Fatezh
Coordinates: 52°06′N 35°52′E / 52.100°N 35.867°E
Fatezh (Russian: Фате́ж) is a town and the administrative center of Fatezhsky District of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the Usozha River 45 kilometers (28 mi) north of Kursk. Population: 5,404 (2010 Census);[1] 5,710 (2002 Census);[2] 5,712 (1989 Census);[3] 4,959 (1897).[4]
Fatezh was founded as a village in the 17th century and granted town status in 1779. The town took its name from a local stream; the etymology is uncertain, but it may be based on the given names Foty or Iosafat in diminutive form (place names in -ezh are common in the region).[5] During World War II, Fatezh was occupied by German troops from 22 October 1941 to 7 February 1943.
Literary references
In Vasily Narezhny's 1814 novel A Russian Gil Blas (Russian: Российский Жильблаз), the picaresque hero leaves his home village in the Kursk Governorate to go to Moscow; after two weeks of traveling he reaches a magnificent city he is sure must be Moscow, but when he asks a passing policeman it turns out to be Fatezh.
Notable residents
Fatezh is the birthplace of composer Georgy Sviridov.
References
- ↑ "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. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ↑ "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]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. May 21, 2004. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ↑ 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). Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ↑ Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, s.v.
- ↑ Е. М. Поспелов. Географические названия мира (Москва, 1998), p. 438.
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