Lyudinovo is a town in Kaluga Oblast

Kaluga Oblast

Kaluga Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Kaluga.-Geography:Kaluga Oblast is located in the central part of the East European Plain. The Smolensk Highland lays in the western and north-western part of the oblast, while the Central Russian Highland -...

, Russia

Russia

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, located on the shores of the Lake Lompad formed by a dam

Dam

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 on the Nepolot River. Lyudinovo is situated 65 kilometres (40.4 mi) north of Bryansk

Bryansk

Bryansk is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Moscow. Population: -History:The first written mention of Bryansk was in 1146, in the Hypatian Codex, as Debryansk...

 and 188 kilometres (116.8 mi) southwest of Kaluga

Kaluga

Kaluga is a city and the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Oka River southwest of Moscow. Population: It is served by Grabtsevo Airport.-History:...

. It serves as the administrative center of Lyudinovsky District

Lyudinovsky District

Lyudinovsky District is an administrative district , one of the 24 in Kaluga Oblast, Russia....

, although it is not administratively a part of it. Population: 34,000 (1970).

The village of Lyudinovo was first mentioned in 1626. Later on, it grew into an industrial town and was granted town status in 1938.

External links

Information portal of Lyudinovo