borovsky Municipal District
- Russian town.urban_settlement_jur
- Borovsk Urban Settlement
- Russian town.mun_admctr_of1
- Borovsky Municipal District
- Russian town.mun_admctr_of2
- Borovsk Urban Settlement
- Russian town.leader_title
- Head
- Russian town.leader_name
- Mikhail Klimov (acting)
- Russian town.pop_2010census
- 12283
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Borovsk () is a town and the administrative center of Borovsky District of Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Protva River just south from the oblast's border with Moscow Oblast. Population: 12,000 (1969).
==History== It is known to have existed since 1356 as a part of the Principality of Ryazan. In the 14th century, it was owned by Vladimir the Bold, but passed to the Grand Duchy of Moscow when his granddaughter Maria of Borovsk married Vasily II. thumb|left|Borovsk Monastery of St. Paphnutius