Editing Pushchino (section)

==History==

The town takes its name from the village of Puschino, which was first mentioned in the 1579 records ('cadasters') of [[Ivan the Terrible]] as being a [[fiefdom]] of the Pushchin family. The modern town of Pushchino was founded in 1956 on the hill above the Oka River, some of the highest ground in the Moscow Region, to host the new [[Radio Astronomy]] Observatory, an important resource that continues to contribute to mapping of space flights. This was followed by the establishment of Pushchino as a Science City, focusing on biological sciences. It was granted town status in 1966.{{citation needed|date=March 2012}}

Several [[mesolithic]], [[neolithic]], and [[Bronze Age]] settlements exist in the area around Pushchino. Dyakovo culture artifacts have been found on the outskirts of the modern town.<ref>[[Dyakovo culture]]</ref> An [[Iron Age]] hillfort dates back 2500 years. 1&nbsp;km to the west of Pushchino on important Oka river ford in the 12th to 16th Centuries there stood the ancient Russian town of Teshilov (see<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://afisha.mosreg.ru/route/serpukhov-and-its-surroundings-vyatichi-vyazemskys |title=Serpukhov and its Surroundings: From Vyatichi to the Vyazemskys &#124; Афиша Подмосковья |access-date=June 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132926/http://afisha.mosreg.ru/route/serpukhov-and-its-surroundings-vyatichi-vyazemskys |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>), [[earthworks (archaeology)|earthworks]] of which can be seen today.

At the end of the 18th century, a prominent country house was established overlooking the water at Pushchino, which for a time became the home of [[Alexander Alyabyev]] (1787–1851), an acclaimed composer. During [[World War II]] [[Axis powers|Axis]] tank divisions reached 20&nbsp;km from Pushchino, and until 1970 the mansion served as a hospital. The mansion was the setting for the director N. Mikhalkov's 1974 film ‘An Unfinished Play for Mechanical Piano'. The Pushchino mansion<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.ru/search?q=%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B0&newwindow=1&biw=1920&bih=979&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ycyPVbmaNYmosgGEnbXwAQ&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg |title=Search results |website=www.google.ru}} {{Better source needed|date=August 2022}}</ref> is now in disrepair and the ruins are still an important tourist site.
German infantry took Pushchino briefly.