Kunya () is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the

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Kunyinsky District Kunyinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #833-oz and municipalLaw #420-oz district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Pskov Oblast, twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with ...

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. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kunya Urban Settlement, the only urban settlement in the district. Population:

History

Kunya was founded in 1901 as a settlement serving the railway station on the newly constructed railway between

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and

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. It was the administrative center of Kunyinskaya Volost of

Velikoluksky Uyezd Velikoluksky Uyezd (''Великолу́кский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Pskov Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Velikiye Luki. Demog ...

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. On August 1, 1927, the uyezds were abolished, and Kunyinsky District was established, with the administrative center in Kunya. Pskov Governorate was abolished as well, and the district became a part of

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. On June 17, 1929, the district was transferred to

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. On July 23, 1930, the okrugs were also abolished and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast. On January 1, 1932 the district was abolished, but on February 10, 1935, it was re-established as a part of Velikiye Luki Okrug of

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, one of the okrugs abutting the state boundaries of the

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. On May 4, 1938, the district was subordinated directly to the oblast. Between August 1941 and January 1942, Kunya was occupied by

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troops. On August 22, 1944, the district was transferred to newly established

Velikiye Luki Oblast Velikiye Luki Oblast (, ''Velikolukskaya oblast'') was an ''oblast'' (a first-level administrative and municipal unit) of the Russian SFSR from 1944 to 1957. Its seat was in the city of Velikiye Luki. The oblast was located in the northwest of E ...

. On October 2, 1957, Velikiye Luki Oblast was abolished, and Kunyinsky District was transferred to Pskov Oblast. On February 1, 1963 the district was abolished and merged into Velikoluksky District; on January 12, 1965 it was re-established. On March 2, 1966 Kunya was granted urban-type settlement status.

Economy

Industry

Industry in Kunya is represented by two bakeries.

Transportation

Kunya has a railway station on the railway connecting

via Velikiye Luki with

. The M9 highway which connects Moscow and Riga crosses the district from east to west, bypassing Kunya from the south. Kunya is connected by road with Usvyaty. There are also local roads.

References

Notes

Sources

* * {{Use mdy dates, date=October 2012 Urban-type settlements in Pskov Oblast