Borovichi

city Borowitschi Боровичи flag coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Novgorod Urban district Borovichi mayor Konstantin Preobrazhensky First mention 1495 City since 1770 surface 45  km² population 53,690 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1193 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 90  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81664 Post Code 17440x License Plate 53 OKATO 49 408 Website http://boradmin.ru/ Geographical location Coordinates 58 ° 24 '  N , 33 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 58 ° 24 '0 "  N , 33 ° 54' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Novgorod Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Borowitschi ( Russian Боровичи ) is the second largest city in Russia 's Novgorod Oblast . The place has 53,690 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the northern foothills of the Valdai Heights 194 km from Veliky Novgorod . Borowitschi is also located on the Msta River and is also the largest town on this body of water.

history

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1495. In 1770 Borowitschi was raised to the rank of city by Tsarina Catherine II . Due to the fact that the place is on the Msta, many residents worked in inland shipping, as the river was an important link between central Russia and the Baltic Sea .

With the advent of the railway in the 19th century, the Msta lost its importance as a transport route, and so did Borowitschi. In 1855 many brick factories were built in the region . Even today, a large part of the population works in brick production.

During the Second World War there was the POW camp 270 in Borowitschi, which housed several thousand prisoners from 1944 to 1947. In a prisoner-of-war cemetery near the sub-camp (7) 270/1 , around 3,000 dead were buried, mostly in mass graves. The camp was closed in 1953.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	9.431
1939	37,067
1959	44.123
1970	54,763
1979	59,646
1989	63.009
2002	57,755
2010	53,690

Note: census data

Twin town

There is a twinning with the US city ​​of Binghamton in the US state of New York.

sons and daughters of the town

• Theodor Georgii (1883–1963), German sculptor and medalist

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. ↑ Maschke, Erich (ed.): On the history of the German prisoners of war of the Second World War. Verlag Ernst and Werner Gieseking, Bielefeld 1962–1977.

Web links

Commons : Borowitschi  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Russian)
• Borowitschi on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

Bridge over the Msta in Borovichi