Balabanovo

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Balabanovo (Russian: Балаба́ново) is a town in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Protva River some 76 km northeast of Kaluga. Population: 23,100 (2006 est.); 23,312 (2002 Census); 19,139 (1989 Census). It is served by Ermolino 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–Bryansk railroad in the early 20th century (Balabanovo railroad station was opened in 1899). Balabanovo was granted town status in 1972.

A prominent Russian mathematician Pafnuty Chebyshev was born and spent his childhood near Balabanovo in a village of Okatovo.

	Cities and towns in Kaluga Oblast
	Administrative center: Kaluga Balabanovo \| Borovsk \| Kirov \| Kondrovo \| Kozelsk \| Lyudinovo \| Maloyaroslavets \| Medyn \| Meshchovsk \| Mosalsk \| Obninsk \| Sosensky \| Spas-Demensk \| Sukhinichi \| Tarusa \| Yukhnov \| Zhizdra \| Zhukov