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Gorodez ( Russian Городец ) is a town in the Nizhny Novgorod ( Russia ) with 30 658 inhabitants (14 October 2010).
geography
The city is located about 70 km northwest of the oblast capital Nizhny Novgorod on the left bank of the Volga , opposite the city of Savolschje . Immediately above the city is the 13 km long dam of the Gorkier Reservoir .
Gorodets is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .
The nearest railway station is in Zavolschje, with which Gorodets connects a road over the Volga dam.
history
The place was founded as a fortress in the second half of the 12th century, possibly in 1152 by Yuri Dolgoruki , according to other sources not until 1172. The name means something like small town in Russian . In various documents it was later also called Gorodets-na-Wolge ( Gorodets on the Volga ) or Gorodets-Radilov , since there were several places of this name in ancient Russia.
At the beginning of the 14th century Gorodets was the capital of a vassal principality, in 1341 it became the principality of Nizhny Novgorod. In 1408 the city was destroyed by troops of the Golden Horde under Edigü .
In the 17th century, not far from the remains of the old fortress, the Verkhnyaya Slobodka settlement was built , which was later called Gorodets based on the old town name. At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, the village was the center of Old Believer Orthodoxy ; In the course of the 19th century it developed into an important trade and handicraft center with grain trade, blacksmithing and casting, tannery, dyeing and gingerbread production.
In 1921 (according to other sources in 1922) town charter was granted.
Population development
| year | Residents |
|---|---|
| 1897 | 7,000 |
| 1926 | 11,200 |
| 1939 | 16,140 |
| 1959 | 27,019 |
| 1970 | 34,229 |
| 1979 | 35,727 |
| 1989 | 34.210 |
| 2002 | 32,442 |
| 2010 | 30,654 |
Note: census data (rounded up to 1926)
Culture and sights
In Gorodets some of the buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved, such as the Archangel Michael Church ( церковь Михаила Архангела / tskerkow Mikhaila Archangela) from 1707 and the house of Dementieva from 1864 with rich wood carvings.
The city has a local museum.
Since 2007 there has been a museum in the Grishnaev House called "House of Russian Samovars ", which shows an extensive collection of historical samovars.
In several villages of the Rajons are various architectural monuments, the Nikolai Church ( Никольская церковь / Nikolskaya Zerkow) from 1760 to the early 19th century in Nikolo-Pogost or Korjaginhaus of 1894 in Sawwino .
economy
In the city there is an engine factory, a factory for tractors and vehicle trailers, a river shipyard and a factory for textile machines.
Gorodets has been known for its painted and carved wooden objects since the 19th century (“Gorodets painting” on spinning wheels, toys, furniture, etc.), which are still produced today.
Personalities
- Alexander Newski (around 1220–1263), Rurikid prince, Russian national hero and saint of the Orthodox Church , died in old Gorodets
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Andrey Gundarev: House of Samovars: Look into the history of Russia. (No longer available online.) March 16, 2017, archived from the original on March 15, 2017 ; accessed on March 16, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Information portal of the Rajon and the city (Russian)
- Gorodets on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
