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Bogoroditsk (russian: Богоро́дицк) is a
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 Освобождение городов
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Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bogoroditsk serves as the
Official website of Bogoroditsk
Bogoroditsk Business Directory
Website of the Bogoroditsk Museum
*Mojgorod.ru
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Tula Oblast Bogoroditsky Uyezd Populated places established in the 17th century
town
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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
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.
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family. The main château
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, designed by Ivan Starov
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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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occupation from 15 November 1941 until 15 December 1941./ref>
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bogoroditsk serves as 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 ...
.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
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, 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 theLED lighting
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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. * *External links
Official website of Bogoroditsk
Bogoroditsk Business Directory
Website of the Bogoroditsk Museum
*Mojgorod.ru
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Tula Oblast Bogoroditsky Uyezd Populated places established in the 17th century