Pushchino

Pushchino Пущино
Town
Pushchino from the air
Flag Coat of arms
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Pushchino Location of Pushchino Pushchino Pushchino (Moscow Oblast)
Coordinates: 54°50′N 37°37′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Moscow Oblast
Known since	16th century
Town status since	1966
Elevation	190 m (620 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)
• Total	20,332
• Estimate  (2025)	19,229 (−5.4%)
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Pushchino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction
• Capital of	Pushchino Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Pushchino Urban Okrug
• Capital of	Pushchino Urban Okrug
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code	142290
OKTMO ID	46770000011
Website	www.pushchino.ru

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Pushchino (Russian: Пущино, IPA: [ˈpuɕːɪnə]) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, an important scientific center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Situated 100 kilometers (62 mi) south of Moscow, and 13 km south-east of Serpukhov, on the right side of the Oka River opposite the Prioksko-Terrasny Nature Reserve. It is informally called Pushchino-on-Oka. Population: 20,332 (2010 census); 19,964 (2002 census); 19,479 (1989 Soviet census).

Pushchino Research Center of Russian Academy of Sciences has unique status and significance. It hosts a major component of Russian Federation endeavor in the fields of physical, chemical, and bio-molecular biology. It employs more than 3000 people, of whom 800 hold doctorates in science or medicine. Pushchino scientists have made seminal contributions to molecular and cell biology, bio-organic chemistry, plant and soil biology, as well as to astronomy and astrophysics - including the discovery of the solar supercorona and radial magnetic fields within it, and the discovery of radio recombination lines of highly excited atoms.