Lyskovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Lyskovo.
Lyskovo (English)
Лысково (Russian)
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In Lyskovo

Location of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in Russia
Lyskovo
Location of Lyskovo in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Coordinates: 56°01′44″N 45°02′10″E / 56.02889°N 45.03611°E / 56.02889; 45.03611Coordinates: 56°01′44″N 45°02′10″E / 56.02889°N 45.03611°E / 56.02889; 45.03611
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Administrative status (as of February 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1]
Administrative district Lyskovsky District[1]
Town of district significance Lyskovo[1]
Administrative center of Lyskovsky District,[1] town of district significance of Lyskovo[1]
Municipal status (as of June 2011)
Municipal district Lyskovsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Lyskovo Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Lyskovsky Municipal District,[2] Lyskovo Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 21,880 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
First mentioned 1410
Town status since 1925
Postal code(s)[5] 606210–606213
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Lyskovo (Russian: Лы́сково) is a town and the administrative center of Lyskovsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the southern side of the Volga River (since the 1980s, forming the Cheboksary Reservoir), opposite the mouth of the Kerzhenets River, 90 kilometers (56 mi) southeast of Nizhny Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 21,880 (2010 Census);[3] 23,901 (2002 Census);[6] 25,029 (1989 Census).[7]

History

It was first mentioned in 1410. In 1686, Lyskovo was granted by the Russian government to the émigré Georgian monarch Archil of Imereti. Upon the extinction of his family, the village passed to Princes Gruzinsky, a related line of Georgian royalty who arrived to Russia in 1724. That family owned the village until the death of Prince Georgy Gruzinsky in 1852. From 1749 to 1808, the Lyskovo estate housed St. Nino's Cross, the principal relic of Georgian Christianity.

Town status was granted to Lyskovo in 1925.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Lyskovo serves as the administrative center of Lyskovsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with the village of Golovkovo, incorporated within Lyskovsky District as the town of district significance of Lyskovo.[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Lyskovo is incorporated within Lyskovsky Municipal District as Lyskovo Urban Settlement.[2]

Transportation

The town is served by M7 Highway (Nizhny Novgorod–Kazan). There are no railways in Lyskovo or anywhere in the district. Ferry service connects the town with Makaryevo and its monastery.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Order #3-od
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #133-Z
  3. 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.
  4. ↑ 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.).
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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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