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History
Pushchino existed since the 16th century as a family estate after the land was awarded to the Pushchin family around the year 1500. The area was selected in 1956 as a site for a scientific research center for the Russian Academy of Science. It was incorporated as a city in 1966. To disambiguate with a small town near Chekhov, also in the Moscow Region, the city is sometimes referred to as Pushchino-na-Oke (Pushchino on Oka).