Official Name: | Butyn |
Native Name: | Бутынь |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Moscow Oblast#Russia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Russia |
Subdivision Name1: | Moscow Oblast |
Subdivision Name3: | Odintsovsky District |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +3:00 |
Coordinates: | 55.6664°N 36.9436°W |
Butyn (ru|Бутынь) is a rural locality (a hamlet) in Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia. Butyn is the birthplace of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.[1]
The hamlet is in the west of the town Golitsyno, Moscow Oblast. The town formerly had 'scribbled over' sections in satellite imagery used for Google Maps.[2]