Maļinova (historically and locally known as Maļinovka) is a mid-size village in Maļinova Parish,

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in the

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region of

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. It is a parish centre. It is located 19 km northeast of

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at the A13 national road/ European route E262. The inhabited locality grew up out of the former Malinovka village after

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as a centre of a

selsoviet A selsoviet (; , ; ) is the shortened name for Selsky soviet, i.e., rural council (; ; ). It has three closely related meanings: *The administration (''soviet (council), soviet'') of a certain rural area. *The territorial subdivision administered ...

and the ''Znamya Oktyabrya''

kolkhoz A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz. These were the two components of the socialized farm sector that began to eme ...

. Today Maļinova is the home of the parish administration, a house of culture, library,

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station and the Elijah the Prophet Orthodox church, which is a rebuilt priest's house. A bell tower was built here, as a result of donations, and in 2008, three new bells were bought. The first church in Malinova was built in 1836, but was burned down during the second world war, and in its place was built a Culture house, which was burned down in 2010. A new Orthodox church is being built on this same sit.

References

External links

Information about Maļinova in the Placenames Database of Latvia

Website of the Maļinova parish administration
Populated places in Augšdaugava Municipality Villages in Latgale {{Latgale-geo-stub