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Ostrov (inhabited Locality)
Ostrov (russian: О́стров) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Bryansk Oblast As of 2010, one rural locality in Bryansk Oblast bears this name: * Ostrov, Bryansk Oblast, a village in Olsufyevsky Selsoviet of Zhukovsky District Ivanovo Oblast As of 2010, two rural localities in Ivanovo Oblast bear this name: * Ostrov, Komsomolsky District, Ivanovo Oblast, a village in Komsomolsky District * Ostrov, Verkhnelandekhovsky District, Ivanovo Oblast, a village in Verkhnelandekhovsky District Kaluga Oblast As of 2010, two rural localities in Kaluga Oblast bear this name: * Ostrov, Zhizdrinsky District, Kaluga Oblast, a village in Zhizdrinsky District * Ostrov, Zhukovsky District, Kaluga Oblast, a '' selo'' in Zhukovsky District Republic of Karelia As of 2010, one rural locality in the Republic of Karelia bears this name: * Ostrov, Republic of Karelia, a village in Pudozhsky District Kirov Oblast As of 2010, three rural localities in Kirov Oblast bear this name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Types Of Inhabited Localities In Russia
The classification system of inhabited localities in Russia and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared with those in other countries. Classes During the Soviet time, each of the republics of the Soviet Union, including the Russian SFSR, had its own legislative documents dealing with classification of inhabited localities. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the task of developing and maintaining such classification in Russia was delegated to the federal subjects.Articles 71 and 72 of the Constitution of Russia do not name issues of the administrative and territorial structure among the tasks handled on the federal level or jointly with the governments of the federal subjects. As such, all federal subjects pass their own laws establishing the system of the administrative-territorial divisions on their territories. While currently there are certain peculiarities to classifications used in many federal subjects, they are all still largely ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boksitogorsky District
Boksitogorsky District (russian: Бокситого́рский райо́н) is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #78-oz district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Tikhvinsky District in the north and west, Babayevsky District of Vologda Oblast in the east, Chagodoshchensky District of Vologda Oblast in the southeast, Khvoyninsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the south, and with Lyubytinsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the southwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Boksitogorsk. Population (excluding the administrative center): 17,698 ( 2002 Census); The 1989 results include the population of the town of Pikalyovo. Geography The district is located on the Tikhvin Ridge, a hilly area connecting with the Vepsian Upland, which separates the basins of the Baltic and Caspian Seas. The altitudes range from above sea level. The western port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position. The oblast was named after the city of Saint Petersburg, Leningrad. In 1991, the city restored its original name, Saint Petersburg, but the oblast retains the name of Leningrad. The capital and largest city is Gatchina. The oblast overlaps the historic region of Ingria and is bordered by Finland (Kymenlaakso and South Karelia) in the northwest and Estonia (Ida-Viru County) in the west, as well as five federal subjects of Russia: the Republic of Karelia in the northeast, Vologda Oblast in the east, Novgorod Oblast in the south, Pskov Oblast in the southwest, and the federal city of Saint Petersburg in the west. The first governor of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podosinovets, Kirov Oblast
Podosinovets (russian: Подосиновец) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Podosinovsky District of Kirov Oblast, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the .... Population: References Urban-type settlements in Kirov Oblast {{KirovOblast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban-type Settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, abbreviated: uk, с.м.т., translit=s.m.t.; be, пасёлак гарадскога тыпу, translit=pasiolak haradskoha typu; pl, osiedle typu miejskiego; bg, селище от градски тип, translit=selishte ot gradski tip; ro, așezare de tip orășenesc. is an official designation for a semi-urban settlement (previously called a "town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ..."), used in several Eastern European countries. The term was historically used in Bulgaria, Poland, and the Soviet Union, and remains in use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podosinovsky District
Podosinovsky District (russian: Подоси́новский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #203-ZO and municipalLaw #284-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...) of Podosinovets. Population: 21,649 ( 2002 Census); The population of Podosinovets accounts for 23.7% of the district's total population. References Notes Sources * * {{Use mdy dates, date=December 2012 Districts of Kirov Oblast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumyonsky District
Kumyonsky District (russian: Кумёнский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #203-ZO and municipalLaw #284-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Kumyony Kumyony (russian: Кумёны) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Kumyonsky District of Kirov Oblast, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northe .... Population: 19,472 ( 2002 Census); The population of Kumyony accounts for 27.8% of the district's total population. References Notes Sources * * {{Use mdy dates, date=December 2012 Districts of Kirov Oblast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
