Pushchino
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Pushchino (Russian:Пу́щино) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia 100 km south of Moscow. Its population is approximately 20,000. It is an academic research center focusing on microbiology. Research institutes comprising the scientific center include:
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- RAS Institute of Protein Research (http://www.protres.ru)
- Pushchino Radioastronomy Observatory (http://www.prao.psn.ru/)
- Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology (http://home.impb.psn.ru/)
- Institute of Cell Biophysics (http://www.icb.psn.ru/)
- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms
- Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics (http://web.iteb.ru)
- Institute of Basic Biological Problems (http://www.ibbp.psn.ru/engl/)
- Pushchino State University and a branch of Moscow State University
Pushchino is situated on the bank of the Oka river, opposite the Prioksko-Terrasny Biosphere Reserve.
History
Pushchino existed since the 16th century as a family estate after the land was awarded to the Pushchin family around the year 1500. The area was selected in 1956 as a site for a scientific research center for the Russian Academy of Science. It was incorporated as a city in 1966. To disambiguate with a small town near Chekhov, also in the Moscow Oblast, the city is sometimes referred to as Pushchino-na-Oke (Pushchino on Oka).
External links
- Site of Pushchino municipal administration (http://www.pushchino.ru/)
- Pushchino Science Center (http://www.psn.ru/)
- Prioksko-Terrasny Terrace Biosphere Reserve (http://online.stack.net/~ptz/info-e.htm)ru:Пущино