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  Kaluga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kaluga (Калу́га in Russian) is a city in central Russia on the Oka River 188 km southwest of Moscow, administrative center of Kaluga Oblast.
Kaluga is connected to Moscow by a railway line and the ancient roadway (E-105 International highway) which is known as the Kaluga road.
Kaluga is known for its most famous resident, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, a rocket science pioneer who worked here as a school teacher.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kaluga   (250 words)

  
 Kommersant - Russia's Daily Online
Kaluga Region is a relatively small region (29 900 km2) situated on the East European Plain of central Russia between Moscow, Tula, Bryansk, Smolensk, and Orlov regions.
Kaluga Region is part of the Central Federal District and is in a very convenient and favorable location owing to the well-developed transportation network that is typical of this federal district.
Kaluga Region has a mild continental climate with an average January temperature of -5.2°C and an average July temperature of +18.2 °C. Annual precipitation ranges from 365 to 1000 mm.
www.kommersant.com /tree.asp?rubric=5&node=387&doc_id=-44   (3414 words)

  
 Kaluga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kaluga is connected to Moscow by a line and the ancient roadway (E-105 International which is known as the Kaluzhskaya doroga (Kaluga road).
Kaluga is known for its most famous Konstantin Tsiolkovsky a rocket science pioneer who worked as a school teacher.
Kaluga i kaluzhane: Byt i nravy zhitelei gubernskogo goroda kontsa XIX-nachala XX vv (Kaluzhskaia khronika)
www.freeglossary.com /Kaluga   (355 words)

  
 KALUGA (GOVERNMENT) - LoveToKnow Article on KALUGA (GOVERNMENT)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
KALUGA, a government of middle Russia, surrounded by hose of Moscow, Smolensk, Orel and Tula, with an area of 1,942 sq.
The government is divided into n districts, the chief towns of which, with their populations in 1897, are: Kaluga (49,728), Borovsk (8407), Kozelsk (5908), Likhvin (1776), Maloyaroslavets (2500), Medyfi (4392), Meshchovsk (3667), Mosalsk (2652), Peremyshl (3956), Tarusa (1989) and Zhizdra (5996).
On several occasions Kaluga was the residence of political prisoners; among others Shamyl, the Lesghian chief, spent his exile there (1859-1870).
7.1911encyclopedia.org /K/KA/KALUGA_GOVERNMENT_.htm   (1254 words)

  
 KALUGA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kaluga (russisch (Калуга) ist eine russische Stadt an der Oka, rund 175 km südwestlich von Moskau.
Kaluga wurde 1371 als Festung das erste Mal urkundlich erwähnt, im 18.
Heute ist Kaluga der Verwaltungssitz der Kalugaer Oblast und eine bedeutende Forschungs- und Industriestadt.
www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/K/Kaluga   (153 words)

  
 Kaluga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kaluga was founded in 1371 as a fortress on the Moscow State frontier.
Later it became a major merchant center, given it's location on the left bank of the Oka river, on the main roads from Moscow to the South and West.
Trips to nearby old and picturesque towns (Borovsk, Koselsk, Tarusa, Maly Yaroslavets and some others) not far from Kaluga, are very interesting.
www.informatics.org /museum/kaluga.html   (113 words)

  
 REGIONAL OVERVIEW: KALUGA
Kaluga region was where research in nuclear physics first started in Russia, and where the first atomic power station (in Obninsk) was built.
Kaluga Oblast is surrounded by Smolensk, Bryansk, Orel, Tula and Moscow oblasts.
Kaluga region's industrial sector faces problems common for all Russian regions, including the lack of investment for reconstruction and modernization, government cutback in support for former defense enterprises, and a disrupted distribution network.
www.bisnis.doc.gov /bisnis/bisdoc/990609kal.htm   (2131 words)

  
 Information3 about Kaluga Region May,18 2005 Netherlands
The real estate in Kaluga region is represented by the realty of all patterns of ownership, including 8552 objects of federal ownership and 2857 objects of regional ownership.
The professional art of the region is represented by the creative collectives of the regional Philharmonics, Kaluga municipal Theatre of the young spectator, Kaluga municipal puppet theatre and Kaluga State Drama Theatre – one of the oldest theatres in Russia (it was 225 in 2002).
House and the grave of K.G. Paustovsky in Tarusa;
www.admobl.kaluga.ru /2005PreNL/Information3.htm   (1358 words)

  
 Natalie Travel - Additional info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
During the excursion tourists will admire the panorama of Kaluga from the right bank of the Oka river, they will get to know the history of town, on entry to Kaluga they will see the monument in honor of 600 years of Kaluga.
On basis of archive materials and expedition researches, as well as of numerous exhibits, found during them, exposition of the Museum of domestic crafts in the Kaluga region was opened in "House of Masters" on the 29th of December 1992.
The Kaluga State Museum of local lore is one of the oldest in Russia.
ntravel.kaluga.ru /eng/addinfo.html   (1754 words)

  
 Kaluga region
The Kaluga government came to be “the border of the enemies` invasion”; march-maneuver of Tarutino was accomplished here and the battle near Tarutino and the battle for Maloyaroslavets occurred here, after which the retreat of Napoleon's great army began.
Kaluga’s most precious possesions are the private residences of the first decades of the 19th century.
The Kaluga Regional Art Museum is arranged in one of these buildings, the most beautiful private residence of the Bilibin (Tchistokletov) merchants – an architectural monument of the beginning of the 19th century.
www.moscow-city.ru /regions/en/kaluga_region/kaluga_eng.html   (1951 words)

  
 Kaluga Oblast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kaluga Oblast (Russian: Калу́жская о́бласть) (29,900 km², pop.
Its administrative center is the city of Kaluga.
Kaluga Oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kaluga_Oblast   (163 words)

  
 Kaluga Turmani
The Kaluga Turmani (Russian: Kalujski CzernoPegije Turmani) is considered one of the foremost breeds of West Russian origin and is closely related to the Moscow Red Pegije Turmani (Moscovski KrasnoPegije).
Due to Bondarov's ultimate sacrafise, this breed took on the Kaluga name in his honor and even today, the highest honor that can be bestowed upon any Turmani breeder is to be awarded the Ivan Bondarov Memorial Award For Turmani Excellence issued annually by the International Federation of Slavic Breeds Clubs powerbased at Smolensk, Russia.
The Kaluga Turmani is almost identical to the Moscow Red Pegije Turmani and the Moscow Gray Turmani to which it is related.
startailpigeons.hypermart.net /kaluga_turmani.htm   (504 words)

  
 About Kaluga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Kaluga region is located at the south-west borders of Moscow principality, and during the centuries it had been its outpost
In its historical part Kaluga had preserved the architectural monuments of the 17, 18, 19 centuries.
The lay-out and development of Kaluga is one of the most brilliant achievements of the Russian town planning art of the end of the 18-beginning of the 19 century.
kaluga.amr-museum.ru /about/e_index.html   (733 words)

  
 FIGIS - FAO/SIDP Species Identification Sheet: Huso dauricus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The kaluga is distributed in the Amur river bassin from the estuary to its upper reaches, including several large tributaries and lakes.
In the first year of life, kaluga consume mostly invertebrates, later swiching to juveniles of Oncorhynchus keta and, at age of three to four years, kaluga start to feed on adult fishes: Eleginus gracilis, Sebastes alutus.
Endemic sturgeons of the Amur River: kaluga, Huso dauricus, and Amur sturgeon, Acipenser schrenckii.
www.fao.org /figis/servlet/species?fid=12760   (578 words)

  
 The Franciscans in... KALUGA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kaluga, an old Russian city on the river Oka, is situated about 200 km away from Moscow.
The Catholic Church in Kaluga exists since 1869, when the parish of Saint George was registered.
Many activities are carried on in the parish: catechism for children, youths and adults, Caritas group in service for those in need, a club for alcoholics' families and ecumenism.
www.ofmconvmalta.org /interconv/world/kaluga.htm   (162 words)

  
 Kaluga on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
ATTEMPT TO KIDNAP KALUGA GOVERNOR'S WIFE FOILED BY VICTIM.
OCAL POLLS ARE HELD IN KALUGA, CHITA, STAVROPOL REGIONS.
KALUGA REGION TO HOLD BY-ELECTIONS AFTER SUNDAY'S POLLS.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/Kaluga.asp   (191 words)

  
 Kaluga Oblast - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kaluga Oblast consists of the following districts (Russian: районы;):
Administration of Kaluga Oblast (in Russian), official homepage.
Kaluga Oblast Regional Investment and Business Guide (World Country Study Guide Library)
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /kaluga_oblast.htm   (71 words)

  
 Kaluga
KALUGA, November 14 (Itar-Tass) - A total of 729 polling stations opened in the Kaluga Region on Sunday.
Leading the committee is Clemens the Metropolitan of Kaluga and Borovsk, Charge d'Affaires of the Moscow Patriarchate.
Kaluga also found less of these key odor detecting proteins in the knockout mice than in normal mice.
conservation.mongabay.com /Kaluga.htm   (295 words)

  
 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Kaluga
Mobilized by the local diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), thousands of residents of Maloyaroslavets (Kaluga Region) have written the mayor's office in a successful bid to halt the planned construction of a mosque, according to a November 17 report by the Sova Information-Analytical Center.
In a test case, at the instigation of deputy presidential chief of staff Vladislav Surkov, local elections in the Kaluga region were scrapped.
In Russia, it is possible to create such a totality of herds living at large in the territory of the Kaluga and the Briansk Regions and in the North-West of the Orel Region...
news.surfwax.com /worldcities/files/Kaluga_Russia.html   (764 words)

  
 KALUGA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kaluga is an ancient Russian city known from 1371 which is situated in the heart of the country 180 km south of Moscow on the Oka river.
Kaluga city is connected with the life of well-known Russian scientists.
In Kaluga Tsiolkovsky has developed the basic principles of rocket flights and has published pioneer papers about the conquest of space.
kspu.kaluga.ru /conf/phyem/ekaluga.htm   (134 words)

  
 Kaluga, Russia - Current News & Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kaluga Region`s industrial production at 41,577 mln rbl in Jan.-...
Kaluga Region's industrial production totalled 41,577 mln rbl in Jan.-November, 108.2% to a year earlier, according to sources with regional authorities.
I'ma student and I live with my mother in the city of Kaluga, Russia, that is 200km south from Moscow.
www.4newz.net /world/nz/Kaluga.html   (207 words)

  
 Region Kaluga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Das regionale Zentrum, die Stadt Kaluga ist aus den Chroniken seit dem Jahr 1371 bekannt.
Jahrhunderts begann in Zusammenhang mit dem Seichtwerden der Oka der wirtschaftliche Rückgang und Kaluga wurde eine ruhige Provinzstadt.
Zahlreiche Sehenswürdigkeiten finden sich auch in kleineren Städten der Kalugaer Region, wie Obninsk, Malojaroslavec, Borovsk, Tarusa, Kozelsk oder Peremyšl.
alenos.piranho.de /regionen/kaluga.htm   (565 words)

  
 Tsiolkovsky
It was here in Kaluga that he became a well known scientist, and where he wrote and published his theories of space flight and inter-planetary travels.
In Kaluga he wrote his Cosmic Philosophy, and he dreamed about the far distant future of humanity, including the eventual conquest of space and our leaving the cradle of the planet Earth for the stars.
Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky, the father of cosmonautics, died in Kaluga at the age of 78 on September 19,1935.
www.informatics.org /museum/tsiol.html   (2013 words)

  
 Ladies from Kaluga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
I'm Investigator from Kaluga, Russia, with Blue eyes and Blond hair.
I'm Teacher from Kaluga, Russia, with Hazel eyes and Brown hair.
I'm from Kaluga, Russia, with Hazel eyes and Brown hair.
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 Khabarovsk Krai Government site - Tourism and Recreation - Kaluga fish
Kaluga is a large predatory fish of the sturgeon species.
Its length is up to 6 m, weight up to 1000 kg, usual weight 150-400 kg.
There are two kinds of Kaluga: the first kind comes from Amur estuary on spawning to the Amur river and the second one constantly inhabits the Amur river.
www.adm.khv.ru /invest2.nsf/pages/common/kaluga_en.htm   (80 words)

  
 Kaluga --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Founded in the 14th century as a stronghold against the Tatars on the southern borders of Muscovy, it later became a seat of provincial administration.
WHO reported on March 25 that the screening of 70,000 children under the age of 15 had found an incidence of nearly one in 10,000 of thyroid cancer in the Homel region of Belarus, probably due to exposure to iodine-131.
There was also a 100-fold increase in northern Ukraine and an 8-fold increase in the Bryansk and Kaluga regions of Russia.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9044435?tocId=9044435   (512 words)

  
 Kaluga
Kaluga war das Hauptlager der russischen Truppen, als Napoleon das in Flammen stehende Moskau verliess.
In Kaluga verbrachte Ziolkowski den grössten Teil seines Lebens, hier schuf er seine Hauptwerke, hier ist er auch begraben.
In Kaluga und im Kaluga Gebiet befinden sich bekannte architektonische und literarische Denkmäler, die mit berühmten russischen Kunstschaffenden verbunden sind: A. Puschkin, L. Tolstoj, K. Paustowski, M. Zwetajewa, F. Dostojewski u.a.
www.priority-world.ch /Staedte/Kaluga01.html   (386 words)

  
 Kaluga, Russia, Pictures
Kaluga, city, western Russia, a port on the Oka River and a manufacturing center served by several railroad lines.
Among the leading industries in the city are smelting, brickmaking, and the manufacture of lumber and machinery.
The first historical record of Kaluga dates from the late 14th century, when it was a frontier stronghold of Moscow.
www.greatestcities.com /Europe/Russia/Kaluga_city.html   (99 words)

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