Rusa (city)
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Rusa
Руза
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List of cities in Russia |
Rusa ( Russian Ру́за ) is a small town in Moscow Oblast in Russia .
Geography and economics
The town with 13,495 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) is located 110 km west of Moscow on the Rusa river of the same name , a tributary of the Moskva . The nearest railway station is in Tutschkowo, 22 km away.
The place houses several food companies (large butcher, dairy, spirits factory), as well as a textile and a furniture factory. The LG Electronics plant is located 20 km south of the city in the Dorochowo settlement (as of 2007).
The small Watulino airfield is located southwest of the city .
history
Rusa, whose existence is guaranteed for the 14th century, originally belonged to the principality of Zvenigorod . At the beginning of the 16th century, the city became part of the Principality of Moscow . Rusa was at times a fortress town - remnants of the ramparts have been preserved to this day. In 1618 the place was besieged by the Polish-Lithuanian army. During the Battle of Moscow in World War II, Rusa was temporarily occupied by the German Wehrmacht .
Population development
year | Residents |
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1926 | 2,800 |
1939 | 4,584 |
1959 | 5,957 |
1970 | 7,737 |
1979 | 10,866 |
1989 | 14,643 |
2002 | 13,516 |
2010 | 13,495 |
Note: census data (1926 rounded)
Attractions
There are several churches from the 18th and 19th centuries and a local museum in the city. Because of its picturesque surroundings, the city is a popular resort.
sons and daughters of the town
- Viktor Minibayev (* 1991), diver
Web links
- Official website of the Rusa region
- Website about the city (Russian)
- Rusa on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
- Photos of Rusa in winter (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Message on the website of the government of the Moscow Oblast ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.