Novomichurinsk
Encyclopedia
Novomichurinsk is a town in Pronsky District
of Ryazan Oblast
, Russia
, located on the Pronya River
85 kilometres (52.8 mi) south of Ryazan
. Population:
Novomichurinsk was founded in 1968 and granted town status in 1981. It is named after Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin
, who was born not far from this town. Now Novomichurinsk is a company town
of Ryazan Power Station
.
Pronsky District
Pronsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 25 in Ryazan Oblast, Russia....
of Ryazan Oblast
Ryazan Oblast
Ryazan Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Ryazan, which is the oblast's largest city. Population: -Geography:...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the Pronya River
Pronya River (Russia)
Pronya River is a river in Ryazan and Tula Oblasts in Russia, a right tributary of the Oka River. The length of the river is 336 km. The area of its basin is 10,200 km². The river freezes up in late November and stays icebound until early March. The Pronya is navigable in its lower reaches. The...
85 kilometres (52.8 mi) south of Ryazan
Ryazan
Ryazan is a city and the administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Oka River southeast of Moscow. Population: The strategic bomber base Dyagilevo is just west of the city, and the air base of Alexandrovo is to the southeast as is the Ryazan Turlatovo Airport...
. Population:
Novomichurinsk was founded in 1968 and granted town status in 1981. It is named after Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin
Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin
Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin , was a Russian practitioner of selection, Honorable Member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, and academician of the Lenin All-Union Academy of Agriculture....
, who was born not far from this town. Now Novomichurinsk is a company town
Company town
A company town is a town or city in which much or all real estate, buildings , utilities, hospitals, small businesses such as grocery stores and gas stations, and other necessities or luxuries of life within its borders are owned by a single company...
of Ryazan Power Station
Ryazan Power Station
The Ryazan Power Station is the fifth largest oil-fired power station in the world, also the fifth largest power station in Russia, with an installed capacity of 2,800 MW. The power station is located in Novomichurinsk of the Ryazan Oblast, Russia...
.