Malaya Wischera

city Malaja Wischera Малая Вишера coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Novgorod Rajon Malaya Wischera mayor Anatoly Nemtsov Founded 1843 City since 1921 surface 29  km² population 12,461 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 430 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 65  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81660 Post Code 174262 License Plate 53 OKATO 49 220 501 Geographical location Coordinates 58 ° 51 '  N , 32 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 58 ° 51 '0 "  N , 32 ° 13' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Novgorod Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Malaja Wischera ( Russian Малая Вишера ) is a city in Novgorod Oblast ( Russia ) with 12,461 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Malaya Wischera station

The city is located in the Ilmen lowlands about 75 kilometers northeast of the oblast capital Veliky Novgorod on the Malaja Wischerka (also Malaja Wischera ), a source river of the Wischera flowing into the Volkhov .

Malaja Wischera is the administrative center of the Rajons of the same name .

The city is located on the St. Petersburg – Moscow railway line , the former Nikolaibahn (km 162) , which was opened in 1851 .

history

Malaja Wischera was created in 1843 in connection with the construction of the Nikolaibahn. The name after the river stands for Kleine Wischera . In 1860 a railway depot was built and one of the first technical schools in Russia was opened.

In 1921 it was granted city rights.

During the Second World War , Malaja Wischera was occupied by the German Wehrmacht on October 24, 1941 and was recaptured on November 20, 1941 by troops of the 52nd Army of the Red Army during the Battle of Tikhvin .

Population development

year	Residents
1897	4,851
1926	9.432
1939	17,620
1959	16,109
1970	15,381
1979	15,724
1989	15,647
2002	14,182
2010	12,461

Note: census data

Culture and sights

In the village of Pechowo , 40 km from Malaja Wischera, there is a wooden church from the 17th century. In the surrounding villages of Snamenka , Possochowo and Kamenka , country manors from the 19th century have been preserved.

economy

In Malaja Wischera there is a factory for technical glass, an electrotechnical factory and wood processing companies.

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 : Malaja Wischera  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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