Tarussa

city Tarusa Таруса coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Kaluga Rajon Tarussa head Yevgeny Malzew First mention 1246 City since 1776 surface 12  km² population 9,660 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 805 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 140  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48435 Post Code 249100, 249101 License Plate 40 OKATO 29 238 501 Website tarusa.ru Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 43 '  N , 37 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 43 '0 "  N , 37 ° 11' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kaluga Oblast

List of cities in Russia

At the Oka

Tarussa ( Russian Таруса , German also Tarusa ) is a small town in Russia and the administrative center of the raion of the same name in the Kaluga Oblast . Tarussa is located at the mouth of the Tarussa River in the Oka , about 70 km from the regional capital Kaluga , and has 9,660 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

Tarussa is an important Russian cultural center that has not only attracted artists, poets, writers and other cultural workers because of its beautiful landscape on the high bank of the Oka, but also because it was just over 100 kilometers from Moscow; During the Soviet era, this was the distance that people who had been condemned for political reasons had to keep from the metropolises.

history

Tarussa was first mentioned in 1246 and belonged to the Grand Duchy of Moscow since the 14th century . While standing on the Ugra , the city served as a base for the army of the Moscow Grand Duchy under Ivan III. Tarussa was attacked several times by Crimean Tatars in the course of its early history . As early as the 16th century, the city was fortified to defend the Oka bank and thus also served as a fortress to protect the southern flank of Moscow. During the Patriotic War against the Napoleonic Army, Tarussa was the next city in the Moscow hinterland to supply the Russian troops with food.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	1989
1926	1943
1939	3994
1959	5413
1970	6025
1979	6284
1989	8795
2002	9893
2010	9660

Note: census data

Citizen of the city

Tarussa is best known for the fact that a number of famous Russian poets, writers and artists lived here or at least stayed here more often or for a long time, including the following:

• Viktor Borissow-Mussatow (Russian painter)
• Konstantin Paustowski (Russian writer)
• Wassili Polenow (Russian painter)
• Nikolai Sabolozki (Russian poet and translator)
• Eduard Steinberg (Russian painter)
• Andrei Tarkovsky (Russian director)
• Marina Tsvetaeva (Russian poet whose family had a summer house here)
• Jörg Duss (Swiss-Russian benefactor, founder of the "Raduga Tarusskaja" foundation)

The city also became known throughout Russia because a number of Soviet and Russian films were shot here. The German-language online newspaper Russland.ru appears in Tarusa with the connected web TV Russia.tv .

Sights and events

In the center of Tarussa

• Peter and Paul Church (18th century)
• Church of Christ Resurrection (17th century)
• Picture gallery
• Local museum
• Memorial stone at the place where Marina Tsvetaeva would have liked to be buried
• Grave of Konstantin Paustowski (municipal cemetery)
• Polenowo (estate of the painter Wassili Polenow, on the opposite side of the Oka)
• Animated Film Festival (annually)
• Svyatoslav Richter Foundation Music Festival

Web links

Commons : Tarussa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• The city Tarusa site (Russian)
• Tarussa on mojgorod.ru (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)
2. ↑ After setbacks one fits better into the landscape , FAZ, February 18, 2018
3. ↑ Radio Free Europe: Swiss Carpenter Finds New Vocation In Russia ( Memento of the original from November 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
4. ↑ Raduga: Raduga Tarusskaja Foundation ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2011 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. (German)