Pavlovo (Nizhny Novgorod)

city Pavlovo Павлово coat of arms Federal district Volga Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Rajon Pavlovo mayor Viktor Kurenkov First mention 17th century City since 1919 surface 38  km² population 60,698 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1597 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 105  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83171 Post Code 60610x License Plate 52, 152 OKATO 22 242 501 Website www.pavlovo.org Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 57 '  N , 43 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 57 '0 "  N , 43 ° 4' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Pavlovo ( Russian Павлово ) is a city in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast ( Russia ) with 60,698 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in central Russia, about 80 km southwest of the oblast capital Nizhny Novgorod on the right bank of the Oka , a right tributary of the Volga .

Pavlovo is the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

The city is connected to Nizhny Novgorod by a railway line ( Metallist station ).

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  City center

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  The Oka at Pavlovo

history

Pavlovo has been known as a village belonging to the Russian tsar since the 17th century (also called Pavlov Ostrog ). In the 18th century it became a rich artisan and trading settlement. In 1919 the place received city rights.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	12,000
1939	32,414
1959	47,890
1970	63,240
1979	68,353
1989	71,534
2002	64,814
2010	60,698

Note: Census data (1897 rounded)

Culture and sights

Several churches from the 18th century have been preserved in Pavlovo, such as the Church of the Resurrection ( Voskressensky Church ) from 1778 and the Ascension Church ( Vosnesensky Church ) from 1795, as well as a number of villas (for example that of the merchant W. Gomolin and the manufacturer Terebin), administrative buildings and wooden houses from the 19th century. There is a local and a history museum.

A local curiosity is the cultivation of (edible) indoor lemons , which has been practiced since around 1860. The number of trees is said to be in the tens of thousands today. A sculpture placed in the city center refers to these famous Pavlovsk lemons .

economy

Citron Shopping Center

The most important company in the city is Pavlovsky Avtobusny Sawod , which has been producing since 1932 . There are also other metal processing companies, equipment manufacturers and the food industry.

sons and daughters of the town

• Alexei Faworski (1860–1945), chemist

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 : Pavlovo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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