Ustyuzhna
city
Ustyuzhna
Устюжна
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List of cities in Russia |
Ustjuschna ( Russian Устюжна ) is a city in northwestern Russia . It is located in the Vologda Oblast and has 9501 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).
geography
The city is located about 230 km west of the oblast capital Vologda on the Mologa which flows into the Rybinsk reservoir of the Volga .
Ustyuschna is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .
history
The place was first mentioned in the Uglich Chronicle in 1252 as Ustjug-Schelesny and received city rights in 1738. The addition -Schelesny (in various forms, from Russian scheleso for iron , based on the lawn iron stone deposits in the area) has been omitted since the 19th century.
Population development
year | Residents |
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1897 | 5.111 |
1939 | 7,189 |
1959 | 8,779 |
1970 | 8,851 |
1979 | 9,170 |
1989 | 10,035 |
2002 | 10,507 |
2010 | 9,501 |
Note: census data
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)
Web links
Commons : Ustyuschna - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Ustyuschna on mojgorod.ru (Russian)