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Velskaya (rural Locality)
Velsky (masculine), Velskaya (feminine), or Velskoye (neuter) may refer to: ;Places * Velsky District, a district of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia * Velsky Uyezd, an administrative division in the Russian Empire and the early Russian SFSR; most recently (1796–1929) a part of Vologda Governorate *Velskoye Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the town of Velsk and three rural localities in Velsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia are incorporated as * Velskaya (rural locality), a rural locality (a village) in Nyandomsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia ;People * Georgy Adelson-Velsky (b. 1922), Soviet mathematician and computer scientist * Serafima Velskaya (1846–1933), Russian operetta artist who influenced Anastasia Vyaltseva Anastasia Dmitrievna Vyaltseva (russian: Анастаси́я Дми́триевна Вя́льцева, 1871-1913) was a rather renowned Russian mezzo-soprano, specializing in Gypsy art songs. Enjoying the cult following and supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velsky District
Velsky District (russian: Ве́льский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Velsky Municipal District.Law #258-vneoch.-OZ It is located in the south of the oblast and borders with Shenkursky District in the north, Ustyansky District in the east, Verkhovazhsky District of Vologda Oblast in the south, Konoshsky District in the west, and with Nyandomsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Velsk. Population: The population of Velsk accounts for 43.6% of the district's total population. History The area was populated by speakers of Uralic languages and then colonized by the Novgorod Republic. After the fall of Novgorod, the area became a part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Historically, it was a part of Vazhsky Uyezd, a vast area including almost all of the basin of the Vaga River. Velsk was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velsky Uyezd
Velsky Uyezd () was one of the subdivisions of the Vologda Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the western part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Velsk. Demographics At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Velsky Uyezd had a population of 102,484. Of these, 99.9% spoke Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ... as their native language. Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей References Velsky U ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vologda Governorate
Vologda Governorate (russian: link=no, Вологодская губерния, ''Vologodskaya guberniya'', ''Government of Vologda'') was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 until 1929. Its administrative center was in the city of Vologda. The governorate was located in the north of Russian Empire. The area of the governorate is currently split between Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Kirov, and Kostroma Oblasts, and the Komi Republic. Vologda Governorate was officially created in 1796 from the disbanded Vologda Viceroyalty (namestnichestvo) which was split between Arkhangelsk Viceroyalty and Vologda Viceroyalty just before the new administrative reform. Administrative division It was administered by 10 uyezds (the administrative centers, which all had the town status, are given in parentheses), *Velsky Uyezd (Velsk); * Vologodsky Uyezd (Vologda); * Gryazovetsky Uyezd (Gryazovets); *Kadnikovsky Uyezd (Kadniko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velsk
Velsk (russian: Вельск) is a town and the administrative center of Velsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vel River at its confluence with the Vaga River, south of Arkhangelsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History First attested in 1137, Velsk regularly suffered from inundations before it was moved to a higher spot in the 16th century. It was known as a ''pogost'' before 1555, as a ''posad'' between 1555 and 1780, whereupon it was incorporated as a town of Vologda Viceroyalty. Velsk developed as a merchant town, having profited from its location on the Vaga and late on the road connecting Moscow and Arkhangelsk (which in the 17th century was the only major trade harbor in European Russia). Trade fairs were held in Velsk; the most important one was the St. Athanasius Trade Fair. In 1796, Velsky Uyezd was transferred to Vologda Governorate and remained there until 1929, when several governorates were mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velskaya (rural Locality)
Velsky (masculine), Velskaya (feminine), or Velskoye (neuter) may refer to: ;Places * Velsky District, a district of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia * Velsky Uyezd, an administrative division in the Russian Empire and the early Russian SFSR; most recently (1796–1929) a part of Vologda Governorate *Velskoye Urban Settlement, a municipal formation which the town of Velsk and three rural localities in Velsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia are incorporated as * Velskaya (rural locality), a rural locality (a village) in Nyandomsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia ;People * Georgy Adelson-Velsky (b. 1922), Soviet mathematician and computer scientist * Serafima Velskaya (1846–1933), Russian operetta artist who influenced Anastasia Vyaltseva Anastasia Dmitrievna Vyaltseva (russian: Анастаси́я Дми́триевна Вя́льцева, 1871-1913) was a rather renowned Russian mezzo-soprano, specializing in Gypsy art songs. Enjoying the cult following and supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyandomsky District
Nyandomsky District (russian: Ня́ндомский райо́н) is an administrative district ( raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Nyandomsky Municipal District.Law #258-vneoch.-OZ It is located in the southwest of the oblast and borders with Plesetsky District in the north and west, Shenkursky District in the east, Velsky District in the southeast, Konoshsky District in the south, and with Kargopolsky District in the southwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Nyandoma. Population: The population of Nyandoma accounts for 73.9% of the district's total population. History The area was populated by speakers of Uralic languages and then colonized by the Novgorod Republic. It was always a remote part of Kargopol lands with sparse population. In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Peter the Great, the area was included into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgy Adelson-Velsky
Georgy Maximovich Adelson-Velsky (russian: Гео́ргий Макси́мович Адельсо́н-Ве́льский; name is sometimes transliterated as Georgii Adelson-Velskii) (8 January 1922 – 26 April 2014) was a Soviet and Israeli mathematician and computer scientist. Born in Samara, Adelson-Velsky was originally educated as a pure mathematician. His first paper, with his fellow student and eventual long-term collaborator Alexander Kronrod in 1945, won a prize from the Moscow Mathematical Society.Autobiography (in Russian) – from municipal web page. He and Kronrod were the last students of |
