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Ozyory ( rus, Озёры, p=ɐˈzʲɵrɨ) is a
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town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
in Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally " under Moscow"), is a federal subject of R ...
, Russia
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, located on the left bank of the Oka River
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, southeast of Moscow
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. Population:
History
It was first mentioned in 1578 as the village of Marvinskoye Ozerko (). In the late 18th century, it was renamed Ozerki (). In 1851, it received its present name Ozyory. It was granted town status in 1925.Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with fifty-ninerural localities
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, incorporated as Ozyory Town Under Oblast JurisdictionResolution #123-PG—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
.Law #11/2013-OZ As a municipal division, Ozyory City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Ozyory Urban Okrug.Law #71/2015-OZ
Administrative and municipal history
Ozyorsky Municipal District was abolished on March 30, 2015, with its territory reorganized as Ozyory Urban Okrug.Law #30/2015-OZ Within the framework of administrative divisions, on April 13, 2015 the inhabited localities of the low-level administrative divisions (the rural settlements) were subordinated to theTown
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
of Ozyory, which remained the only subdivision of the administrative district.Resolution #128-PG The administrative district itself was abolished on May 16, 2015, with its territory reorganized as Ozyory Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction.Law #72/2015-OZ
Twin towns and sister cities
Ozyory istwinned
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* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
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with:
* Dzerzhinsky, Russia
Former twin towns:
* Radom
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, Poland
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On 28 February 2022, the Polish city of Radom ended its partnership with Ozyory as a reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Further reading
The town was profiled at the turn of the millennium by authorJeffrey Tayler
Jeffrey Tayler is a U.S.-born author and journalist. He is the Russia correspondent for the ''Atlantic Monthly'' and a contributor to several other magazines as well as to NPR's All Things Considered. He has written several non-fiction books abo ...
as the subject of a travel narrative piece "Exiled Beyond Kilometer 101" for ''The Atlantic
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It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...
'' (then still known as ''The Atlantic Monthly'')Part 1
Notable residents
*Mikhail Katukov
Marshal of Armoured Troops Mikhail Yefimovich Katukov (russian: Михаи́л Ефи́мович Катуко́в – 8 June 1976) served as a commander of armored troops in the Red Army during and following World War II. He is viewed as o ...
(1900–1976), Red Army commander, born in the village of Bolshoe Uvarovo
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