Gorokhovets

city Gorokhovets Гороховец flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Vladimir Rajon Gorokhovets mayor Alexander Lyutov First mention 1158 City since 1778 surface 13  km² population 14,016 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1078 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 100  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49238 Post Code 601480 License Plate 33 OKATO 17 215 501 Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 12 ′  N , 42 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 56 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  N , 42 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Vladimir Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Gorochowez ( Russian Гороховец ) is a city in the Vladimir Oblast ( Russia ) with 14,016 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 150 km east of the Oblast capital Vladimir on the right, high bank of the Klyazma , a left tributary of the Oka, which flows into the Volga .

Gorokhovets is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

history

General

View from Nikolaiberg to the lower district

Gorokhovets was first mentioned in 1158 as a base in the east of the Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal and was in fact considered a city. In 1239 it was destroyed by the Mongols .

In the 14th century Gorokhovets was administered from Nizhny Novgorod until the principality was annexed to the Grand Duchy of Moscow in 1392 . Until 1619 it kept its military functions as a fortress.

The town had its heyday in the 17th century when it was known for its tanneries, weaving and blacksmithing. In 1778 he received the formal town charter as the administrative center of a district (Ujesds).

In the 19th century Gorokhovets was the local trading center of an agricultural area, mainly for grain and flax .

Population development

year	Residents
1897	2,297
1939	5,768
1959	9,891
1970	13,955
1979	14,955
1989	15,783
2002	14,524
2010	14,016

Note: census data (1939 rounded)

Culture and sights

Nikolai Monastery in Gorokhovets

Since the economic boom of the late 19th century and the industrialization of the Soviet period had relatively little impact on the city, the old cityscape is well preserved.

Among the monuments which was founded in 1643 include Nicholas Monastery ( Никольский монастырь / Nikolski monastyr) with the Trinity Nicholas Church ( Троице-Никольская церковь / Troize-Nikolskaya Zerkow) 1681-1686, the Church of the Resurrection ( Воскресенская церковь / Woskressenskaja Zerkow) from the last Quarter of the 17th century, the Cathedral of the Annunciation ( Благовещенский собор / Blagoweschenski sobor) from 1700 as well as the Monastery of the Representation of the Lord ( Сретенский монастырь / Sretenski monastyr) with the church of the same name from 1689. from the second half of the 17th century.

The city has a history and architecture museum as well as a nature museum .

Economy and Infrastructure

Gorokhovets railway station

In Gorokhovets there is a plant for hoists , a shipyard and factories in the food industry.

Tourism plays an important role in the city, which is sometimes included in the Golden Ring .

The city's train station is twelve kilometers away in the village of Velikowo on the Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod railway line opened in 1862 (route km 363), on which the majority of the trains of the Trans-Siberian Railway run on its western part from Moscow.

The M7 Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod – Kazan – Ufa road (part of the European route 22 ) runs through Gorochovets .

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 : Gorokhovets  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City's unofficial website (Russian)
• Gorokhovets on mojgorod.ru (Russian)