Venyov (russian: Венёв) 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
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of
Venyovsky District
Venyovsky District (russian: Венёвский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.Law #954-ZTO Within the framework of municipal divisions, it is incorporated as Venyovsky Municip ...
in
Tula Oblast
Tula Oblast (russian: Ту́льская о́бласть, ''Tulskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an Oblasts of Russia, oblast) of Russia. It is geographically in the European Russia region of the country and is p ...
,
Russia
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, located on the
Venyovka River, east of
Tula, the administrative center of the
oblast
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. Population:
History
It was founded in the 12th century approximately from its present location. It was granted town status in 1777. During the
Battle of Moscow
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in 1941, the town fell to the
2nd Panzer Group under
Heinz Guderian
Heinz Wilhelm Guderian (; 17 June 1888 – 14 May 1954) was a German general during World War II who, after the war, became a successful memoirist. An early pioneer and advocate of the " blitzkrieg" approach, he played a central role in t ...
in late November 1941.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Venyov 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 ...
of
Venyovsky District
Venyovsky District (russian: Венёвский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.Law #954-ZTO Within the framework of municipal divisions, it is incorporated as Venyovsky Municip ...
.
[Law #954-ZTO] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Venyovsky District as Venyov
Town Under District Jurisdiction.
[Law #954-ZTO defines a town under district jurisdiction as a town which is a part of one of the districts of the oblast. ]OKATO
Russian Classification on Objects of Administrative DivisionThe English name of the document is given per the English title included on the document's first page. (russian: Общеросси́йский классифика́тор объе́кт ...
lists the town of Venyov as a part of Venyovsky District and separately from other administrative divisions of the district. As a
municipal division, Venyov Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Venyovsky Municipal District as Venyov Urban Settlement.
[Law #549-ZTO]
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Cities and towns in Tula Oblast
Venyovsky Uyezd