Vichuga

Vichuga (English)
Вичуга (Russian)
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Location of Ivanovo Oblast in Russia
Vichuga
Location of Vichuga in Ivanovo Oblast
Coordinates: 57°12′N 41°55′E / 57.200°N 41.917°E / 57.200; 41.917Coordinates: 57°12′N 41°55′E / 57.200°N 41.917°E / 57.200; 41.917
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Administrative status (as of October 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Ivanovo Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to Town of Vichuga[2]
Administrative center of Vichugsky District,[1] Town of Vichuga 
Municipal status (as of January 2005)
Urban okrug Vichuga Urban Okrug[3]
Administrative center of Vichuga Urban Okrug,[3] Vichugsky Municipal District[3]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 37,583 inhabitants[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
First mentioned 1504
Postal code(s)[6] 155330–155334, 155339
Dialing code(s) +7 49354
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Vichuga (Russian: Ви́чуга) is a town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, located 65 kilometers (40 mi) northeast of Ivanovo. Population: 37,583(2010 Census);[4] 40,870(2002 Census);[7] 49,745(1989 Census);[8] 53,000 (1970).

History

Vichuga was first mentioned as a volost in the will of Ivan III in 1504. Marshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky died in Vichuga on December 5, 1977.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Vichuga serves as the administrative center of Vichugsky District,[1] even though it is not a part of it.[2] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the Town of Vichuga—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[2] As a municipal division, the Town of Vichuga is incorporated as Vichuga Urban Okrug.[3]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Law #145-OZ
  2. 1 2 3 Law #145-OZ stipulates that the borders of the administrative districts are identical to the borders of the municipal districts. The Law #4-OZ, which describes the borders and the composition of Vichugsky District, does not list the town of Vichuga as a part of that district.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Law #124-OZ
  4. 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.
  5. 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.).
  6. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  7. 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.
  8. 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.

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