Protvino

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Protvino Протвино
Town[1]
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Protvino
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Coordinates: 54°53′N 37°13′E / 54.883°N 37.217°E / 54.883; 37.217
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Moscow Oblast[1]
Founded	1960
Town status since	1989
Elevation	140 m (460 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	37,308
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Protvino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
• Capital of	Protvino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Protvino Urban Okrug[3]
• Capital of	Protvino Urban Okrug[3]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	142280, 142281
OKTMO ID	46767000001
Website	www.protvino.ru

Protvino (Russian: Протвино) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located about 100 kilometers (62 mi) south of Moscow and 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) west of Serpukhov, on the left bank of the Protva River. Population: 37,308 (2010 Census);^[2] 36,175 (2002 Census);^[6] 34,520 (1989 Soviet census).^[7]

Construction of an urban-type settlement intended to house a large 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 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]} The 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.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Protvino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1] As a municipal division, Protvino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Protvino Urban Okrug.^[3]

In the city the Protvino railroad station is located, although it is only used for cargo transport. Public transport is provided by buses.

Protvino is twinned with:^[8]

• 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

• Московская областная Дума. Закон №11/2013-ОЗ от 31 января 2013 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Московской области», в ред. Закона №249/2019-ОЗ от 29 ноября 2019 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Московской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Московской области"». Вступил в силу на следующий день после официального опубликования (13 января 2013 г.). Опубликован: "Ежедневные Новости. Подмосковье", №24, 12 февраля 2013 г. (Moscow Oblast Duma. Law #11/2013-OZ of January 31, 2013 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Moscow Oblast, as amended by the Law #249/2019-OZ of November 29, 2019 On amending the Law of Moscow Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Moscow Oblast". Effective as of the day following the day of the official publication (January 13, 2013).).

• Московская областная Дума. Закон №159/2004-ОЗ от 25 ноября 2004 г. «О статусе и границе городского округа Протвино», в ред. Закона №94/2011-ОЗ от 24 июня 2011 г «О внесении изменений в Закон Московской области "О статусе и границе городского округа Протвино" и Закон Московской области "О статусе и границах Серпуховского муниципального района и вновь образованных в его составе муниципальных образований"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ежедневные Новости. Подмосковье", №231, 4 декабря 2004 г. (Moscow Oblast Duma. Law #159/2004-OZ of November 25, 2004 On the Status and the Border of Protvino Urban Okrug, as amended by the Law #94/2011-OZ of June 24, 2011 On Amending the Law of Moscow Oblast "On the Status and the Border of Protvino Urban Okrug" and the Law of Moscow Oblast "On the Status and Borders of Serpukhovsky Municipal District and the Newly Established Municipal Formations It Comprises". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).

• Official website (in Russian)
• Unofficial website of Protvino
• Institute for High Energy Physics