Bolkhov

Bolkhov (English)
Болхов (Russian)
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View of Bolkhov from the opposite bank of the Nugr River

Location of Oryol Oblast in Russia
Bolkhov
Location of Bolkhov in Oryol Oblast
Coordinates: 53°27′N 36°01′E / 53.450°N 36.017°E / 53.450; 36.017Coordinates: 53°27′N 36°01′E / 53.450°N 36.017°E / 53.450; 36.017
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of April 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Oryol Oblast[1]
Administrative district Bolkhovsky District[1]
Town of district significance Bolkhov[1]
Administrative center of Bolkhovsky District,[1] town of district significance of Bolkhov[1]
Municipal status (as of September 2010)
Municipal district Bolkhovsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Bolkhov Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Bolkhovsky Municipal District,[2] Bolkhov Urban Settlement[3]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 11,421 inhabitants[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
First mentioned 1196[6]
Postal code(s)[7] 303140, 303142
Official website
Bolkhov on Wikimedia Commons

Bolkhov (Russian: Бо́лхов) is a town and the administrative center of Bolkhovsky District in Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the Nugr River (Oka's tributary), 56 kilometers (35 mi) from Oryol, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 11,421 (2010 Census);[4] 12,148 (2002 Census);[8] 13,071 (1989 Census);[9] 12,800 (1969); 20,703 (1897).

History

Bolkhov was first documented in a chronicle from 1196.[6] After the Mongol invasion of Rus', it became the seat of a local princely dynasty, whose descendants may be traced until the 19th century. In the 16th century, it became one of the fortified posts for defending Moscow from the Tatars on the south. It was there that the army of Vasily IV was defeated by False Dmitry II in 1608.

During World War II, Bolkhov was occupied by the German Army from October 9, 1941 to July 28, 1943.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bolkhov serves as the administrative center of Bolkhovsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Bolkhovsky District as the town of district significance of Bolkhov.[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Bolkhov is incorporated within Bolkhovsky Municipal District as Bolkhov Urban Settlement.[2]

Religion

Bolkhov preserves four churches dating from the turn of the 18th century, including the five-domed Trinity Monastery Cathedral (1688-1706) and the Trinity church with an elongated belfry. By far the largest church in the city is the Savior's Transfiguration Cathedral, built in 1841-1851 to a design by one of Konstantin Thon's disciples.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Law #522-OZ
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #464-OZ
  3. ↑ Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 54 604 101». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 54 604 101. ).
  4. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. 1 2 Official website of Bolkhovsky District. Уездный город Болхов Archived September 5, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. (Russian)
  7. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  8. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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