Bologoje

city Bologoje Bologoe flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Tver Rajon Bologoje mayor Igor Gavrilov First mention 1495 City since 1926 surface 120  km² population 23,494 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 196 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 175  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48238 Post Code 171070-171081 License Plate 69 OKATO 28 208 501 Website www.bologoe-gorod.ru Geographical location Coordinates 57 ° 53 '  N , 34 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 57 ° 53 '0 "  N , 34 ° 6' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tver Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Bologoje ( Russian Бологое ) is a city in Tver Oblast ( Russia ) with 23,494 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Geographical location

The city is located on the northern edge of the Waldai heights about 160 kilometers northwest of the oblast capital Tver on the Bologoje Lake in the river system of the Volkhov .

Bologoje is administratively directly subordinate to the Oblast and at the same time the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

population

year	Residents
1897	10,000
1939	17,320
1959	30.301
1970	33,949
1979	31,293
1989	35,926
2002	26,612
2010	23,494

Note: Census data (1897 rounded)

history

A village of the same name was first mentioned in 1495, belonging to the Novgorod Land (the former Novgorod Republic ) of the Grand Duchy of Moscow .

In connection with the construction of the Nikolaibahn around 1850, the station , a large railway depot and the Bologoje railway settlement were built. Bologoje developed into an important railway junction as early as the 19th century.

In 1926 city rights were granted.

On August 6, 1988, a serious railway accident occurred near the city: the day before the accident, ultrasonic measurements on the track revealed damage. As a result, the top speed to be driven there was reduced from 140 km / h to 60 km / h. But this was not communicated to the driver of the Aurora Express from Leningrad to Moscow. The train derailed and caught fire. Due to the impassable terrain, the fire brigade could not reach the accident site. A fire extinguishing and rescue train deployed for this reason did not carry enough water with it to suffocate the fire on the first attempt. 28 people died and more than 160 were injured.

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  Aerial view of the city

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  War memorial in Bologoje

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  Bologoje Central Station

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  Narrow-gauge railway of the railway sleeper factory

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  Trinity Church

traffic

The city is located on the St. Petersburg – Moscow railway line opened in 1851 , the former Nikolaibahn (route km 319, approximately halfway between the endpoints). This is here the track ( Jaroslawl -) Rybinsk -Bologoje- Pskow - ( Riga / Tallinn crossed, the former) Rybinsk-Pskow- Windawaer railway . In addition, a route branches off towards Velikiye Luki and the Belarusian border.

The M10 Moscow – Saint Petersburg – Finnish border also runs through Bologoje .

economy

In Bologoje there are mechanical engineering, furniture and food industries as well as railway workshops.

Web links

Commons : Bologoje  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Unofficial city portal (Russian)
• Bologoje on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

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)
2. ^ Peter WB Semmens: Catastrophes on rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 , p. 216.