Editing Protvino

{{Short description|Town in Moscow Oblast, Russia}}
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'''Protvino''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Протвино) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] in [[Moscow Oblast]], [[Russia]], located about {{convert|100|km|sp=us}} south of [[Moscow]] and {{convert|15|km|sp=us}} west of [[Serpukhov]], on the left bank of the [[Protva River]]. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=37,308|p2002=36,175|p1989=34,520}}

==History==
Construction of an [[urban-type settlement]] intended to house a large [[particle physics|high energy physics]] research laboratory started in 1958, and the [[Rosatom]] [[Institute for High Energy Physics]] was opened here in 1965. The institute is known for the 70 GeV [[particle accelerator|proton accelerator]] which was the largest in the world at the time it was launched in 1967, and other physics research. Town status was granted in 1989.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}} The [[UNK proton accelerator|UNK]] Collider was the last big planned particle accelerator.

Among the discoveries made at IHEP are that of [[antihelium]] and the Serpukhov cross-section effect.

==Administrative and municipal status==
Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], it is incorporated as '''Protvino [[City of federal subject significance|Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction]]'''—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the [[administrative divisions of Moscow Oblast|districts]].<ref name="Ref1406">Law #11/2013-OZ</ref> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], Protvino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as '''Protvino Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="Ref795">Law #159/2004-OZ</ref>

==Transport==
[[File:Bus LiAZ 5292-60 in Protvino.jpg|thumb|LiAZ-5292 low-floor bus]]
In the city the Protvino railroad station is located, although it is only used for cargo transport. Public transport is provided by buses.

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia}}

Protvino is [[twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Внешние связи|url=http://www.protvino.ru/city/general-information/external-relations/|website=protvino.ru|publisher=Protvino|language=ru|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Antony, Hauts-de-Seine|Antony]], France
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bowling Green, Ohio|Bowling Green]], United States
*{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Gomel]], Belarus
*{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Lahoysk]], Belarus
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Milan, Minnesota|Milan]], United States
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Somero]], Finland
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==Notable people==
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*[[Nixelpixel]] (born 1993), feminist and cyber activist
*[[Vitali Yelsukov]] (born 1973), football player
*[[Anatoli Bugorski]] (born 1942), survivor of a [[particle accelerator]] accident
*Inga Kuznetsova (born 1974), surrealist poet and writer

==References==
===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|mos|adm|law}}
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|mos|mun|list|protvino}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.protvino.ru }} {{in lang|ru}}
*[http://www.protvino.info Unofficial website of Protvino]
*[http://www.ihep.ru Institute for High Energy Physics]

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Moscow Oblast]]
[[Category:Nuclear research institutes]]
[[Category:Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1958]]
[[Category:Naukograds]]