Balabanovo is a town in Kaluga Oblast

Kaluga Oblast

Kaluga Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Kaluga.-Geography:Kaluga Oblast is located in the central part of the East European Plain. The Smolensk Highland lays in the western and north-western part of the oblast, while the Central Russian Highland -...

, Russia

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, located on the Protva River

Protva River

Protva River is a river in Moscow and Kaluga Oblasts in Russia, left tributary of the Oka. The length of the river is 282 km. The area of its basin is 4,620 km². The Protva freezes up in early December and stays icebound until early April. Its main tributary is the Luzha River. The towns of...

 76 kilometres (47.2 mi) northeast of Kaluga

Kaluga

Kaluga is a city and the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Oka River southwest of Moscow. Population: It is served by Grabtsevo Airport.-History:...

. Population: It is served by Yermolino Airport.

Balabanovo was first mentioned in the early 17th century as a village. It grew into a small town due to the construction of the Moscow

Moscow

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–Bryansk

Bryansk

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 railroad in the early 20th century (Balabanovo railroad station was opened in 1899). Balabanovo was granted town status in 1972.

A prominent Russia

Russia

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n mathematician Pafnuty Chebyshev

Pafnuty Chebyshev

Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev was a Russian mathematician. His name can be alternatively transliterated as Chebychev, Chebysheff, Chebyshov, Tschebyshev, Tchebycheff, or Tschebyscheff .-Early years:One of nine children, Chebyshev was born in the village of Okatovo in the district of Borovsk,...

was born and spent his childhood near Balabanovo in a village of Okatovo.