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Kaluga Oblast lies in the central part of the East European Plain. [16] The oblast's territory is located between the Central Russian Upland (with and average elevation of above 200 metres (660 ft) and a maximum elevation of 275 metres (902 ft) in the southeast), the Smolensk–Moscow Upland, and the Dnieper–Desna watershed.
Kaluga, founded in the mid-14th century as a border fortress on the southwestern borders of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, first appears in the historical record in chronicles in the 14th century as Koluga; the name comes from Old Russian kaluga is "bog, quagmire". [15] During the period of Tartar raids it was the western end of the Oka bank ...
Obninsk (Russian: О́бнинск) is a city in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Protva River 100 kilometers (62 mi) southwest of Moscow and 80 kilometers (50 mi) northeast of Kaluga. Its population is 125,376 at the 2021 census.
Kaluga Oblast, Russia: Administrative center: Kaluga: As of 2013: [1] Number of districts (районы) 24 Number of cities/towns (города) 19 Number of urban-type settlements (посёлки городского типа) 10 Number of selsovets, rural okrugs, and territorial okrugs
On the next day, 17 September, the whole territory of present-day Kaluga Oblast was liberated. [11] On 16 February 1944 State Defense Committee decided to make a huge investment in Lyudinovo Locomotive Plant to help its reconstruction. On 5 June 1944 Kaluga oblast was created. Lyudinovsky raion was incorporated in this region.
Borovsky District (Russian: Боровский райо́н) is an administrative [1] and municipal [4] district (), one of the twenty-four in Kaluga Oblast, Russia.It is located in the north of the oblast.
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Kozelsk (Russian: Козе́льск) is a town and the administrative center of Kozelsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Zhizdra River (a tributary of the Oka), 72 kilometers (45 mi) southwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast.