Knjaginino

city Knjaginino Княгинино coat of arms Federal district Volga Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Rajon Knjaginino First mention 16th century City since March 17, 1998 (first time 1779) surface 9  km² population 6,708 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 745 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 140  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83166 Post Code 606340 License Plate 52, 152 OKATO 22 233 501 Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 49 '  N , 45 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 49 '0 "  N , 45 ° 2' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Knjaginino ( Russian Княгинино ) is a small town in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast ( Russia ) with 6,708 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 110 km southeast of the oblast capital Nizhny Novgorod on the Imsa , a left tributary of the Urga in the river system of the Volga .

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

history

The place was first mentioned in the middle of the 16th century when Tsar Ivan the Terrible assigned the surrounding lands to the boyars (or princes) Mikhail Worotynski . The place name means the possession of the place by a princess (Russian knjaginja ).

On December 28, 1779, the place received city rights as the administrative center of a district ( Ujesds ) under the name Knjaginin , but lost the administrative function again in 1796.

Between 1917 and 1926 (exact time unknown) the place lost its town charter due to the small population and now belonged to the Bolshoye Murashkino district as the village of Knjaginino .

In November 1944, Knjaginino was again the administrative center of an independent Rajon, received on January 8, 1968 again the status of an urban-type settlement and on March 17, 1998 renewed town charter.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	2737
1926	1300
1959	1541
1970	3393
1979	5425
1989	6374
2002	6838
2010	6708

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Culture and sights

The city has a local museum.

25 kilometers south-east in the village of Wosroschdenije of Knjaginino district lies the former country residence of the Tolmachin family with a park ensemble from the 19th century, 20 kilometers south in the village of Oserki the manor of the Insarski family.

Economy and Infrastructure

Knjaginino is the center of the textile industry with a long tradition of producing headgear (hats, fur hats and, in particular, uniform hats for the armed forces , militia and railways ). There are also companies in the food industry ( milk powder factory ) and the construction industry.

The nearest train station is Smagino , 50 kilometers south on the Moscow - Arsamas - Kazan route .

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  War memorial in Knjaginino

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  Church of the Assumption of Our Lady

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  Sowetski Alley

sons and daughters of the town

• Vladimir Markovnikov (1837–1904), chemist

Web links

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

• Website about the city (Russian)
• Knjaginino 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)