Ozyorny (russian: Озёрный), formerly known as Bologoye-4
(), is a
closed 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
Tver Oblast
Tver Oblast (russian: Тверска́я о́бласть, ''Tverskaya oblast'', ), from 1935 to 1990 known as Kalinin Oblast (), is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inh ...
,
Russia
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. Population:
History
The settlement was founded in the 1930s as a military unit serving
Vypolzovo (air base) (the name of the airfield was taken from the nearby settlement of
Vypolzovo).
In the 1960s, the
7th Guards Rocket Division
The 7th Guards Missile Rezhitskaya Red Flag division (7 GRD) – is a (military unit 14245) of the 27th Guards Missile Army, Strategic Rocket Forces located in Ozyorny, Bologovsky District, Tver region, Russia.
Abbreviated name - 7 RD
History ...
, operating strategic missiles, was relocated to the settlement and became the major employer.
The settlement was known as Bologoye-4 since. In 1992 the urban-type settlement was renamed Ozyorny and officially was granted a status of a closed urban locality.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Ozyorny
Okrug
An ''okrug, ; russian: о́круг, ókrug; sr, округ, okrug, ; uk, о́круг, о́kruh; be, акруга, akruha; pl, okręg; ab, оқрҿс; mhr, йырвел, '' is a type of administrative division in some Slavic states. Th ...
—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts.
[Law #34-ZO] As a
municipal division, Ozyorny Okrug is incorporated as Ozyorny Urban Okrug.
[Law #4-ZO]
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Urban-type settlements in Tver Oblast
Closed cities
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