Pushchino

Pushchino
Пущино
Pushchino from the air
Pushchino from the air
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Pushchino is located in Russia
Pushchino
Pushchino
Location of Pushchino
Pushchino is located in Moscow Oblast
Pushchino
Pushchino
Pushchino (Moscow Oblast)
Coordinates: 54°50′N 37°37′E / 54.833°N 37.617°E / 54.833; 37.617
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMoscow Oblast[1]
Known since16th century
Town status since1966
Elevation
190 m (620 ft)
Population
 • Total20,332
 • Subordinated toPushchino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
 • Capital ofPushchino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
 • Urban okrugPushchino Urban Okrug[3]
 • Capital ofPushchino Urban Okrug[3]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5]
142290Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID46762000001
Websitewww.pushchino.ru

Pushchino (Russian: Пущино, IPA: [ˈpuɕːɪnə]) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, an important scientific center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Situated 100 kilometers (62 mi) 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.[citation needed] Population: 20,332 (2010 Russian census);[2] 19,964 (2002 Census);[6] 19,479 (1989 Soviet census).[7]

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.[8]

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  6. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  7. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  8. ^ "Лаборатория геномного редактирования и трансгенеза Института биофизики клетки РАН - PSN".

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