Wenev

city Venyov Венёв coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Tula Rajon Wenev mayor Alexander Pugachev First mention 1371 City since 1777 surface 9  km² population 15,224 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1692 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 200  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48745 Post Code 301320, 301321 License Plate 71 OKATO 70 212 501 Website www.venev-adm.ru Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 21 '  N , 38 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 21 '0 "  N , 38 ° 16' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tula Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Wenjow ( Russian Венёв ) is a small town with 15,224 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in Russia in the Tula Oblast . It is located about 50 kilometers northeast of the regional capital Tula and about 180 kilometers south of Moscow.

history

Wenjow was first mentioned in documents from 1371. The name of today's city is derived from the Wenjowka river from the river system of the Volga .

Since the end of the 15th century Wenjow was part of the Moscow principality and was for a long time part of the Verhaulinine of the Moscow state on its southern borders. For this reason, the place was often invaded by nomads from the south in the 16th century. After the expansion of Moscow to the south, Wenjow lost its importance as a border town. Agriculture and the trade in agricultural products developed there later . Wenjow received the status of a town with the territorial reform of 1777. The first all-Russian census of 1897 counted 5,167 inhabitants for the town of Wenjow.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	5,167
1939	5,576
1959	6.261
1970	5,893
1979	7.124
1989	13,243
2002	16,167
2010	15,224

Note: census data

Attractions

Churches of the former Apparition Monastery

Several old church buildings have been preserved in Wenjow to this day, including the remains of the former Apparition Monastery - the 18th century Church of the Apparitions and the Church of Our Lady of Kazan - as well as the Church of the Protection and Intercession of Mary the year 1737. Seven kilometers from Wenjow you can visit the tunnels of a former limestone mine, which had been in operation since the 15th century and into the 1930s.

Economy and Transport

The Wenjow Rajon is still dominated by agriculture. Limestone and hard coal deposits also exist there . In the city itself there are only a few, small industrial companies and a coal mine.

The M4 trunk road runs near Wenjow . The city has been on a railway line since 1901 with connections to Oscherelje (near Kaschira ) and Novomoskowsk, among others .

Web links

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

• Wenjow 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. ↑ 1897 census results