Kaluga
town and administrative center of Kaluga Oblast in central Russia
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Summary
Kaluga is a city or town[1]. Kaluga ranks in the top 6% of city or town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,268 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Award received: Order of the Red Banner of Labour[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kaluga Urban Okrug[4]
- Country: Russia[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Oka[6], Yachenskoe Reservoir[7]
- Head of government: Dmitry Denisov[8]
- Instance of: big city[9], administrative divisions of Russia[10]
- Anthem: Q116621586[11]
- Flag: flag of Kaluga city[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Suhl[13], Lahti[14], Binningen[15], Tiraspol[16], Panorama[17], Minsk[18], Binzhou[19], Smolensk[20], Oryol[21], Tula[22], Makhachkala[23], Leszno[24], Chemnitz[25], Xianyang[26]
- Postal code: 248000–248999[27]
- Commons category: Kaluga[28]
- Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[29]
- Local dialing code: 4842[30]
- Inception: 1371[31]
- Located in/on physical feature: East European Plain[32]
- Official website: http://www.kaluga-gov.ru[33]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kaluga[34]
- Commons gallery: Калуга[35]
- Streaming media URL: https://tv.ivideon.com/camera/100-2ef8bbe6fd52b2e7c5b21d0bb974b8f0/65536/[36], https://tv.ivideon.com/camera/100-2ef8bbe6fd52b2e7c5b21d0bb974b8f0/0[37]
- Population: 341,986[38], 341,892[39], 340,851[40], 332,039[41], 331,842[42]
- Time of earliest written record: 1371[43]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[44], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[45], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[46], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[47], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[48], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[49], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[50]
- Capital of: Kaluga Oblast[51], Kaluga Urban Okrug[52]
- List of monuments: list of cultural heritage sites in Kaluga (Russia)[53]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Kaluga include 8150 Kaluga[54], an asteroid[55].
Why It Matters
Kaluga has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Kaluga is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for Kaluga include 8150 Kaluga[54], an asteroid[55].
FAQs
What awards did Kaluga receive?
Honors received include Order of the Red Banner of Labour[3].