Lyskowo

city Lyskowo Лысково flag coat of arms Federal district Volga Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Rajon Lyskowo mayor Alexander Nagornow First mention 1410 City since 1925 surface 12  km² population 21,880 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1823 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 105  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83149 Post Code 606210-606213 License Plate 52, 152 OKATO 22 240 501 Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 2 '  N , 45 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 2 '0 "  N , 45 ° 2' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Lyskowo ( Russian Лысково ) is a city in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast ( Russia ) with 21,880 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 90 km southeast of the oblast capital Nizhny Novgorod at the mouth of the Sundovik river into the Volga, which is dammed up here to form the Cheboksarsk reservoir .

Lyskowo is the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

history

The settlement of Lyskowo was first mentioned in 1410.

The old road from Moscow via Nizhny Novgorod to Kazan ran through Lyskowo . Because of this more favorable location compared to the administrative center of the then district ( Ujesds ) Makarjew on the other side of the Volga, a large part of the authorities was relocated to Lyskowo in the course of the 19th century, the importance of which grew, although Makarjew officially remained the district town.

In 1925 the Lyskowo Rajon was formed and the town was granted town charter as its new official administrative center.

Population development

Church of the Assumption in Lyskowo

year	Residents
1897	7,800
1939	11,160
1959	16,167
1970	21,429
1979	24,335
1989	25,029
2002	23,901
2010	21,880

Note: census data

Culture and sights

In Lyskowo, the Church of the Transfiguration of Christ ( Спасо-Преображенский собор / Spasso-Preobrazhensky sobor) from 1711 and the Church of the Resurrection ( Вознесенская церковь / Vozerkovnessenskaya) from 1838 zерковь.

In the nearby village Kirikowo which is Mary's Transfiguration Church ( Успенская церковь / Uspenskaja Zerkow) from 1692. On the hill Olenja Gora ( Hirschberg ) on the bank of the Volga have survived a fortress from the 14th to 16th century remains.

On the opposite bank of the Volga is the Makarjewo urban-type settlement with the important Makarios Scholtowodski Trinity Monastery , founded in 1435 .

The city has a local museum.

Economy and Infrastructure

In Lyskowo there are equipment and mechanical engineering as well as textile and food industries.

The city is located on the M7 Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod – Kazan – Ufa highway (part of the European route 22 ).

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 : Lyskowo  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Unofficial Portal (Russian)
• Lyskowo on mojgorod.ru (Russian)