Novorschew

city Novorschew Новоржев coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Pskov Rajon Novorschew Founded 1777 City since 1777 surface 8  km² population 3695 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 462 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 75  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81 143 Post Code 182440 License Plate 60 OKATO 58 223 501 Geographical location Coordinates 57 ° 2 ′  N , 29 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 57 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  N , 29 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Pskov Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Novorschew ( Russian Новоржев ) is a small town in Pskov Oblast ( Russia ) with 3695 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the northern edge of the heights of Beschanizy about 140 kilometers southeast of the oblast capital Pskow on the lakes Roszo and Arso in the catchment area of Lake Peipus .

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

The nearest train station is Sushchevo, 40 kilometers away on the Saint Petersburg - Dno - Novosokolniki - Vitebsk route . Almost 50 kilometers west of Novorschew, the M20 trunk road runs from Saint Petersburg to Newel and on via Belarus to the Ukraine ( Kiev , Odessa ).

history

War memorial in Novorschew

In 1396 the Novgorod Republic built a fortress Rzheva on the border with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . This was repeatedly destroyed and abandoned during the armed conflicts, which is why it was soon called Rschewa Pustaja (Russian pusto for empty , abandoned ). After another destruction in 1536 the administration of the surrounding area was transferred to the fortress Zavolochye .

When the Pskov governorship was established in 1777, it was decided to build a new town on the Sorot River as the administrative center of the district (Ujesds) and to name it Novorschew (i.e. New Rzhev ). Ultimately, the new city was not built on the Sorot, but on the Arso Lake, in place of the village of the same name, but under the intended name Novorschew .

During the Second World War , Novorschew was occupied by the German Wehrmacht on July 17, 1941 and recaptured on February 29, 1944 by troops of the 2nd Baltic Front of the Red Army as part of the Staraya-Russa-Novorschewer operation .

Population development

year	Residents
1897	2838
1926	3051
1939	3617
1959	2813
1970	3992
1979	5032
1989	5050
2002	4125
2010	3695

Note: census data

Culture and sights

The city has a history and local museum .

In the village of Possadnikowo there is the Church of Our Lady of Kazan ( Kazan Church for short ; Russian Казанская церковь / Kasanskaja zerkow) from 1739, in the village of Vechno the Church of the Protection and Intercession of Mary ( Покровская церковь dem zerkowskaja 18. / Pokowrowskaja ) 19th century.

At the village Aprossjewo a group is of 60 burial mounds from the second half of the 1st millennium BC. BC , settlement remains from the first half of the 2nd millennium BC were found near the village of Wybor . Discovered.

economy

In Novorschew there are textile, wood processing and food industries.

sons and daughters of the town

• Alexander Sachodski (1917–1941), soldier; Hero of the Soviet Union
• Orest Skarlato (1920-1994), zoologist

Web links

Commons : Novorschew  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Novorschew on mojgorod.ru (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)
2. ↑ Заходский Александр Иванович , warheroes.ru (Russian)
3. ↑ Скарлато Орест Александрович , bigenc.ru (Russian)