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Rajon Welski rajon Вельский муниципальный район flag coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Arkhangelsk Administrative center Welsk surface 10,600  km² population 54,792 inhabitants (as of 2010) Population density 5.2 inhabitants / km² Boroughs 2 Cities / SsT 1/1 Rural communities / villages 20/317 Head of the Rajons Viktor Georgievich Scherjagin Rajon founded 1929 Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81836 Postcodes 165100-165159 License Plate 29 OKATO 11 205 OKTMO 11 605 Geographical location of the administrative center Coordinates 61 ° 4 ′  N , 42 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 61 ° 4 ′  N , 42 ° 6 ′  E Welsk Welsky rajon: Location in Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast within Russia

The Welski rajon ( Russian Вельский муниципальный район / Welski munizipalny rajon ) is an administrative unit within the Arkhangelsk Oblast , Russia . It is located south of the Oblast capital Arkhangelsk . The administrative center is the city of Welsk .

geography

Welsky rajon is located in the south of Arkhangelsk Oblast on the border with Vologda Oblast . In the west of the Welski rajon borders the Konoschski rajon , northwest of the Njandomski rajon , north of the Schenkurski rajon and east of the Ustjanski rajon . The area of ​​the Welski rajon is 10,600 km². Coming from Vologda Oblast, the river Waga ( Вага ) flows through the entire Rajon in a northerly direction. One of the tributaries of the Waga is the 223 km long Wel ( Вель ), which gives the Rajon its name , which flows into the Waga on the left at Welsk. Other important rivers that cross the Rajon are the Kuloi ( Кулой ) and the Ustja ( Устья ), which both flow into the Waga on the right side in the north of the Rajon.

history

The area of ​​today's Welski rajon was originally settled by Finno-Ugric tribes . Novgorod settlers first settled in 862, increasingly displacing the Finno-Ugric tribes. In 1137 the settlement Wel (today's Welsk) was first mentioned in a document by the Novgorod prince Sviatoslav Olegovich. In the 15th century, rule over the area previously controlled by the Novgorod Republic passed to the Grand Duchy of Moscow . In 1550 the area was already part of the Waschski ujesd ( Важский уезд ) and in 1780 it became the Welski ujesd ( Вельский уезд ). With the administrative reform of Catherine the Great , the Ujesd became part of the Vologda governorship in 1780 ( Вологодское наместничество ) and finally in 1796 part of the Vologda governorate . In the 19th century, the region was known for its linen production and the export of wood products such as resin , turpentine and tar . A tar barrel is still part of the Welsk coat of arms. From the 1880s, the Welski ujesd became a place for political exiles.

In 1929 the Welski rajon was established as part of the Northern Krai . The Welski ujesd was dissolved in the course of this. The area of ​​the Ujesds went into the areas Welski rajon, Verkhovashsky rajon and Ustjanski rajon . In addition, some areas were added to the Konoschski rajon . In the course of further administrative reforms, the Welski rajon became part of the Northern Oblast in 1936 and finally part of the Arkhangelsk Oblast on September 23, 1937.

During the Second World War , the Pechora Railway was built. Political prisoners and prisoners from the surrounding gulags were mainly used for this work . The Kuloi railway station was also built as part of the construction of the line . The settlement of Kuloi developing at the railway station is now the second largest town in the Rajon.

Population development

The following overview shows the development of the population of the Welski rajon.

year	Residents
1959	77,307
1970	74,241
1979	70,671
1989	71,474
2002	61,819
2010	54,792
Census data

Administrative division

The Rajon is divided into 22 parishes ( муниципальное образование ), two of which are urban parishes ( городское поселение ) and 20 rural parishes ( сельское поселение ). With Welsk as the administrative center, there is only one place with city ​​status within the Rajon . There is an urban-type settlement with Kuloi . 54,792 inhabitants live in Welski rajon (as of October 14, 2010), which corresponds to 4.6% of the population of Arkhangelsk Oblast.

local community	Russian name	Residents (October 14, 2010)	Administrative center
Welskoye municipality	Вельское городское поселение	24,366	Welsk
Kuloiskoje Municipality	Кулойское сельское поселение	5,990	Kuloi
Rural commune of Agunovskoye	Аргуновское сельское поселение	1,113	Agunowski
Rural municipality of Blagoveshchenskoye	Благовещенское сельское поселение	1,698	Blagoveshchenskoye
Verkhneustkuloiskoje rural municipality	Верхнеустькулойское сельское поселение	719	Meledinskaya
Rural municipality Verkhneschonoschskoje	Верхнешоношское сельское поселение	777	Komsomolski
The rural municipality of Lipovskoye	Липовское сельское поселение	727	Malaya Lipovka
Muravievskoye commune	Муравьевское сельское поселение	4,404	Voronovskaya
Rural municipality of Nizovskoye	Низовское сельское поселение	599	Terebino
Pakschengskoye commune	Пакшеньгское сельское поселение	460	Yefremkovskaya
Rural municipality of Peshemskoye	Пежемское сельское поселение	885	Peshma
Poponavolotskoye commune	Попонаволоцкое сельское поселение	1,421	Paswa
Rural municipality of Puiskoje	Пуйское сельское поселение	1.306	Dolmatovo
Rural municipality of Rakulo-Kokschengskoje	Ракуло-Кокшеньгское сельское поселение	507	Kozlovskaya
Rural commune of Solginskoye	Солгинское сельское поселение	1,751	Solginski
Rural municipality of Sudromskoye	Судромское сельское поселение	876	Pogost
Rural municipality of Tegrinskoye	Тегринское сельское поселение	1,193	Tegrosero
Ust-Welskoje rural community	Усть-Вельское сельское поселение	2,289	Djukovskaya
Ust-Schonoschskoje rural community	Усть-Шоношское сельское поселение	1,343	Ust-Schonosha
Rural commune of Khosminskoye	Хозьминское сельское поселение	817	Chosmino
Rural municipality of Schadrengskoje	Шадреньгское сельское поселение	1,036	Schunema
Rural municipality Schonoschskoje	Шоношское сельское поселение	551	Ust-Schonosha

Economy and Transport

An important branch of the economy within the Rajon is the wood industry. In the city of Welsk in particular, the wood chemical industry (tar, turpentine and resin production) continued to be represented. Another important branch of the economy is the food industry.

By Rayon a portion of the runs of Konosha according Workuta extending Petschora railway , which is an important compound for transport of passengers and goods. The Russian M8 trunk road from Moscow to Arkhangelsk also runs through Welsk .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ History of Velsk on velsk.gorodacentra.ru/ ( Memento of 28 November 2009 at the Internet Archive ) (in Russian); Reviewed October 5, 2012
2. ↑ Information about the Welski rajon coat of arms on heraldicum.ru (Russian); Reviewed October 5, 2012
3. ↑ Gosudarstvennyj archive Archangel'skoj oblasti. Tom 1. Putevoditel 'v dvuch tomach., Archangelsk 2000, ISBN 5-85879-052-6 , pp. 264-273
4. ↑ Law on the Status and Limits of Territories of Municipal Constructions of Arkhangelsk Oblast. О статусе и границах территорий муниципальных образований в Архангельской области. Retrieved October 17, 2016 (Russian).
5. ↑ 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 ( Memento from May 23, 2013 on WebCite ) (PDF; 6.0 MB), pp. 12–209; 11 (PDF; 17.5 MB), pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation); Čislennost 'naselenija po municipal'nym obrazovanijam i naselennym punktam Archangel'skoj oblasti, vključaja Neneckij avtonomnyj okru Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 Goda (population number of municipal structure and places the Arkhangelsk including the Autonomous circles Nenets results of the All-Russian census 2010.) Table  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of Arkhangelsk Oblast)  
6. ↑ Information about the Welski rajon ( Memento from January 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Russian); Reviewed October 5, 2012

Remarks

1. ↑ The information relates to the Arkhangelsk Oblast without the Nenets Autonomous Okrug

literature

• Pomorskaja ėnciklopedija: Tom 1 Istorija Archangel'skogo Severa. Pomorskij gosudarstvennyj universitet, Arkhangelsk 2001, ISBN 5-88086-147-3 , pp. 96-97

Web links

• The Welsky rajon on the Arkhangelsk Oblast official site (Russian)
• History of the Welsky rajon (Russian)