Bogoroditsk

city Bogoroditsk Богородицк flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Tula Rajon Bogoroditsk mayor Nikolai Shcherbinin (?) Founded 1663 City since 1777 surface 44  km² population 31,897 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 725 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 220  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48761 Post Code 30183x License Plate 71 OKATO 70 408 Website mo-bogorodick.ru Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 46 '  N , 38 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 46 '0 "  N , 38 ° 8' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tula Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Bogorodizk ( Russian Богоро́дицк ) is a city in Russia . It has 31,897 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) and is located in the Tula Oblast .

Geographical location

The city is located 65 kilometers southeast of Tula on the right bank of the Upjorta River, a tributary of the Upa, which in turn is a right tributary of the Oka . The nearest railway station is Shdanka. Bogorodizk is located on the Russian M4 highway from Moscow to Novorossiysk .

history

Church of Our Lady of Kazan in Bogoroditsk

Today's Bogorodizk was founded in 1663 by an ukase from Tsar Alexei Michailowitsch on the then southern borders of the Moscow Grand Duchy as a fortress. Since the area was still ravaged by Nogaiians and Crimean Tatars at that time , the new settlement received wooden fortifications. After a church was built, the place became a village and was named Bogorodizkoje after the name of the church.

With the expansion of Russian territory at the beginning of the 18th century, Bogorodizk lost its importance as a border fortress - in 1715 a stud was built in place of the demolished fortifications, which in 1773 had to give way to a castle that was built by Ivan Starow for Count Alexei Bobrinsky , an illegitimate son of Catherine II. , Was built. In 1777 Bogorodizk received city rights. In the years 1778–1796, the Russian agricultural scientist Andrei Bolotow worked as an administrator in Bogorodizk.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	4,768
1939	13,194
1959	24,427
1970	32,458
1979	33,251
1989	33,552
2002	30,884
2010	31,897

Note: census data

Attractions

Bobrinsky Palace

Bogorodizk is home to a spacious park with the above-mentioned classicist Starow Palace from 1773. The famous architect, who also created the Tauride Palace in Saint Petersburg , added a classicist church to the ensemble .

In the years of communism, two churches - including the oldest in the city - and part of the palace complex were destroyed. During the Second World War , the castle and large parts of the city were destroyed. Both the churches and the palace complex have been reconstructed since 1967. The castle has housed a museum since 1988.

heraldry

The coat of arms represents Bogoroditsky grass (9 bundles) on a silver background in the form of a shield. The same appears in the left third of the flag (grass on a white background). The vertically split flag is light green on the right. The coat of arms has been in use since the 18th century.

Web links

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

• Official website of the city administration (Russian)
• City homepage (Russian)
• Bogorodizk on the city encyclopedia mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• Bogorodizk Castle Museum (Russian and English)

Footnotes

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)
2. ↑ http://mo-bogorodick.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36&Itemid=51
3. ↑ http://mo-bogorodick.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34&Itemid=48
4. ↑ http://mo-bogorodick.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34&Itemid=48
5. ^ Translation of the above text into German