Luga (Leningrad)

city Luga Луга flag coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Leningrad Rajon Luga mayor Yuri Chil Founded 1777 City since 1777 surface 13  km² population 38,593 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 2969 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 48  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81372 Post Code 18823x License Plate 47 OKATO 41 438 Website adm.luga.ru Geographical location Coordinates 58 ° 44 '  N , 29 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 58 ° 44 '0 "  N , 29 ° 51' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Leningrad Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Luga ( Russian Лу́га ) is a city in Leningrad Oblast in Russia .

geography

location

It is located on the river of the same name , 139 km south of Saint Petersburg and 100 km west of Veliky Novgorod .

population

The city has 38,593 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

year	Residents
1897	5,617
1939	28,010
1959	25,540
1970	31,905
1979	37,680
1989	41,769
2002	40,434
2010	38,593

Note: census data

history

The Luga station building

The city was founded in 1777 on the decree of Catherine the Great on the banks of the Luga; a settlement at this point had been known since the 10th century. The name of the river comes from an Ischoric word (comparisons: Estonian laugas = German "swamp"). In 1781 the newly founded city was assigned to the Petersburg governorate . Luga received a railway connection in 1857. At the end of the 19th century there were two factories and only a few brick buildings. In 1908 the composer Nikolai Andrejewitsch Rimski-Korsakow died nearby on the Lyubensk estate . Until the 20th century it was a rather insignificant city.

In January 1921, a mixed train from Novgorod to Petrograd , which was also transporting gasoline , exploded near Luga while driving at full speed. 68 people died.

→ Main article : Luga railway accident

In 1927 Luga became the administrative center of a Rajon within Leningrad Oblast. During the Second World War , the city was occupied by the Wehrmacht from August 24, 1941 to February 12, 1944 . It served as a replenishment coordination center and was the scene of intense fighting.

Economy and Infrastructure

Today there are several smaller industrial companies in the city, while agriculture is predominant in the surrounding area. The M20 trunk road and the St. Petersburg – Pskov – Warsaw railway line run through the city .

sons and daughters of the town

• Alexander Solovyov (1846–1879), assassin
• Peter V. Karpovich (1896–1975), Russian-American sports physician
• Georgi Zažitski (* 1946), fencer
• Vladimir Bystrow (* 1984), football player

See also

• List of cities in Leningrad Oblast

Web links

Commons : Luga  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Unofficial city website (Russian)
• Luga 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)