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Medyn
Sign in to saveMedyn () is a town and the administrative center of Medynsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Medynka River (Oka basin), northwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Medyn
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Медынь
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Medyn 2012 Lenina 5 03.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- Lenina Avenue in Medyn
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Medyn COA (Kaluga Governorate) (1777).png
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Kaluga Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Medynsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of
- Medynsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Medynsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Medyn Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Medynsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Medyn Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 8300
- Russian inhabited locality.established_date
- 1386
- Russian inhabited locality.established_title
- First mentioned
- Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date
- 1776
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- architectural landmark
- Country
- Tsardom of Russia
- Population
- 8042
- Area
- 16
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.medyn.ru
- Image
- Medyn 2012 Kazanskaya 02.JPG
- Dialing code
- 48433
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- Commons category
- Medyn, Russia
- inception
- 1386-00-00
- postal code
- 249950
- time of earliest written record
- 1386-00-00
- heritage designation
- cultural heritage site in Russia
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Military
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
Medyn () is a town and the administrative center of Medynsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Medynka River (Oka basin), northwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
==History== It was first mentioned in 1386, when it passed from the Principality of Smolensk to the Grand Duchy of Moscow. The village of Medynskoye was granted town status in 1776.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Medyn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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