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Dubna, whose population is almost 70,000, is
located on the banks of the Volga river 120 km north of Moscow. No major highways go
through Dubna; so it is nicely fitted into beautiful, quiet landscapes made up by the
Volga river, the Moscow Reservoir on the Volga formed by a hydropower plant, the
Moscow – Volga shipping canal, the Dubna river (the Volga's tributary), a number of smaller
rivers, and, of course, forests and fields. Appeasing natural landscapes are within an easy
bicycle or skiing trip from any place in Dubna.
At the same time, Dubna is close enough to Moscow for
you to be able to leave Dubna early in the morning, spend a whole day in Moscow, and come back
to Dubna in the late evening. There is direct railway and bus communication between Dubna and
Moscow.
Dubna has no ecologically problematic industry.
Rather, it is a hi-tech city. Dubna is known internationally, first of all, for it is home to one
of the world's largest centers of fundamental science: the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.
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