Obninsk

**Obninsk** () is a ceety in Kaluga Oblast, Roushie, locatit on the bank o the Protva River  soothwast o Moscow an  frae Kaluga. Population: 104,739 (2010 Census).

## History
The history o Obninsk began in 1945 when the First Research Institute Laboratory "V", which later became ken as IPPE wis foondit. The ceety wis biggit next tae the plant in order tae support it. Scientists, ingineers, construction wirkers, teachers an ither profeesionals muivit tae Obninsk frae aw ower the Soviet Union. Toun status wis grantit tae Obninsk on 24 Juin 1956. The name o the ceety is taken frae Obninskoye, the train station in Moscow-Bryansk railwey, biggit in Tsarist times.

## Admeenistrative an municipal status
Athin the framewirk o admeenistrative diveesions, it is incorporatit as the **[[Ceety o federal subject significance|Ceety]] o Obninsk**—an admeenistrative unit wi the status equal tae that o the destricts. As a municipal diveesion, the Ceety o Obninsk is incorporatit as **Obninsk Urban Okrug**.

## Demografics
Accordin tae the 2010 Census, the population o the ceety wis 104,739, doun frae 105,706 recordit in the 2002 Census, but up frae 100,178 recordit in the 1989 Census.

The average age o the ceetizens is thirty-nine years.

## Transportation
The ceety is locatit on the main rail line atween Moscow an Kiev an at the intersection o Kiev an Warsaw heich-gates. Three internaitional airports are athin reach frae Obninsk: Vnukovo (70&nbsp;km), Domodedovo (100&nbsp;km), an Sheremetyevo (130&nbsp;km). Cargo airfield Yermolino is anerlie  awa.

## Science an education

Obninsk is ane o the major Roushie science ceeties. In 2000, it wis awairdit the status o the First Science Ceety o Roushie. The ceety is hame tae twal scienteefic research institutes. Thair main activities are nuclear pouer ingineerin, nuclear methods an radiation technologie, technologie o nan-metallic materials, medical radiologie, meteorologie an ecologie an environmental pertection.

The first nuclear pouer plant in the warld for the lairge-scale production o electricity opened here on 27 Juin 1954, an it doubled as a trainin base for the crew o the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarine an aw, the K-3 Leninsky Komsomol. Nou the ceety is hame tae twal scienteefic research institutes. Thair main activities are nuclear pouer ingineerin, radiation technologie, medical radiologie, an meteorologie.

Obninsk is famous for its meteorological touer which wis biggit tae study spreadin o radiation frae the nuclear station.

The follaein institutes are locatit in the ceety:
*State Scienteefic Center of Roushie Federation Institute for Physics an Power Engineering
*State Scienteefic Center of Roushie Federation Obninsk Scienteefic Production Enterprise "Tekhnologiya"
*Medical Radiological Research Center o the Roushie Academy of Medical Sciences
*Obninsk Branch o the State Scienteefic Center o the Roushie Federation "Karpov Institute of Physical Chemistry"
*Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering
*Roushie Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information (Warld Data Center)
*Central Pilot Expedeetion o the Geophysical Service o the Roushie Academy of Sciences
*Roushie Research Institute of Agricultural Radiology an Agroecology
*Central Design Bureau of Hydrometeorological Instrumentation
*Roushie Research Institute of Agricultural Meteorology
*Scienteefic Production Association TYPHOON

## Govrenment
The Heid o the Ceety Admeenistration is Alexander Avdeyev.

## Internaitional relations

Obninsk haes three sister ceeties, as designatit bi Sister Cities International:
* Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Unitit States
* Mianyang, Cheenae
* Visaginas, Lithuanie

Obninsk haes a partnership wi an aw:
* Limousin, Fraunce
* Montpellier Agglomération, Fraunce
* Jyväskylä, Finland
* Tiraspol, Transnistrie

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## Freemit airtins
*Offeecial wabsteid o Obninsk 
*Offeecial wabsteid o Obninsk