Ozyory, Moscow Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Ozyory.
Ozyory (English)
Озёры (Russian)
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Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia
Ozyory
Location of Ozyory in Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 54°51′N 38°34′E / 54.850°N 38.567°E / 54.850; 38.567Coordinates: 54°51′N 38°34′E / 54.850°N 38.567°E / 54.850; 38.567
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Administrative status (as of June 2015)
Country Russia
Federal subject Moscow Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to Ozyory Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
Administrative center of Ozyory Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
Municipal status (as of March 2015)
Urban okrug Ozyory Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Ozyory Urban Okrug[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 25,800 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
First mentioned 1578
Town status since 1925
Previous names Marvinskoye Ozerko (until the late 18th century),
Ozerki (until 1851)
Postal code(s)[5] 140560, 140563
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Ozyory (Russian: Озёры; IPA: [ɐˈzʲɵrɨ]) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Oka River, 157 kilometers (98 mi) southeast of Moscow. Population: 25,800 (2010 Census);[3] 25,704 (2002 Census);[6] 28,215 (1989 Census).[7]

History

It was first mentioned in 1578 as the village of Marvinskoye Ozerko (Марвинское Озерко). In the late 18th century, it was renamed Ozerki (Озерки). 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-nine rural localities, incorporated as Ozyory Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[8] As a municipal division, Ozyory City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Ozyory Urban Okrug.[2]

Administrative and municipal history

Ozyorsky Municipal District was abolished on March 30, 2015, with its territory reorganized as Ozyory Urban Okrug.[9] 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 the Town of Ozyory, which remained the only subdivision of the administrative district.[10] The administrative district itself was abolished on May 16, 2015, with its territory reorganized as Ozyory Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction.[11]

Twin towns and sister cities

Ozyory is twinned with:

Further reading

The town was profiled at the turn of the millennium by author Jeffrey Tayler as the subject of a travel narrative piece "Exiled Beyond Kilometer 101" for The Atlantic (then still known as The Atlantic Monthly): Part 1, Part 2

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Resolution #123-PG
  2. 1 2 3 Law #71/2015-OZ
  3. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ Law #11/2013-OZ
  9. ↑ Law #30/2015-OZ
  10. ↑ Resolution #128-PG
  11. ↑ Law #72/2015-OZ
  12. ↑ "Radom - Miasta partnerskie" [Radom - Partnership cities]. Miasto Radom [City of Radom] (in Polish). Archived from the original on April 3, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Radom - miasta partnerskie" (in Polish). radom.naszestrony.pl. Retrieved August 7, 2013.

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