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Dzerzhinsky District, Russia
Dzerzhinsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. The districts are generally named for Felix Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the Cheka. Districts of the federal subjects *Dzerzhinsky District, Kaluga Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Kaluga Oblast *Dzerzhinsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, an administrative and municipal district of Krasnoyarsk Krai City divisions *Dzerzhinsky City District, Nizhny Tagil, a city district of Nizhny Tagil, a city in Sverdlovsk Oblast *Dzerzhinsky City District, Novosibirsk, a city district of Novosibirsk, the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast *Dzerzhinsky City District, Orenburg, a city district of Orenburg, the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast *Dzerzhinsky City District, Perm, a city district of Perm, Russia, Perm, the administrative center of Perm Krai *Dzerzhinsky City District, Volgograd, a city district of Volgograd, the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast *Dze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders of Russia, land borders with fourteen countries. Russia is the List of European countries by population, most populous country in Europe and the List of countries and dependencies by population, ninth-most populous country in the world. It is a Urbanization by sovereign state, highly urbanised country, with sixteen of its urban areas having more than 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, the List of metropolitan areas in Europe, most populous metropolitan area in Europe, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg is its second-largest city and Society and culture in Saint Petersburg, cultural centre. Human settlement on the territory of modern Russia dates back to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orenburg
Orenburg (, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies in Eastern Europe, along the banks of the Ural River, being approximately southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is close to the border with Kazakhstan. It was the capital of the Kazakh ASSR from 1920 to 1925. Etymology Several historians have tried to explain the origins of the city's name. It was traditionally accepted that the word "orenburg" means a fortress on the River Or. In all probability, the word combination "orenburg" was proposed by , the founder of the city. In 1734, in accordance with his project, a package of governmental documents was worked out. This was the starting point for Orenburg as a fortress city near the meeting of the Or and Ural rivers. On 7 June 1734, "A Privilege for Orenburg" (tsar's edict) was ordered by Empress Anna Ioannovna. While the construction site of the main fortress changed many times (down the River Ural), the name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsentralny District, Saint Petersburg
Tsentralny District () is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 214,625; down from 236,856 recorded in the 2002 Census. Geography The district borders the Neva River The Neva ( , ; , ) is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast (historical region of Ingria) to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Despite its modest length of , it is the fourth-l ... in the north and in the east, Obvodny Canal in the south, and areas around the Gorokhovaya Street in the west. History The district was established on March 11, 1994 as a result of the merger of Dzerzhinsky, Kuybyshevsky, and Smolninsky Districts.Directive #196-r Municipal divisions Tsentralny District comprises the following six municipal okrugs:Law #411-68 * #78 * Dvortsovy * Ligovka-Yamskaya * Liteyny * Smolninskoye * Vladimirsky Economy Head office of the Rossiya airline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601,911 residents as of 2021, with more than 6.4 million people living in the Saint Petersburg metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Saint Petersburg is the List of European cities by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in Europe, the List of cities and towns around the Baltic Sea, most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's List of northernmost items#Cities and settlements, northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As the former capital of the Russian Empire, and a Ports of the Baltic Sea, historically strategic port, it is governed as a Federal cities of Russia, federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dzerzhinsky District, Saint Petersburg
Dzerzhinsky (masculine), Dzerzhinskaya (feminine), or Dzerzhinskoye (neuter) may refer to: People *Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877–1926), Russian Bolshevik leader, founder of the Cheka secret police * Ivan Dzerzhinsky (1909–1978), Russian composer * Sofia Dzerzhinskaya (1882–1968), Polish politician Places * Dzerzhinsky District (other), name of several districts in the countries of the former Soviet Union * Dzerzhinsky (inhabited locality) (''Dzerzhinskaya'', ''Dzerzhinskoye''), name of several inhabited localities in Russia *Dzerzhinski, the former name of Aygevan, a village in Armenia *Dzerzhinskoe, the former name of Besagash, a village in Kazakhstan Other uses *Dzerzhinskaya Line, a line of the Novosibirsk Metro *, a ''Sverdlov''-class cruiser *''Dzerzhinsky'', a canceled *Steam locomotive FD, also known as the ''Felix Dzerzhinsky''-class of Soviet steam locomotives *Dzerzhinskaya, the name of the Lubyanka station of the Moscow Metro in 1935–1990 *Dzerzhinskaya, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaroslavl Oblast
Yaroslavl Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), which is located in the Central Federal District, surrounded by the Tver Oblast, Tver, Moscow Oblast, Moscow, Ivanovo Oblast, Ivanovo, Vladimir Oblast, Vladimir, Kostroma Oblast, Kostroma, and Vologda Oblast, Vologda oblasts. This geographic location gives the oblast the advantages of proximity to Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Additionally, the Classification of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Yaroslavl, the administrative center of the oblast, is served by major highways, railroads, and waterways. The population of the oblast was 1,272,468 as of the Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census. Geography The climate of Yaroslavl Oblast is temperate continental; there are four clearly established seasons and most of the precipitation falls as showers during the warm half of the year. Winters are cold and snowy winters, and summers are quite warm. The coldest month is January, when the average ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl (; , ) is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historic part of the city is a World Heritage Site, and is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl rivers. It is part of the Golden Ring, a group of historic cities northeast of Moscow that have played an important role in Russian history. The population of the city at the 2021 census was 577,279. History Reportedly the capital of an independent Principality of Yaroslavl from 1218, it was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Moscow in 1463. In the 17th century, it was Russia's second-largest city, and for a time (during the Polish occupation of Moscow in 1612), the country's de facto capital. Today, Yaroslavl is an important industrial center (petrochemical plant, tire manufacturing plant, diesel engines plant and many others). It developed at the confluence of major rivers, which were important for transportation and, later, for power. Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dzerzhinsky City District, Yaroslavl
Dzerzhinsky (masculine), Dzerzhinskaya (feminine), or Dzerzhinskoye (neuter) may refer to: People *Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877–1926), Russian Bolshevik leader, founder of the Cheka secret police * Ivan Dzerzhinsky (1909–1978), Russian composer * Sofia Dzerzhinskaya (1882–1968), Polish politician Places * Dzerzhinsky District (other), name of several districts in the countries of the former Soviet Union * Dzerzhinsky (inhabited locality) (''Dzerzhinskaya'', ''Dzerzhinskoye''), name of several inhabited localities in Russia *Dzerzhinski, the former name of Aygevan, a village in Armenia *Dzerzhinskoe, the former name of Besagash, a village in Kazakhstan Other uses *Dzerzhinskaya Line, a line of the Novosibirsk Metro *, a ''Sverdlov''-class cruiser *''Dzerzhinsky'', a canceled *Steam locomotive FD, also known as the ''Felix Dzerzhinsky''-class of Soviet steam locomotives *Dzerzhinskaya, the name of the Lubyanka station of the Moscow Metro in 1935–1990 *Dzerzhinskaya, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast ( rus, Волгоградская область, p=vəɫɡɐˈgratskəjə ˈobɫəsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region, lower Volga region of Southern Russia. Its administrative center is Volgograd. The population of the oblast was 2,500,781 in the 2021 Russian census, 2021 Census. Formerly known as Stalingrad Oblast, it was given its present name in 1961, when the city of Stalingrad was renamed Volgograd as part of de-Stalinization. Volgograd Oblast borders Rostov Oblast in the southwest, Voronezh Oblast in the northwest, Saratov Oblast in the north, Astrakhan Oblast and the Republic of Kalmykia in the southeast, and has an Kazakhstan–Russia border, international border with Kazakhstan in the east. The two main rivers in European Russia, the Don River (Russia), Don and the Volga River, Volga, run through the oblast and are connected by the Volga–Don Canal. Volgograd Oblast's strateg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volgograd
Volgograd,. formerly Tsaritsyn. (1589–1925) and Stalingrad. (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The city lies on the western bank of the Volga, covering an area of , with a population of slightly over one million residents. Volgograd is the 16th-largest city by population size in Russia, the third-largest city of the Southern Federal District, and the fourth-largest city on the Volga. The city was founded as the fortress of ''Tsaritsyn'' in 1589. By the 19th century, Tsaritsyn had become an important river-port and commercial centre, leading to its rapid population growth. In November 1917, at the start of the Russian Civil War, Tsaritsyn came under Bolshevik control. It fell briefly to the White Army in mid-1919 but returned to Bolshevik control in January 1920. In 1925, the city was renamed ''Stalingrad'' in honor of Joseph Stalin, who took part in defending the city against the White Army who had then ruled the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dzerzhinsky City District, Volgograd
Dzerzhinsky (masculine), Dzerzhinskaya (feminine), or Dzerzhinskoye (neuter) may refer to: People *Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877–1926), Russian Bolshevik leader, founder of the Cheka secret police * Ivan Dzerzhinsky (1909–1978), Russian composer * Sofia Dzerzhinskaya (1882–1968), Polish politician Places * Dzerzhinsky District (other), name of several districts in the countries of the former Soviet Union * Dzerzhinsky (inhabited locality) (''Dzerzhinskaya'', ''Dzerzhinskoye''), name of several inhabited localities in Russia *Dzerzhinski, the former name of Aygevan, a village in Armenia *Dzerzhinskoe, the former name of Besagash, a village in Kazakhstan Other uses *Dzerzhinskaya Line, a line of the Novosibirsk Metro *, a ''Sverdlov''-class cruiser *''Dzerzhinsky'', a canceled *Steam locomotive FD, also known as the ''Felix Dzerzhinsky''-class of Soviet steam locomotives *Dzerzhinskaya, the name of the Lubyanka station of the Moscow Metro in 1935–1990 *Dzerzhinskaya, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perm Krai
Perm Krai (, ; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a Krais of Russia, krai), located in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is Perm, Russia, Perm. The population of the krai was 2,532,405 (2021 Russian census, 2021 Census). The krai was formed on 1 December 2005 as a result of the 2004 referendum on the merger of Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug. Komi-Permyak Okrug retained its autonomous status within Perm Krai during the transitional period of 2006–2008. It also retained a budget separate from that of the krai, keeping all federal transfers. Starting in 2009, Komi-Permyak Okrug's budget became subject to the budgeting law of Perm Krai. The transitional period was implemented in part because Komi-Permyak Okrug relied heavily on federal subsidies, and an abrupt cut would have been detrimental to its economy. The final period of the Paleozoic era, the Permian, is named after the Perm region. Geography Perm Krai is located to the eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
