Krasnogorodsk

Urban-type settlement Krasnogorodsk Красногородск coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Pskov Rajon Krasnogorodski Founded 1464 Earlier names Krasny gorodez Krasny Krasnogorodskoje (until 1995) Urban-type settlement since 1967 population 3870 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 90  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81137 Post Code 182370 License Plate 60 OKATO 58 214 551 Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 50 ′  N , 28 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 56 ° 49 ′ 45 "  N , 28 ° 16 ′ 45"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Pskov Oblast

Krasnogorodsk ( Russian Красногоро́дск ) is an urban-type settlement in the Pskov Oblast in Russia with 3870 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 110 km as the crow flies south of the Pskov Oblast Administrative Center, about 20 km from the state border with Latvia on the Sinjaja (Zilupe).

Krasnogorodsk administrative center is the Rajons Krasnogorodski and seat and only town of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Krasnogorodsk.

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  Remains of the old fortress

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  Nikolaikirche (built 1806)

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  Culture house

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  The Sinyaya in Krasnogorodsk

history

The place was founded in 1464 as the fortress Krasny Gorodez in the southwestern border area of ​​the then Republic of Pskov . During the Russian-Polish wars , the place was under the rule of Poland-Lithuania from 1634 to 1667 . As a result, the fortress lost its military importance, and after various administrative changes, the place belonged to the Ujesd Opotschka of the Pskov governorate as Krasny from the end of the 18th century .

In 1927 Krasnogorodsk became the administrative seat of a newly created Rajons named after him. During the Second World War , Krasnogorodsk was occupied by the German Wehrmacht from the beginning of July 1941 to July 18, 1944 .

In 1967 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement. Until 1995 the official form of the name was Krasnogorodskoje.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	855
1939	1687
1959	2878
1970	4514
1979	5084
1989	5295
2002	4694
2010	3870

Note: census data

traffic

The regional road 58K-150 leads to Krasnogorodsk, which branches off the federal trunk road R23 Saint Petersburg  - Pskov - Belarusian border (direction Vitebsk ) in the neighboring district of Opotschka, 25 km southeast . To the northwest the 58K-138 runs to the 58K-306 Pskow - Latvian border south of Pytalowo .

In Pytalowo, about 40 km north-west, on the Saint Petersburg - Pskow - Daugavpils (Latvia) route, part of the former Petersburg – Warsaw Railway, is the nearest train station.

Web links

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

• Official website of the district administration (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)