Sizzling Europe

Mar 2007
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A Tour in Kaluga
Posted by boj_works
Categories: Places to Visit

KalugaRussia is made up of historical places and landmarks. Kaluga is one of these places where most tourists love to explore and gauge to.

Kaluga is a city in central Russia located at the Oka River on the southwest of Moscow. It was founded in the mid-14th century as a border fortress on the southwestern borders of the Muscovy. During the middle ages, it became a minor settlement owned by the Princess Vorotynsky. Her ancestral home is situated southwest from the modern city. it is connected to Moscow by a railway line and ancient roadway which is called the Kaluga road.

The city was inhabited by the Nazi armies in 1941. It is well-known to be the home of the rocket scientist pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky who worked in the city as a school teacher. A museum was created to honor the famous scientist especially to his theoretical achievements and the implementations for modern space research.

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