Medyn

Medyn (Russian Медынь ) is a small town in the Kaluga oblast (Russia) with 8300 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located about 60 km north-west of Kaluga Oblasthauptstadt on the river Medynka, a right tributary of the Volga river system in Suchodrew.

Medyn is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.

History

The place was first mentioned in 1386 when he went by the Principality of Smolensk to the Grand Duchy of Moscow. The place name is probably Baltic origin and refers to the forest wealth of the environment ( cf. Lithuanian medis for tree ), but was also as a derivative from the Russian mead for honey interpreted (see bees in the city arms ).

In 1776 the municipal law as an administrative center of a circle ( Ujesds ) was awarded under the name Medynsk; in a row but the old form was still used.

During the war against Napoleon in 1812 Russian Cossack troops were dashed in Medyn on 13 Oktoberjul. / October 25 1812greg. , A day after the Battle of Maloyaroslavets a vanguard of the Fifth Corps of the Grande Armée, what the final authority for the following French withdrawal was in the direction of Smolensk.

During World War II Medyn was occupied on 11 October 1941 by the German Wehrmacht and recaptured on 14 January 1942 by the Western Front of the Red Army in the Rzhev - Wjasmaer operation.

Intercession Intercession Church

The river Medynka in the city

Demographics

Note: Census data (1926 rounded)

Economy and infrastructure

In Medyn there are a furniture factory and enterprises in the textile and food industries.

The nearest railway station is located 15 km west in Mjatlewo ( Mjatlewskaja station ) along the route Wjasma - Kaluga - Uslowaja - Ryazhsk.

By Medyn leads the A101 trunk road Moscow - Roslawl - Belarusian border.