Bely (city)

city Bely Белый coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Tver Rajon Bely Chief of Administration Viktor Sergejewitsch Kutenkow Vladimir Nikolajewitsch Kuzmin First mention 13th Century City since 1769 surface 18  km² population 3772 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 210 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 185  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48250 Post Code 172530 License Plate 69 OKATO 28 206 501 Website adm-bel.ru Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 50 ′  N , 32 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 55 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  N , 32 ° 56 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tver Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Bely ( Russian Бе́лый ) is a small town in Tver Oblast ( Russia ) with 3772 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The town lies on the western edge of the heights of Bely about 300 kilometers west of the Oblasthauptstadt Tver at the mouth of the Obsha River in the Mesha , a tributary of the Daugava .

Bely is the administrative center of the Rajons of the same name .

The nearest train station is Nelidowo, 50 kilometers away on the Moscow - Riga route .

history

Bely was first mentioned in the 13th century as a town in the Principality of Smolensk . The Russian белый / bely means "white / bright" , but the word was probably used figuratively when naming the city.

Towards the end of the 14th century, the city was conquered by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . In 1503 it came back into the possession of the Grand Duchy of Moscow . In 1506 a large fortress was built, which in 1508 withstood a siege by Polish-Lithuanian troops.

From 1610 to 1613 during the Polish-Russian War 1609-1618 in Polish hands, the city was surrendered to Poland after the end of the war under the Treaty of Deulino . At the beginning of the Russo-Polish War 1654–1667 , however, Bely was finally conquered by Tsarist Russia .

In the second half of the 19th century was Bely center of the timber floating on the rivers Obsha River, Mesha and Daugava.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	6952
1939	8300
1959	4126
1970	4846
1979	4945
1989	5228
2002	4350
2010	3772

Note: census data

Culture and sights

The city has a local museum.

There is a History and Revolution Museum in the village of Nesterowo .

economy

In Bely there are companies in the timber industry as well as the textile and food industries.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

Web links

Commons : Bely  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the city administration (Russian)
• Official website of the Rajonsverwaltung (Russian)
• Bely on mojgorod.ru (Russian)