Selisharovo

Urban-type settlement Selischarowo Селижарово Federal district Central Russia Oblast Tver Rajon Selischarowski head Boris Osipov First mention 1504 Urban-type settlement since 1937 population 6725 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 205  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48269 Post Code 172200 License Plate 69 OKATO 28 250 551 Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 51 '  N , 33 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 51 '0 "  N , 33 ° 27' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tver Oblast

Selischarowo ( Russian Селижа́рово ) is an urban-type settlement in Tver Oblast in Russia with 6,725 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 150 km as the crow flies west of the Tver Oblast Administrative Center on the Volga at the confluence of the left tributary Selischarowka .

Selischarowo administrative center is the Rajons Selischarowski and seat and only town of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Possjolok Selischarowo.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1504 and developed into an important trading village until the 19th century.

In 1929 Selischarowo became the administrative seat of a newly created Rajons named after him. Since 1937 the place has had the status of an urban-type settlement. From 1936 until its temporary dissolution in 1963, the Rajon was named Kirowski rajon after Sergei Kirow . On January 12, 1965, it was rebuilt under the original and current name.

During the Second World War , the settlement was occupied by the German Wehrmacht from October 20, 1941 to January 15, 1942 . The place was badly damaged during the fighting.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	4075
1959	4527
1970	6453
1979	7228
1989	7668
2002	7330
2010	6725

Note: census data

traffic

Selischarowo has a train station at 112 km of the Torzhok  - Soblago railway that began in the First World War and was finally completed in 1928 .

The settlement is located on the regional road 28K-1179 (formerly R87), which branches off 90 km southeast in Rzhev from the federal trunk road M9 Baltija Moscow  - Velikije Luki  - Latvian border and continues to the northwestern neighboring, almost 40 km away Rajon center Ostashkov .

Web links

• Official website of the district administration (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)