Subzov

This article describes the Russian city of Subzov.
A district of the municipality of Dersekow in Germany also bears the name Subzow.

city Zubtsov Zubtsov flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Tver Rajon Subzov First mention 1216 City since 1776 surface 8  km² population 6927 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 866 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 170  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48262 Post Code 172332, 172333 License Plate 69 OKATO 28 218 501 Website www.zubcov.ru Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 10 ′  N , 34 ° 35 ′  E Coordinates: 56 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  N , 34 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tver Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Subzow ( Russian Зубцов ) is a small town in Tver Oblast ( Russia ) with 6927 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Wintry Volga in Subzow

The city lies between the foothills of the heights of Bely and the Smolensk Heights about 150 kilometers southwest of the Oblast capital Tver at the confluence of the right tributary Wasusa into the Volga .

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

The city lies on the railway line Moscow - Riga opened on this section in 1901 (route km 217). The M9 Moscow - Velikije Luki - Latvian border (on via Rēzekne to Riga) also runs through Subyow

history

Subzow was first mentioned in chronicles in 1216 and from 1247 it belonged to the Principality of Tver as one of its border fortresses .

In 1485 the place was attached to the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Between 1605 and 1612 the city was plundered several times by Polish-Lithuanian troops. With the construction of the Vyshny Volotschok waterway system at the beginning of the 18th century, Subzow became an important transshipment point.

In 1776 town charter was granted. Towards the end of the 19th century, the city is an important linen trading point .

During the Second World War , Subzow was occupied by the German Wehrmacht on October 11, 1941 and recaptured on August 23, 1942 by troops of the Western Front of the Red Army as part of the Rschew-Sychovka operation .

Population development

year	Residents
1897	2992
1926	3700
1939	4718
1959	4500
1970	4678
1979	6398
1989	7630
2002	7430
2010	6927

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Culture and sights

Subzow war memorial

The Assumption Cathedral ( Успенский собор / Uspenski sobor) from 1801 is located in Subzow .

The city has a local museum.

economy

In Subzow there is a machine factory as well as companies in the textile and food industries.

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 : Subzow  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rajon Administration website (Russian)
• Subzow on mojgorod.ru (Russian)