Kaluga
Kaluga (Russian: Калу́га, IPA: [kɐˈɫuɡə]) is a city and the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It stands on the Oka River 150 kilometers (93 mi) southwest of Moscow. Its population was 337,058 at the 2021 census.
Kaluga
Калуга | |
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Space museum, Rocket Vostok, House store of Rakov, Kaluga from the height of bird flight, Trolleybus, corner of Moskovskaya and Dostoyevskogo st. | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Kaluga | |
Kaluga Location of Kaluga Kaluga Kaluga (Kaluga Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 54°33′N 36°17′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kaluga Oblast |
| First mentioned | 1371 |
| Government | |
| • Body | City Duma |
| • City Head | Dmitry Denisov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 170.5 km2 (65.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 190 m (620 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 324,698 |
| • Estimate (2018) | 340,851 (+5%) |
| • Rank | 55th in 2010 |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi) |
| • Subordinated to | City of Kaluga |
| • Capital of | Kaluga Oblast, City of Kaluga |
| • Urban okrug | Kaluga Urban Okrug |
| • Capital of | Kaluga Urban Okrug |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| Postal code(s) | 248xxx |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 4842 |
| OKTMO ID | 29701000001 |
| City Day | Second Saturday of September |
| Website | www |
Kaluga's most famous resident, the space travel pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, worked there as a school teacher from 1892 to 1935. The Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics in Kaluga is dedicated to his theoretical achievements and to their practical implementations for modern space research, hence the motto on the city's coat of arms: Колыбель Космонавтики, Kolybélʹ kosmonávtiki ("The Cradle of Space-Exploration").
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