Lgov ( rus, Льгов, p=ˈlʲɡof) 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 ...

Kursk Oblast Kursk Oblast ( rus, Курская область, r=Kurskaya oblast, p=ˈkurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, ...

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, located on both banks of the

Seym River The Seim (also transcribed as Seym and Sejm, in ; ) is a west-flowing river in Russia and Ukraine. Its length is (250 km within Ukraine) and its basin area about . It is the largest tributary of the Desna. Places on the river are: Kursk, Kurch ...

( Desna's tributary) west of

Kursk Kursk ( rus, Курск, p=ˈkursk) is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym rivers. The area around Kursk was the site of a turning point in the Soviet–German stru ...

. Population: 26,000 (1972).

History

It was first mentioned in a

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in 1152 under the name of Olgov (a

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from an old Russian name Olg, or Oleg). Lgov was razed to the ground by the

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. In 1669, Lgov Monastery was founded on the spot of the former town, which would be closed down in 1764. The monastic ''

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 ...

'' was transformed into the town of Lgov in 1779. During

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, Lgov was occupied by German troops from 27 October 1941 to 3 March 1943. On September 18, 2022, the town was heavily damaged by a significant F2/T5 tornado. Over 200 structures were damaged or destroyed as a result of this strong wedge tornado. Many residential structures had roofs torn off, and some sustained collapse of their exterior walls, but most of these structures were poorly-built homes. Numerous trees were downed, and high-voltage power lines were also damaged or destroyed.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Lgov 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 ...

Lgovsky District Lgovsky District (russian: Льго́вский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central eastern part of the oblast. ...

, even though it is not a part of it.Resolution #489 As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Lgov—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

. As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Lgov is incorporated as Lgov Urban Okrug.Law #48-ZKO

Lgov Prison

Lgov Prison, a prison of the

Federal Penitentiary Service The Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN, Russian language, Russian: Федеральная служба исполнения наказаний (ФСИН), ''Federalnaya Sluzhba Ispolneniya Nakazaniy'') is a Government_agency#Russian_Federation ...

, is located in Lgov.Федеральное казенное учреждение "Исправительная колония № 3"
." Federal Penitentiary Service Kursk Oblast. Retrieved on October 5, 2011.

Notable people

* Tetiana Andriienko (1938–2016),

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, conservationist, and professor * Nikolay Aseyev (1889—1963), poet * Boris Bukreev (1859–1962), mathematician *

Arkady Gaidar Arkady Petrovich Gaidar (russian: link=no, Арка́дий Петро́вич Гайда́р, born Golikov, russian: link=no, Го́ликов; – 26 October 1941) was a Russian Soviet writer, whose stories were very popular among Soviet chil ...

(1904—1941), writer *

Tamara Syomina Tamara Petrovna Syomina (russian: Тамара Петровна Сёмина; born 25 October 1938) is a Soviet/Russian film actress. She appeared in more than forty films since 1959. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1978). Biography Tamara Petrov ...

(born 1938), film actress

References

Notes

Sources

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External links

Unofficial website of Lgov
{{Use mdy dates, date=August 2011 Cities and towns in Kursk Oblast Lgovsky Uyezd