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Taldom ( Russian Талдом ) is a Russian city with 13,819 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in Moscow Oblast , about 110 km north of Moscow and just under 10 km from the border with Tver Oblast . The closest cities are Kimry (18 km northwest in Tver Oblast) and Dubna (23 km west in Moscow Oblast).
history
The place was first mentioned as a village in 1677 and developed into a center of the shoe industry in the course of the 19th century. At the beginning of the 20th century, up to 10 million pairs of shoes were being produced here every year. When industry was forcibly nationalized in Taldom after the October Revolution , the place received city status in 1918. In addition, he was named Leninsk ( Ленинск ) in the same year , in honor of the revolutionary leader Lenin , who, however, had no personal connection to Taldom. In 1929 the city got its original name back.
Today the shoe and textile industry in Taldom still plays a relatively important role, because the industry is otherwise only represented here to a small extent.
Population development
| year | Residents |
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| 1926 | 5,982 |
| 1939 | 9,910 |
| 1959 | 10,368 |
| 1970 | 11,876 |
| 1979 | 13,086 |
| 1989 | 14,410 |
| 2002 | 13,334 |
| 2010 | 13,819 |
Note: census data
Attractions
Since Taldom was not destroyed in the Second World War, the old townscape with wooden houses and old church buildings in the city center is comparatively well preserved, while newer prefabricated housing estates can be found mainly on the outskirts. In the vicinity of Taldom lies the former estate of Spas-Ugol, which is known as the birthplace of the writer Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin . Today its museum is housed there.
In the vicinity of Taldom there is also one of the most powerful radio stations in the world, namely a long wave transmitter on the frequency of 261 kHz with a transmission power of 2500 kilowatts , which radiates from masts with a height of 275 meters. The programs “Voice of Russia”, “Radio Russia” ( Radio Rossii ) and “Junost” (youth) are broadcast.
In addition, there are other transmitters for long , medium and short wave in Taldom .
traffic
Taldom has a railway connection on the Moscow – Kimry line and has a regional train station there with direct connections to the Zavyolovo train station in Moscow. The journey time to get there is around two hours.
Web links
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)
