Medyn
Medyn () is a town and the administrative center of Medynsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Medynka River (Oka basin), northwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
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- Medyn
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Медынь
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- Lenina Avenue in Medyn
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- right
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- Kaluga Oblast
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- Medynsky District
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- Medynsky District
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- Town
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- Medynsky Municipal District
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Medyn () is a town and the administrative center of Medynsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Medynka River (Oka basin), northwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
==History== It was first mentioned in 1386, when it passed from the Principality of Smolensk to the Grand Duchy of Moscow. The village of Medynskoye was granted town status in 1776.
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