Chkalovsk (russian: Чка́ловск) is a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
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,
Russia
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, located on the right bank of the
Volga River
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, northwest 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
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of the
oblast
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. As of the
2010 Census, its population was 12,368.
It was previously known as ''Vasilyeva Sloboda/Vasilyovo'' (until 1938). It was renamed after its most famous inhabitant, the war hero
Valeri Chkalov.
[Soviet Calendar: 1917-1947 (CCCP publication)]
History
It has been known since the 12th century as Vasilyeva
Sloboda
A sloboda ( rus, слобода́, p=sləbɐˈda) was a kind of settlement in the history of the Old Russian regions Povolzhye, Central Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for "freedom" and may be loosely ...
, named so in honor of its founder Prince Vasily Yuryevich, the son of
Yury Dolgoruky
Yuri I Vladimirovich ( rus, Юрий Владимирович, Yuriy Vladimirovich), commonly known as Yuri Dolgorukiy or the Long Arm ( rus, Юрий Долгорукий, Yuriy Dolgorukiy, meaning "Far-Reaching", c. 109915 May 1157) was a Rur ...
. For a long time the territory belonged to Prince
Shuysky
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who eventually became
Tsar
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Vasily Shuysky.
The famous Russian pilot
Valery Chkalov
Valery Pavlovich Chkalov ( rus, Валерий Павлович Чкалов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕkaləf; – 15 December 1938) was a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936).
Early life
Chkalov was bo ...
was born in 1904 in Vasilyovo. In 1937, Vasilyovo was renamed Chkalovsk after him and in 1955 it was granted town status. Most of the original village was flooded by the
Gorky Reservoir
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after the construction of
Gorky Hydroelectric Station in 1955.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with 228
rural localities, incorporated as the
town of oblast significance of Chkalovsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts
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.
[Law #184-Z] As a
municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Chkalovsk is incorporated as Chkalovsk Urban Okrug.
[Law #59-Z]
Until May 2015, the town served as the
administrative center
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of
Chkalovsky District Chkalovsky District is the name of several districts in Russia. The districts are generally named for Valery Chkalov, a Soviet aircraft test pilot.
City divisions
* Chkalovsky City District, Yekaterinburg, a city district of Yekaterinburg
Yekat ...
and, within the framework of administrative divisions, was incorporated within that district as a
town of district significance
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.
[Order #3-od; revision prior to May 22, 2015] As a
municipal division, it was incorporated as Chkalovsk Urban Settlement within Chkalovsky Municipal District.
[Law #149-Z]
References
Notes
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External links
Official website of ChkalovskChkalovsk Business Directory
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Cities and towns in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Populated places on the Volga