Sosnovy Bor
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Sosnovy Bor (Russian: Сосновый Бор) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, 81 km east of St. Petersburg. Geographic coordinates: . Population: 66,132 (2002 Census).
The town's name literally means "pine forest" in Russian. It was founded in 1958 as a settlement serving the Leningrad nuclear power plant, and received town status in 1973. It can be reached from Saint Petersburg by suburban trains from the Baltiysky Station.
The town is known not only as 'atomic city' (Russian: атомград), but for its research institutes and building industry. There are about 500 large, medium and small enterprises functioning in the town; many of them are technologically oriented. In 2005 the amount of increase in working capital investment was of the order of 15%.
The educational system of the city comprises over 30 institutions, including: 14 infant schools, 11 schools (2 private), 1 children's home, 5 secondary schools, 1 polytechnical lycee, and 3 branches of Saint-Petersburg based institutes of higher education.
54 sports are cultivated within the city, in which about 10000 townspeople are involved. 107 sports organisations and 11 civil society organizations are registered. Vladimir Goncharov, twice Russian champion in pistol shooting, lives in Sosnovy Bor.
The town's creative groups have participated widely in St. Petersburg, Russia and Europe.
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