Lalsk (russian: Лальск) is an urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

) in

Luzsky District Luzsky District (russian: Лу́зский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #203-ZO and municipalLaw #284-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the dis ...

of Kirov Oblast,

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, located northeast from Luza, the

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of the district. Population:

History

It takes its name from the Lala River, a

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...

of the Luza. The settlement was established by the Novgorodians fleeing east from Ivan the Terrible after the Massacre of Novgorod. It was a large trading outpost in the eastern part of the Russian North in the late 17th and 18th centuries. The earliest stone church was consecrated in 1711. Lalsk had town status between 1779 and 1927 and served as the administrative center of Lalsky District between 1924 and 1963.

Architecture

Lalsk is notable for a remarkable cluster of 18th-century Orthodox churches in various stages of disrepair: *The Cathedral of Christ's Resurrection (1698-1715) with a campanile dating from 1729 *The nearby Church of the Annunciation for winter services (1732-1762) *The partly ruined Church of the Epiphany (1711) *The Church of St. John the Baptist (1714) *The Church of the Savior's Transfiguration (1730-1732) *The Church of the Virgin's Dormition (1791-1796)

References

{{Use mdy dates, date=December 2012 Urban-type settlements in Kirov Oblast Vologda Governorate Populated places established in 1570 Former cities in Russia 1570 establishments in Russia