The city of Obninsk, whose set-up is related to the World's First NPP start-up, is currently one of the biggest scientific centers where the issues of nuclear power use are studied comprehensively. The predominant feature of the city is the complex of research and development institutes. In addition to the IPPE and First NPP, there are the institutes, which deal with medical and agricultural radiology, radiochemistry and meteorology. The symbol of the city is the 300-meter meteorological tower named after academician E.K.Fedorov, that is a unique geophysical observatory. The activity of I.V.Kurchatov, D.I.Blokhintsev, A.I.Leypunsky is related to the city of Obninsk. Many famous Russian artists spent their vacation in Bugry dacha (now Konchalovskie Gory), among them S.Rakhmaninov, F.Shalyapin, P.Konchalovsky, K.Korovin, P.Korin, A.Dovzhenko, A.Nezhdanova, A.Fadeev. Obninsk is surrounded by historical places. Kaluga, Borovsk, Maloyaroslavets, Tarutino, Tarusa are the most famous of them. The art of Tarusa fancy-workers is known in the whole world. Many historical personalities are related to Kaluga region - czar Boris Godunov, archpriest Avvakum and boyar's wife Morozova, field-marshal Kutuzov and Emperor Napoleon, poet A.S.Pushkin and writer N.V.Gogol, mathematician P.L.Chebyshev, scientist K.E.Tsiolkovsky, marshal G.K.Zhukov, painter V.D.Polenov, architect V.P.Bazhenov and others. Circumstantial information about Obninsk can be found at the city web site: http://www.obninsk.ru