Nerechta

city Nerechta Нерехта flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Kostroma Rajon Nerechta mayor Boris Ovsyannikov First mention 1214 City since 1778 surface 17  km² population 22,828 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1343 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 100  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49431 Post Code 157800-157802 License Plate 44 OKATO 34 420 Website www.nerehta.ru Geographical location Coordinates 57 ° 27 '  N , 40 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 57 ° 27 '0 "  N , 40 ° 35' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kostroma Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Nerechta ( Russian Нерехта ) is a city with 22,828 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in Russia in the Kostroma Oblast , about 300 km northeast of Moscow and 46 km southwest of the regional capital Kostroma . It lies on the river Nerekhta , a tributary of the Volga -Zuflusses Soloniza . The closest city is Volgorechensk , which is 34 km east of Nerechta.

history

Panorama view of the old town of Nerechta

Church of the Resurrection

Even before Nerechta was first mentioned in writing, there were several Slavic and Finno-Ugric settlements in the area of ​​today's city . Nerechta also owes its name to the latter, which is a hydronym of the river of the same name and probably means something like "river in a valley".

The first mention of Nerechta as an independent place took place in 1214 in connection with a war between several principalities. The next mention came from the year 1362, when a Russian Orthodox monastery was built near the present city, which was dissolved in 1764. In the 14th century Nerechta came to the Grand Duchy of Moscow and, among other things, gained importance in salt production at this time.

At the beginning of the 17th century, Nerechta was captured by Polish-Lithuanian interventions and largely devastated. Although this heralded the end of the salt trade in the place, Nerechta was able to catch up economically after the liberation, mainly thanks to its favorable location near important cities such as Kostroma, Yaroslavl or Suzdal , including through trade and various handicrafts. In the 18th century, several stone church buildings and the first manufactories were built in Nerechta. Towards the end of the century, the place was already an important center of the textile industry.

Nerechta received city status in 1778 as part of the all-Russian administrative reform under Catherine the Great . The city's coat of arms with images of two shells also dates from this time. This should symbolize the two rivers Nerechta and Solonitsa, rich in shellfish.

Since the city was mostly made of wood at the end of the 18th century, it was prone to fires. It was largely destroyed by a particularly severe fire in the summer of 1785. Over the next few decades Nerechta was rebuilt according to a new general plan. A number of buildings from this period have been preserved in Nerechta to this day.

In the 20th century, during the Soviet era , several other factories were built in Nerechta in addition to the existing textile factories and, in 1923, a power station for the first time. From the 1960s onwards, several new districts were built outside of the historic city center.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	3,092
1926	7,388
1939	16,325
1959	22,310
1970	25,722
1979	26,723
1989	29,295
2002	26.002
2010	22,828

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

Nerechta train station

Today's industrial plants in the city still include textile factories, as well as an auto parts factory and food factories. In the vicinity of the city, agriculture is mainly practiced, and there are deposits of clay and peat .

Nerechta has a train station on the Yaroslavl-Kostroma railway line. There is also a connection to the M8 trunk road via these two major cities .

Attractions

Local history museum Nerechta

• Local museum
• Vladimir Church (1676–1678)
• Nikolaus Church (1710–1720)
• Trinity Monastery (1675)

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)
2. ↑ Official city website ( Memento of the original from August 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

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

• Entry about Nerechta in the online lexicon mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• Partnership project with a family children's home in Nerechta
• Photos from the partnership trips