Dubna

Dubna

Dubna , town (1989 pop. 66,000), Moscow region, central European Russia, near the confluence of the Volga and Dubna rivers. Founded in 1956, it is the seat of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. The institute was established at an international conference in Moscow in 1956; its members included most Communist nations.

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Dubna

Dubna, Belarus, Latvia, Russia Russia (Moscow): only designated a city in 1956, its name, from the Russian dub ‘oak’, recognizes its wooded landscaping. The same is true for the town in Belarus. In Latvia it is the name of a river.

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