Likhoslavl

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Coordinates: 57°07′N 35°28′E / 57.117°N 35.467°E / 57.117; 35.467

Coat of arms of Likhoslavl

Likhoslavl (Russian: Лихосла́вль) is a town and the administrative center of Likhoslavlsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia, located 41 kilometers (25 mi) northwest of Tver, on the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway. Population: 12,257 (2010 Census);^[1] 12,515 (2002 Census);^[2] 13,449 (1989 Census).^[3]

History

Likhoslavl grew into a town on the spot of settlements of Ostashkovo (Осташково, founded in 1624) and Likhoslavl (first mentioned in the early 19th century). It was granted town status in 1925.

Notable people

Soviet poet Vladimir Sokolov was born in Likhoslavl. Actress Olesya Rulin is also from Likhoslavl.

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.

v t e Administrative divisions of Tver Oblast

Administrative center: Tver

	Cities and towns (all levels)	Andreapol Bezhetsk Bely Bologoye Kalyazin Kashin Kimry Konakovo Krasny Kholm Kuvshinovo Likhoslavl Nelidovo Ostashkov Rzhev Staritsa Toropets Torzhok Tver Udomlya Vesyegonsk Vyshny Volochyok Zapadnaya Dvina Zubtsov

	Closed administrative-territorial formations	Ozyorny Solnechny

	Districts	Andreapolsky Belsky Bezhetsky Bologovsky Firovsky Kalininsky Kalyazinsky Kashinsky Kesovogorsky Kimrsky Konakovsky Krasnokholmsky Kuvshinovsky Lesnoy Likhoslavlsky Maksatikhinsky Molokovsky Nelidovsky Oleninsky Ostashkovsky Penovsky Rameshkovsky Rzhevsky Sandovsky Selizharovsky Sonkovsky Spirovsky Staritsky Toropetsky Torzhoksky Udomelsky Vesyegonsky Vyshnevolotsky Zapadnodvinsky Zharkovsky Zubtsovsky

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