Moshonki

Coordinates: 54°16′56″N 35°37′32″E / 54.28222°N 35.62556°E / 54.28222; 35.62556

Moshonki (Russian: Мошонки) is a village (selo) in Meshchovsky District of Kaluga Oblast, Russia.^[1]

It is located 155 km southwest of Moscow River Serena (A tributary of the Oka tributary Zhizdra) . It has 3,200 inhabitants (2003). Moschonki administratively belongs to Meshchovsky District,

Crossing the village is the Moscow–Kiev railway line. The nearest station at Kudrinskaja is about 7 km away from Moschonki.

The best known feature of Moshonki is the structure of the place Alexander NevskyChurch from the 18th Century, which was built in the 1930s, destroyed by a fire, and recently rebuilt.

Because of its name, the place is relatively well known in Russia, it means "Scrotum".

References

1. ^ OKATO, Part 2. Section 29 227 828 (Rural localities of Moshonsky Selsoviet of Meshchovsky District)