Makarev

This article covers the city in Kostroma Oblast. The place Makarjewo in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast was also called Makarjew until 1925.

city Makarev Макарьев flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Kostroma Rajon Makarev Founded 1439 City since 1778 surface 30  km² population 7,274 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 242 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 120  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49445 Post Code 157460, 157461 License Plate 44 OKATO 34 218 501 Website www.makariev.ru Geographical location Coordinates 57 ° 53 '  N , 43 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 57 ° 53 '0 "  N , 43 ° 48' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kostroma Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Makarjew ( Russian Макарьев ) is a small town in the Kostroma Oblast ( Russia ) with 7,274 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the Unscha lowlands , about 180 kilometers east of the oblast capital Kostroma , on the right bank of the Unscha , a left tributary of the Volga .

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

The city is located 50 kilometers south of Neja , where the main line of the Trans-Siberian Railway, opened on this section in 1906 (route km 598 from Moscow ), runs.

history

Makarev's impatience

In 1439 the monk Makarios (Russian Макарий / Makari; 1349–1444), who later canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as a miracle worker , founded a hermitage on the Unscha , which later became an important monastery (had from the 17th century to 1929 the status of a lavra ).

A trading settlement (Sloboda) Makarjewskaja was built around the monastery . This received the city charter in 1778 under the name Makarjew-na-Unsche ( Makarjew an der Unscha ) to avoid confusion with the place of the same name on the Volga (today Makarjewo , Nizhny Novgorod Oblast ). Makarios had also founded a monastery there in 1435.

In the 19th century, the city was known for its three annual markets: the Epiphany Market in winter, the Annunciation Market in spring and the Elijah Market in summer.

Since the end of the 19th century the city has only been called Makarjew .

Population development

year	Residents
1897	6,046
1926	6,500
1939	8,464
1959	10,076
1970	9,337
1979	8,966
1989	9,153
2002	7,847
2010	7,274

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Culture and sights

Be in Makaryev the Makarios Monastery Unzha River ( Макарьев-Унженский монастырь / Makaryev-Unschenski monastyr) from the 17th to the 18th century and the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral ( собор Александра Невского / Sobor Alexandra Newskowo) in 1905. The city owns a local museum.

Personalities

• Serge Jaroff (1896–1985), founder and leader of the first Don Cossack Choir , born in Makarjew

economy

In Makarev there are companies in the timber and wood processing industries. A linen weaving mill with formerly over 50 employees ceased operations around 1990.

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 : Makarjew  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Rajon and City Administration website (Russian)
• Makarjew on mojgorod.ru (Russian)