Wetluga (city)

city Wetluga Ветлуга coat of arms Federal district Volga Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Rajon Wetluga First mention 1636 City since 1778 surface 7  km² population 8954 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1279 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 110  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83150 Post Code 606860 License Plate 52, 152 OKATO 22 218 501 Geographical location Coordinates 57 ° 51 '  N , 45 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 57 ° 51 '0 "  N , 45 ° 47' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Wetluga ( Russian Ветлуга ) is a small town in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast ( Russia ) with 8954 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Katharinen Church

The city is located about 230 km northeast of the oblast capital Nizhny Novgorod on the right bank of the Vetluga of the same name , a left tributary of the Volga .

Wetluga is the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1636 as the village Schulepnikowo . In the 18th century the wooden Church of the Resurrection (Russian zerkow Voskressenija ) was built and the village was called Verkhneje Voskressenije ( werchneje for upper , because there was another village of this name further downstream, today an urban-type settlement and district administrative center Voskressenskoje ).

On September 5, 1778, at the same time renaming after the name of the river, the town charter as the administrative center of a district ( Ujesds ) was initially granted to the Kostroma governorship .

The city has long been the most important trading center in the region around the middle reaches of the Wetluga ( Wetluschski krai ).

Population development

year	Residents
1897	5,179
1939	8,079
1959	10,016
1970	9,817
1979	10,048
1989	10.190
2002	9,641
2010	8,954

Note: census data

Culture and sights

The city has a local museum.

Economy and Infrastructure

In Wetluga there are companies in the timber industry as well as the food and textile industries.

The nearest train station is Uren about 50 kilometers south on the Moscow –Nizhny Novgorod– Kirov route . By Vetluga the road leads R157 Uren- SHARYA - Nikolsk - Veliky Ustyug - Kotlas .

sons and daughters of the town

• Wassili Rosanow (1856–1919), religious philosopher and publicist
• Lev Schewjakow (1889–1963), mining scientist and university professor
• Nikolai Juryschew (1912–1990), Lieutenant General
• Marianna Artaschirowna Dewlet (* 1933), prehistoric

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. ↑ Юрышев Николай Николаевич , encyclopedia.mil.ru (Russian)
3. ↑ Юрышев Николай Николаевич , eurasian-defence.ru (Russian)

Web links

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

• Website about the city (Russian)
• Wetluga on mojgorod.ru (Russian)