Bogorodsk (russian: Богоро́дск) is 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 ...

and 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 Bogorodsky District in

Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (russian: link=no, Нижегородская область, ''Nizhegorodskaya oblast''), is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localiti ...

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, located southwest of

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

, the administrative center of the

oblast An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdom of ...

. Population:

History

It has been known since 1570 as the village of Bogorodichnoye, Bogoroditskoye, or Bogorodskoye. It was granted town status in 1923.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bogorodsk serves as the

of Bogorodsky District.Order #3-od As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Bogorodsky District as the

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 ...

of Bogorodsk. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Bogorodsk is incorporated within Bogorodsky Municipal District as Bogorodsk Urban Settlement.Law #152-Z

Economy

Bogorodsk is one of the oldest centers of the leather industry in Russia. The

NRING Circuit The NRING Circuit (also: Нижегородское кольцо) is a race track located near Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), collo ...

is located in Bogorodsk, and is used for Russian national motor racing events.

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External links

Official website of Bogorodsk

Bogorodsk Business Directory
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast