Pljos

city Pljos Плёс flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Ivanovo Rajon Privolzhsk Founded 12th century City since 1925 (first 1778) surface 3  km² population 2340 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 780 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 110  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code +7 (49339) Post Code 155555 License Plate 37, 137 OKATO 24 220 504 Website www.plios.ru Geographical location Coordinates 57 ° 27 '  N , 41 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 57 ° 27 '0 "  N , 41 ° 31' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Ivanovo Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Pljos ( Russian Плёс ) is a small town in the Ivanovo Oblast ( Russia ) with 2340 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 70 km northeast of the Oblast capital Ivanovo on the right bank of the Volga , which cuts through the Pljos- Rostov terminal moraine and forms the so-called Pljos Gate .

Pljos belongs to the Privolzhsk Raion . It is one of the smallest cities in Russia.

history

Pljos on the Volga

A place in the place of today's city was first mentioned in the second half of the 12th century. This was destroyed in 1237 by the troops of Batu Khan .

The actual founding year is 1410, when a fortress was built here to protect Kostroma and Moscow .

The place developed in the 17th and 18th centuries as a trading center, especially for linen and other fabrics. In 1778 he received city rights.

The economic importance of the city waned after the railway line from Moscow via Ivanovo to the southern Kineshma in 1871 instead of reaching the Volga in Pljos. Instead, in the last quarter of the 19th century, the place developed into a popular summer retreat for the wealthy circles of Russia, especially Moscow.

In the meantime, Pljos was considered a village due to the small number of inhabitants and the loss of administrative functions (exact year unknown), but received town charter again in 1925.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	2164
1939	3559
1959	4027
1970	4663
1979	4147
1989	4053
2002	2790
2010	2340

Note: census data

Culture and sights

Assumption Cathedral

Pljos is one of the best preserved and picturesquely located small towns on the Volga. It belongs to the "Golden Ring" and is a listed building in its entirety ( Stadt- Sapowednik ).

Here are the Assumption Cathedral ( Успенский собор / Uspenski Sobor) from the end of 17./Anfang of the 18th century, the Holy Trinity Church ( Троицкая церковь / Troitskaya Tserkov) of 1808, the Church of the Resurrection ( Воскресенская церковь / Woskressenskaja Zerkow) 1817 and the Barbara Church ( Варваринская церковь / Warwarinskaja zerkow) from 1821 with a 35 meter high bell tower. In addition, many of the stone houses from the end of the 18th and 19th centuries have been preserved.

The city has a museum of the city's history and a picture gallery with an attached Isaak Levitan Museum .

Many music and theater events take place in the summer months in particular.

Economy and Infrastructure

There is no industry in Pljos. The city is a climatic health resort and a tourist destination. The Volga cruises stop here. The city is trying to regain its tourist fame from the beginning of the 20th century.

The nearest railway station is Furmanow on the Yaroslavl –Iwanowo route, almost 40 kilometers southwest, from where the city can also be reached by road.

Personalities

• Isaak Levitan (1860–1900), painter; lived and worked in Pljos in 1888 and 1889

In addition to Levitan, the painters Fyodor Wassiljew , Alexei Savrasov , Boris Prorokow and Nikolai Zhukov also worked here ; Artists such as the opera singer Fyodor Chaliapin visited the city during this time.

Web links

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

• City administration website (Russian)
• Pljos on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• Pljos: Mecca for artists in the open air at Russia Beyond the Headlines: News from Russia

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)