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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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.