Starodub

city Starodub Стародуб flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Bryansk Urban district Starodub First mention 1080 City since 1781 surface 21  km² population 19,010 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 905 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 180  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48348 Post Code 243240 License Plate 32 OKATO 15 250 501 Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 35 ′  N , 32 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  N , 32 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Bryansk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Starodub ( Russian Стародуб ) is a city in the Brjansk Oblast ( Russia ) with 19,010 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the Desna - lowland about 170 km southwest of the Oblasthauptstadt Bryansk riverside Babinez in the river system of the Dnepr (Babinez → → Wablja Southeast → → Desna Dnepr).

Starodub is the administrative center of the Rajons of the same name .

history

Starodub was first mentioned in 1080 as a town belonging to the Principality of Chernigov . The name is derived from the Russian stary dub for old oak (see city arms).

In the 13th century Starodub was burned down by the Mongols under Batu Khan .

Since the 14th century the city belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , later Poland-Lithuania . Between 1503 and 1618 Starodub belonged to the Grand Duchy of Moscow before it fell again to Poland.

Plan of the fortress of Starodub (1746)

In 1648 the city was taken by Bohdan Khmelnytsky's troops, in 1654 it became the location of the Staroduber Regiment of the Russian Army, and in 1666 it received self-government. In 1686 the city became part of Russia with the Eternal Peace .

In the 17th century in particular, Starodub was an important trading center between Moscow and central Russia as well as the (Polish) Ukraine and Western Europe.

In 1781 Starodub received the modern town charter as the administrative center of a district (Ujesds) of the Novgorod-Seversky governorship . From 1802 it belonged to the Chernigov Governorate , from 1919 to the Gomel Governorate .

During World War II , Starodub was occupied by the German Wehrmacht on August 18, 1941 and recaptured on September 22, 1943 by troops from the Brjansk Front of the Red Army .

Population development

year	Residents
1897	12,381
1926	10,900
1939	12,565
1959	11,694
1970	15,130
1979	17,196
1989	18,906
2002	18,643
2010	19,010

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Culture and sights

In the city are Virgin Birth Cathedral ( Рождественский собор / Rozhdestvensky Sobor) in 1617, the Epiphaniaskirche ( Богоявленская церковь / Bogoyavlensky Zerkow) of 1789 and the Nikolai Church ( Николаевская церковь get / Nikolayevskaya Zerkow) from 1802, next to the building of the former Spiritual college and boys' grammar school .

The city has a local museum.

Economy and Infrastructure

As the center of an agricultural area, Starodub predominates in the food industry (canned fruit and vegetables, large dairy etc.). There are also smaller companies in the light and electrical engineering industries.

The city is the end point of a 30-kilometer-long railway line that branches off in Schetscha from the Unetscha - Voroschba (Ukraine) line (freight traffic only).

Personalities

• Alina Bondy-Glassowa (1865–1935), painter, born in Starodub
• Maria Einstein-Schaefer (née Maria Ramm; 1890–1975), wife of Carl Einstein and German-Russian translator, born in Starodub
• Uri Nissan Gnessin (1879–1913), Hebrew writer, born in Starodub
• Alexandra Ramm-Pfemfert (1883–1963), translator, publicist and gallery owner, born in Starodub
• Nadja Strasser (nee Noemi Ramm; 1871–1955), feminist, writer and translator, born in Starodub

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 : Starodub  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Private website about Starodub (Russian)
• Starodub on mojgorod.ru (Russian)