Pushchino
Sign in to savePushchino () is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, an important scientific center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Situated south of Moscow, and 13 km south-east of Serpukhov, on the right side of the Oka River opposite the Prioksko-Terrasny Nature Reserve. It is informally called Pushchino-on-Oka. Population:
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Pushchino
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Пущино
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Puschino.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- Pushchino from the air
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat_of_Arms_of_Pushchino_(Moscow_oblast).png
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag_of_Puschino_(Moscow_oblast).png
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Moscow Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur
- Pushchino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of
- Pushchino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_okrug_jur
- Pushchino Urban Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of
- Pushchino Urban Okrug
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 20332
- Russian inhabited locality.established_date
- 16th century
- Russian inhabited locality.established_title
- Known since
- Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date
- 1966
- Russian inhabited locality.website
- http://www.pushchino.ru/
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Development of Pushchino
- Geography
- Climate
- Forest, natural reserves and protected areas
- Administrative and municipal status
- Science
- Culture
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
Pushchino () is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, an important scientific center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Situated south of Moscow, and 13 km south-east of Serpukhov, on the right side of the Oka River opposite the Prioksko-Terrasny Nature Reserve. It is informally called Pushchino-on-Oka. Population:
Pushchino Research Center of Russian Academy of Sciences has unique status and significance. It hosts a major component of Russian Federation endeavor in the fields of physical, chemical, and bio-molecular biology. It employs more than 3000 people, of whom 800 hold doctorates in science or medicine. Pushchino scientists have made seminal contributions to molecular and cell biology, bio-organic chemistry, plant and soil biology, as well as to astronomy and astrophysics - including the discovery of the solar supercorona and radial magnetic fields within it, and the discovery of radio recombination lines of highly excited atoms.