Kologriw

city Kologriw Kologriv coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Kostroma Rajon Kologriw Founded 17th century City since 1778 surface 6  km² population 3314 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 552 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 140  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49443 Post Code 157440 License Plate 44 OKATO 34 212 501 Geographical location Coordinates 58 ° 50 ′  N , 44 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 58 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  N , 44 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kostroma Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Kologriw ( Russian Кологрив ) is a small town in the Russian Oblast Kostroma with 3314 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The Unscha River near Kologriw

The city is located about 340 kilometers northeast of the oblast capital Kostroma on the left bank of the Unscha , a left tributary of the Volga .

Kologriw is the administrative center of the Rajons of the same name .

The city is located 80 kilometers north of Manturovo on the trunk line of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which opened on this section in 1906 (route km 651 from Moscow ).

history

At the beginning of the 17th century, a town Kologriw an der Unscha was first mentioned. In vernacular, Kologriw referred to a stallion with a thick mane (see also city arms), but the exact etymology of the city name is unclear. The old city of Kologriw was later abandoned; the village of Arkhangelskoye arose in its place .

When the Kostroma governorship was established in 1778, the village of Kitschino , 40 kilometers downstream, was designated as the administrative center of a district ( Ujesds ) and renamed Kologriw in memory of the old town .

The form of the name Kologriwow was used at times .

The Dormition Cathedral was built in Kologriw from 1800 to 1815. Tsar Alexander I visited Kologriv in October 1824.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	2565
1926	3100
1939	3954
1959	4568
1970	4599
1979	4296
1989	4306
2002	3700
2010	3314

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Culture and sights

The city has a local museum.

Personalities

• Olga Ladyschenskaja (1922–2004), mathematician and physicist, born in Kologriw
• Gennadi Ladyschensky (1852–1916), painter and founder of the local museum, born in Kologriw
• Fyodor Tolstoy , nicknamed American , (1782–1846), adventurer and duelist, grew up near Kologriw

economy

In Kologriw there are companies in the food (dairy), timber and construction industries (reinforced concrete prefabricated parts).

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 : Kologriw  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Private website about the city (Russian)
• Kologriw on mojgorod.ru (Russian)