Dubna

Dubna is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, 45 miles east of Tver and 69 miles north of Moscow. It has a status of naukograd, being home to the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, an international nuclear physics research center and one of the largest scientific foundations in the country. It is also home to MKB Raduga, a defense aerospace company specializing in design and production of missile systems, as well as to the Russia’s largest satellite communications center owned by Russian Satellite Communications Company. The modern town was developed in the middle of the 20th century and town status was granted to it in 1956. Population: 70,663 (2010 census); 60,951 (2002 census); 65,805 (1989 Soviet census).