Molokowo (Tver, Molokowski)

Urban-type settlement Molokovo Молоково Federal district Central Russia Oblast Tver Rajon Molokowski First mention 1568 Urban-type settlement since 1988 population 2331 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 180  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48275 Post Code 171680 License Plate 69 OKATO 28 242 551 Geographical location Coordinates 58 ° 10 ′  N , 36 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 58 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  N , 36 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tver Oblast

Molokowo ( Russian Молоко́во ) is an urban-type settlement in Tver Oblast in Russia with 2331 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is a good 150 km as the crow flies north-northeast of the Tver Oblast Administrative Center , a few kilometers from the right bank of the Mogotscha , which flows over the Ossen to the Mologa .

Molokovo is the administrative center of the Rajons Molokowski and seat and only town of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Possjolok Molokovo.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1568, when it was assigned to Princess Maria Ovchinina by Tsar Ivan IV . Later the village came into possession of the Trinity Monastery of Sergiev Posad and then the Alexander Nevsky Monastery of Saint Petersburg . From the end of the 18th century, Molokovo belonged to the Ujesd Beschezk of the Tver Governorate .

On March 10, 1918 (confirmed on January 10, 1919) the place became the seat of a Volost of the short-lived Ujesd Krasny Cholm , who rose again on March 3, 1924 in the Ujesd Beschezk. The Volost continued to exist and was expanded to a raion of the same name on July 12, 1929. In 1988, Molokovo received urban-type settlement status.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	778
1939	1709
1959	1714
1970	1881
1979	2499
1989	2804
2002	2572
2010	2331

Note: census data

traffic

The regional road 28K-0807 runs through Molokowo, which branches off about 15 km east, north of Krasny Cholm, from the 28K-0058 Tver - Vessyegonsk  - border to Vologda Oblast (towards Ustyuschna ) and further through the northwestern neighboring district of Sandowo also to the border of the Vologda Oblast and there in the direction of Ustyuzhna.

The nearest train stations are located a good 25 km away in Krasny Cholm and Sandowo, both on the Saint Petersburg  - Pestowo  - Moscow route .

Sons and daughters of the place

• Nikolai Ogarkow (1917–1994), Marshal of the Soviet Union

Web links

• 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)