Medyn
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|image_caption=Lenina Avenue in Medyn
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|established_date=1386
|established_title=First mentioned
|current_cat_date=1776
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|prev_name1=Medynskoye gorodishche
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Medyn ({{langx|ru|Меды́нь}}) is a town and the administrative center of Medynsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Medynka River (Oka basin), {{convert|60|km|sp=us}} northwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: {{ru-census|p2021=8200|p2010=8,300|p2002=7,940|p1989=8,364}}
History
It was first mentioned in 1386, when it passed from the Principality of Smolensk to the Grand Duchy of Moscow.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. 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.{{OKATO reference|29 225}} As a municipal division, the town of Medyn is incorporated within Medynsky Municipal District as Medyn Urban Settlement.Law #369-OZ
Military
The now-defunct airbase Medyn-Aduyevo is situated {{convert|9|km|sp=us}} northeast of Medyn.
References
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- {{Cite book |last=Malinin |first=D. I. |title=Kaluga. Experience of the historical guide to Kaluga and the main centers of the province |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2lFWjgEACAAJ |edition=2nd |location=Kaluga |publisher=Golden Alley |date=1992 |pages=273 |language=ru |oclc=28487297 }}
- {{RussiaAdmMunRef|klu|mun|list2}}
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=External links=
- {{cite web |url=http://medyncity.ru/ |script-title=ru:Город Медынь |date=2014 |language=ru |publisher=Медовый портал Медыни |access-date=2016-03-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306205824/http://medyncity.ru/ |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}
- {{cite web |url=http://medyn.ru |script-title=ru:Официальный сайт |date=2016 |language=ru |publisher=МР «Медынский район» |access-date=2016-03-31}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.mojgorod.ru/kaluzhsk_obl/medyn/index.html |title=Entry about Medyn |date=2016 |language=ru |publisher=Народная энциклопедия городов и регионов России |access-date=2016-03-31}}
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{{Kaluga Oblast}}
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