Malaya Vishera

Malaya Vishera (English)
Малая Вишера (Russian)
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Welcome sign at the entrance to Malaya Vishera

Location of Novgorod Oblast in Russia
Malaya Vishera
Location of Malaya Vishera in Novgorod Oblast
Coordinates: 58°51′N 32°14′E / 58.850°N 32.233°E / 58.850; 32.233Coordinates: 58°51′N 32°14′E / 58.850°N 32.233°E / 58.850; 32.233
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of April 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Novgorod Oblast[1]
Administrative district Malovishersky District[1]
Town of district significance Malaya Vishera[2]
Administrative center of Malovishersky District,[1] town of district significance of Malaya Vishera[2]
Municipal status (as of September 2010)
Municipal district Malovishersky Municipal District[3]
Urban settlement Malovisherskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Administrative center of Malovishersky Municipal District,[3] Malovisherskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 12,461 inhabitants[5]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[6]
Founded 1843
Town status since 1921
Postal code(s)[7] 174260, 174262

Malaya Vishera (Russian: Ма́лая Ви́шера) is a town and the administrative center of Malovishersky District in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Population: 12,461(2010 Census);[5] 14,182(2002 Census);[8] 15,647(1989 Census).[9]

History

Malaya Vishera in the 1860s

The name of the town originates from the Malaya Vishera River, a tributary of the Vishera River. It was founded in 1843, as the construction of the Moscow–St. Petersburg Railway (opened in 1851) passing through the modern town started. At the time, it was a part of Krestetsky Uyezd of Novgorod Governorate. On February 24, 1918, Malovishersky Uyezd was established and Malaya Vishera became its seat.[10] In 1921, Malaya Vishera was granted town status.

In August 1927, the uyezds were abolished and, effective October 1, 1927, Malovishersky District was established, with the administrative center in Malaya Vishera.[11] Novgorod Governorate was abolished as well and the district became a part of Novgorod Okrug of Leningrad Oblast.[11] On July 23, 1930, the okrugs were abolished and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast.[11]

During World War II, between October 23 and December 22, 1941, Malaya Vishera was occupied by German troops.[12] It became the eighth Soviet town liberated by Soviet troops in 1941 and the first one among those which were not subsequently re-occupied.[13]

On July 5, 1944, Malovishersky District was included into the newly established Novgorod Oblast and remained there ever since.[14]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Malaya Vishera serves as the administrative center of Malovishersky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with seven rural localities, incorporated within Malovishersky District as the town of district significance of Malaya Vishera.[2] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Malaya Vishera is incorporated within Malovishersky Municipal District as Malovisherskoye Urban Settlement.[4]

Economy

Industry

In the past, the economy of Malaya Vishera was dependent on the glass-making factory, which started to experience serious difficulties in the 1990s–2000s. Currently, it relies on timber industry (including production of furniture), food industry, and production of instruments.[15]

Transportation

Malaya Vishera railway station

A train depot was opened in Malaya Vishera in 1860. Many long-distance trains (including MoscowSt. Petersburg) stop at this station. The station is also an important terminus of the regional suburban trains from Okulovka, Volkhovstroy, and St. Petersburg.

Malaya Vishera is connected by roads with the M10 Highway and with Lyubytino. The M10 passes 40 kilometers (25 mi) west of the town.

Culture and recreation

Malaya Vishera contains eight objects protected as cultural and historical heritage of local significance.[16]

Malaya Vishera hosts the Malaya Vishera District Museum, the only museum in the district. The museum exhibits collections of local interest.[17]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #559-OZ
  2. 1 2 3 Resolution #121
  3. 1 2 Law #284-OZ
  4. 1 2 3 Law #356-OZ
  5. 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.
  6. 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.).
  7. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Snytko et al., p. 35
  11. 1 2 3 Snytko et al., p. 85
  12. Snytko et al., p. 114
  13. Никитин, Игорь. Малая Вишера — первый освобождённый?. Районка (in Russian). Malaya Vishera.
  14. Snytko et al., p. 93
  15. Экономическая характеристика (in Russian). Администрация Маловишерского муниципального района. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  16. Памятники истории и культуры народов Российской Федерации (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  17. Культура (in Russian). Администрация Маловишерского муниципального района. Retrieved January 30, 2012.

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