Bogoroditsk (russian: Богоро́дицк) is a
town
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Origin and use
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and the
administrative center
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of
Bogoroditsky District
Bogoroditsky District (russian: Богоро́дицкий райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.Law #954-ZTO As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Bogoroditsky Municipal Dis ...
in
Tula Oblast
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,
Russia
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, located on the
Upyorta River, a
tributary
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of the
Upa. Population:
History
![Bogoroditsk](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Bogoroditsk.jpg)
It was founded in the second half of the 17th century
[''Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Union Republics. 1987.'', p. 242] as a wooden fort. In the 1770s, the fort was demolished to make room for the palace of the
Bobrinsky
The Counts Bobrinsky or Bobrinskoy (''Бобринские'') are a Russian nobility, Russian noble family descending from Count Aleksey Grigorievich Bobrinsky (1762–1813), who was Catherine the Great's natural son by Count Grigory Orlov.
Th ...
family. The main
château
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Nowaday ...
, designed by
Ivan Starov
Ivan Yegorovich Starov (russian: Ива́н Его́рович Старо́в) (23 February 1745 – 17 April 1808) was a Russian architect from Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg who devised the master plans for Yaroslavl, Voronezh, Pskov, Dn ...
and partly destroyed during
World War II
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, is adjoined by an English park, said to be the earliest in Russia outside
St. Petersburg. Bogoroditsk was granted town status in 1777.
During
World War II
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, Bogoroditsk was under
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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**Ger ...
occupation from 15 November 1941 until 15 December 1941.
Освобождение городов
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Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bogoroditsk serves as the 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 commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
of Bogoroditsky District
Bogoroditsky District (russian: Богоро́дицкий райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.Law #954-ZTO As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Bogoroditsky Municipal Dis ...
.[Law #954-ZTO] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Bogoroditsky District as Bogoroditsk Town Under District Jurisdiction.[Law #954-ZTO defines a town under district jurisdiction as a town which is a part of one of the districts of the oblast. ]OKATO
Russian Classification on Objects of Administrative DivisionThe English name of the document is given per the English title included on the document's first page. (russian: Общеросси́йский классифика́тор объе́кт ...
lists the town of Bogorodsk as a part of Bogorodsky District and separately from other administrative divisions of the district. As a municipal division, Bogoroditsk Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Bogoroditsky Municipal District as Bogoroditsk Urban Settlement.[Law #555-ZTO]
Twin towns and sister cities
Bogoroditsk is twinned with:
* Lučenec
Lučenec (; german: Lizenz; hu, Losonc; yi, לאשאנץ; la, Lutetia HungarorumLelkes György (1992), Magyar helységnév-azonosító szótár, Balassi Kiadó, Budapest, 508 p.) is a town in the Banská Bystrica Region of south-central Slovaki ...
, Slovakia
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* Rezzato
Rezzato (Brescian: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is bounded by the comunes of Brescia, Botticino, Castenedolo, Mazzano and Nuvolera.
Thanks to its nearness to the small town of Botticino, Rezzato is commonly cons ...
, Lombardy
Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...
, Italy
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Economy
In 2012, the technology company Varton bought an abandoned factory building and opened the assembly plant. By 2016, total investment in the LED lighting
An LED lamp or LED light bulb is an electric light that produces light using light-emitting diodes (LEDs). LED lamps are significantly more energy-efficient than equivalent incandescent lamps
and can be significantly more efficient than mos ...
factory reached 1 billion rubles.
References
Sources
Notes
*"СССР. Административно-территориальное деление союзных республик. 1987." (''USSR. Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Union Republics. 1987'') / Составители В. А. Дударев, Н. А. Евсеева. — М.: Изд-во «Известия Советов народных депутатов СССР», 1987. — 673 с.
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External links
Official website of Bogoroditsk
Bogoroditsk Business Directory
Website of the Bogoroditsk Museum
*Mojgorod.ru
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Cities and towns in Tula Oblast
Bogoroditsky Uyezd
Populated places established in the 17th century