page_title: Kaluga Oblast
section_title: Tourism and recreation
hierarchical_section_title: Kaluga Oblast / Tourism and recreation
caption_attribution_description: English: John McLaughlin in the Mir Gitary festival
context_page_description: Kaluga Oblast is a federal subject of Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Kaluga. The 2010 Russian Census found a population of 1,010,930.
context_section_description: The most popular among tourists are the administrative center Kaluga, Optina Pustyn monastery, the City of Military Glory - Kozelsk, Obninsk Science Town, the towns of Maloyaroslavets and Meshchovsk where Napoleon's army was stopped, the Goncharovs country estate in the Polotnyany Zavod, Svyato-Tikhonova Pustyn monastery and Svyato-Pafnutyev Borovsky monastery, the town of Tarusa, and Vorobyi zoo.  A number of various  tourist paths have been opened in the unique nature reserves—Ugra National Park  and Kaluzhskye Zaseki.  There are 15 health centers and summer resorts with over 3,500 beds in Kaluga Oblast.
  These are some of the regular events that are organized for tourists:
  Arkhistoyanie festival
  Pustye Kholmy festival
  Bike festival in Maloyaroslavets
  Belyi Krolik festival
  Mir Gitary festival
  Zheleznye Devy rock music festival (in Kaluga)
caption: John McLaughlin in the Mir Gitary festival
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