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Ushakovo, Kaliningrad Oblast
Ushakovo (russian: Ушаково) is the name of several rural localities in Russia. Amur Oblast As of 2012, one rural locality in Amur Oblast bears this name: * Ushakovo, Amur Oblast, a '' selo'' in Ushakovsky Rural Settlement of Shimanovsky District Republic of Bashkortostan As of 2012, one rural locality in the Republic of Bashkortostan bears this name: * Ushakovo, Republic of Bashkortostan, a village in Nikolayevsky Selsoviet of Ufimsky District Belgorod Oblast As of 2012, one rural locality in Belgorod Oblast bears this name: * Ushakovo, Belgorod Oblast, a '' selo'' in Korochansky District Ivanovo Oblast As of 2012, two rural localities in Ivanovo Oblast bear this name: * Ushakovo, Rodnikovsky District, Ivanovo Oblast, a village in Rodnikovsky District * Ushakovo, Teykovsky District, Ivanovo Oblast, a village in Teykovsky District Kaliningrad Oblast As of 2012, four rural localities in Kaliningrad Oblast bear this name: * Ushakovo, Chernyakhovsky District, Kaliningrad O ... [...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] |
Kaliningrad Oblast
Kaliningrad Oblast (russian: Калинингра́дская о́бласть, translit=Kaliningradskaya oblast') is the westernmost federal subject of Russia. It is a semi-exclave situated on the Baltic Sea. The largest city and administrative centre of the province (oblast) is the city of Kaliningrad, formerly known as Königsberg. The port city of Baltiysk is Russia's only port on the Baltic Sea that remains ice-free in winter. Kaliningrad Oblast had a population of roughly 1 million in the Russian Census of 2010. The oblast is bordered by Poland to the south, Lithuania to the north and east and the Baltic Sea to the north-west. The territory was formerly the northern part of the Prussian province of East Prussia; the remaining southern part of the province is today part of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland. With the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, the territory was annexed to the Russian SFSR by the Soviet Union. Following the post-war migrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemerovo Oblast
Kemerovo Oblast — Kuzbass (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть — Кузба́сс, translit=Kemerovskaya oblast — Kuzbass, ), also known simply as Kemerovo Oblast (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, label=none) or Kuzbass (russian: Кузба́сс, label=none), after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Kemerovo is the administrative center of the oblast, though Novokuznetsk is the largest city in the oblast, in terms of size. Kemerovo Oblast is one of Russia's most urbanized regions, with over 70% of the population living in its nine principal cities. Its ethnic composition is predominantly Russian, but Shors, Ukrainians, Tatars, and Chuvash also live in the oblast. The population recorded during the 2010 Census was 2,763,135. Geography Kemerovo Oblast is located in southwestern Siberia, where the West Siberian Plain meets the South Siberian Mountains. The oblast, which covers an area of , shares a border w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maloyaroslavetsky District
Maloyaroslavetsky District (russian: Малоярославецкий райо́н) is an administrativeCharter of Kaluga Oblast and municipalLaw #7-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the 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 ... of Maloyaroslavets. Population: The population of Maloyaroslavets accounts for 60.9% of the district's total population. References Notes Sources * * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2016 Districts of Kaluga Oblast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaluga Oblast
Kaluga Oblast (russian: Калу́жская о́бласть, translit=Kaluzhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kaluga. The 2021 Russian Census found a population of 1,069,904. Geography Kaluga Oblast lies in the central part of the East European Plain. The oblast's territory is located between the Central Russian Upland (with and average elevation of above and a maximum elevation of in the southeast), the Smolensk–Moscow Upland and the Dnieper– Desna watershed. Most of the oblast is occupied by plains, fields and forests with diverse flora and fauna. The administrative center is located on the Baryatino-Sukhinichy plain. The western part of the oblast — located within the drift plain — is dominated by the Spas-Demensk ridge. To the south is an outwash plain that is part of the Bryansk-Zhizdra woodlands, with average elevation up to 200 m. From north to south, Kaluga Oblast extends for more th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ozyorsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast
Ozyorsky District (russian: Озёрский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Ozyorsk.Resolution #639 Population: 17,239 ( 2002 Census); The population of Ozyorsk accounts for 30.9% of the district's total population. Geography The district is situated in the southeast of the oblast, at the border with Poland. It is sparsely populated. The Angrapa River flows through the district. Forests and steppe pasture-land prevail. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ozyorsky District is one of the fifteen in the oblast.Law #463 The town of Ozyorsk serves as its administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ozyorsk, Kaliningrad Oblast
Ozyorsk (russian: Озёрск, until 1938 german: Darkehmen; pl, Darkiejmy; lt, Darkiemis; from 1938 to 1946 german: link=no, Angerapp) is a town and the administrative center of Ozyorsky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Angrapa River near the border with the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, southeast of Kaliningrad, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History Before the arrival of the Teutonic Order, the river valley was here settled by the Nadruvians, as evidenced by traces of settlements and fortifications found in the area. Teutonic overlordship was established around 1388, but the town is mentioned for the first time in written sources in 1539 as ''Darkyem''. In 1454, the region was incorporated by King Casimir IV Jagiellon to the Kingdom of Poland upon the request of the anti-Teutonic Prussian Confederation. After the subsequent Thirteen Years' War, since 1466, it formed part of Poland as a fief held by the Teutonic Order, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town Of District Significance
Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia. It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a town (as opposed to a rural locality or an urban-type settlement); often with surrounding rural territories. Background Prior to the adoption of the 1993 Constitution of Russia, this type of administrative division was defined on the whole territory of the Russian SFSR as an inhabited locality which serves as a cultural and an industrial center of a district and has a population of at least 12,000, of which at least 80% are workers, public servants, and the members of their families.Иванец Г.И., Калинский И.В., Червонюк В.И. Конституционное право России: энциклопедический словарь / Под общей ред. В.И. Червонюка. — М.: Юрид. лит., 2002. — 43 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ushakovo, Novomoskovsky Rural Okrug, Guryevsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast
Ushakovo (russian: Ушако́во; german: Brandenburg (Frisches Haff) or '; pl, Pokarmin; lt, Pokarviai) is a village in the Russian exclave Kaliningrad Oblast. It is situated at the mouth of the Prokhladnaya River at the Vistula Lagoon. History The Battle of Pokarwis between pagan Prussians and the Teutonic Knights took place nearby in 1261. The Teutonic Knights founded the village as ''Brandenburg'' to honor Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg who supported the order in the Prussian Crusade, and erected a castle in 1266. It became known as "Brandenburg (Frisches Haff)" and "Brandenburg in Ostpreußen" to differentiate it from Brandenburg an der Havel. In 1454, the region was incorporated by King Casimir IV Jagiellon to the Kingdom of Poland upon the request of the anti-Teutonic Prussian Confederation. After the subsequent Thirteen Years' War, the longest of all Polish–Teutonic wars, since 1466 it formed part of Poland as a fief held by the Teutonic Order,Górski, p. 96 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guryevsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast
Guryevsky District (russian: Гу́рьевский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.Law #463 As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Guryevsky Urban Okrug.Law #229 It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Guryevsk.Resolution #639 Population: 47,330 ( 2002 Census); The population of Guryevsk accounts for 23.5% of the district's total population. Geography The district is situated around Kaliningrad, the administrative center of the oblast. For this reason the main railway lines and roads pass through the district. To the north the district reaches the Curonian Lagoon, to the southwest—the Vistula Lagoon. In the west, parted from the rest of the district by Kaliningrad, the town of Svetly is located on the Vistula Lagoon. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Guryevsky District i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
