Chudovo

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Chudovo (Russian: Чудово) is a town and the administrative center of Chudovsky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Kerest River (left tributary of the Volkhov, Lake Ladoga basin). It lies on the M10 federal highway connecting Moscow and St. Petersburg, 80 km north of Velikiy Novgorod and 100 km south of St. Petersburg. It is an important railway junction, at the intersection of the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway (inaugurated in 1851) and the Velikiy Novgorod-Volkhov branch (connection to Velikiy Novgorod opened in 1871). Population: 17,434 (2002 Census); 17,982 (1989 Census).

The settlement of Chudovsky Yam (Чудовский Ям) was first mentioned in chronicles in 1539. It received its present name in 1851, town status was granted in 1937.

There is a museum of Nikolay Nekrasov in the house where he used to work in summertime between 1871 and 1876. In the nearby village of Syabrenitsy there is a museum of the writer Gleb Uspensky situated in the house where he used to live in the 1880s. Count Arakcheyev's residence Gruzino is several miles away.

The largest industries of the town include match factory, plywood factory, and Cadbury Schweppes factory. There is also Chudovo air base, a Cold War facility.

	Cities and towns in Novgorod Oblast
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