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Medyn

Medyn
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en_nameMedyn
ru_nameМедынь
image_skylineMedyn 2012 Lenina 5 03.jpg
image_captionLenina Avenue in Medyn
coordinates
map_label_positionright
image_coaMedyn COA (Kaluga Governorate) (1777).png
federal_subjectKaluga Oblast
federal_subject_ref
adm_district_jurMedynsky District
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adm_ctr_ofMedynsky District
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inhabloc_catTown
inhabloc_cat_ref
mun_district_jurMedynsky Municipal District
mun_district_jur_ref
urban_settlement_jurMedyn Urban Settlement
urban_settlement_jur_ref
mun_admctr_of1Medynsky Municipal District
mun_admctr_of1_ref
mun_admctr_of2Medyn Urban Settlement
mun_admctr_of2_ref
pop_2010census8300
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established_date1386
established_titleFirst mentioned
established_date_ref
current_cat_date1776
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postal_codes249950, 249951

Medyn () is a town and the administrative center of Medynsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Medynka River (Oka basin), 60 km northwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:

History

It was first mentioned in 1386, when it passed from the Principality of Smolensk to the Grand Duchy of Moscow. The village of Medynskoye was granted town status in 1776.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Medyn serves as the administrative center of Medynsky District, to which it is directly subordinated. As a municipal division, the town of Medyn is incorporated within Medynsky Municipal District as Medyn Urban Settlement.

Military

The now-defunct airbase Medyn-Aduyevo is situated 9 km northeast of Medyn.

References

Church of the Theotokos of Kazan in Medyn

Notes

Sources

References

  1. {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
  2. СССР. Административно-территориальное деление союзных республик на 1 января 1980 года / Составители В. А. Дударев, Н. А. Евсеева. — М.: Изд-во «Известия Советов народных депутатов СССР», 1980. — 702 с. — С. 135.
  3. {{OKATO reference. 29 225
  4. Law #369-OZ
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