Fatezh

Fatezh (English)
Фатеж (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

A street in Fatezh

Location of Kursk Oblast in Russia
Fatezh
Location of Fatezh in Kursk Oblast
Coordinates: 52°06′N 35°51′E / 52.100°N 35.850°ECoordinates: 52°06′N 35°51′E / 52.100°N 35.850°E
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of January 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kursk Oblast[1]
Administrative district Fatezhsky District[1]
Town of district significance Fatezh[1]
Administrative center of Fatezhsky District,[1] town of district significance of Fatezh[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2012)
Municipal district Fatezhsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Fatezh Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Fatezhsky Municipal District,[2] Fatezh Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 5,404 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 17th century
Town status since 1779
Postal code(s)[5] 307100, 307139
Fatezh on WikiCommons

Fatezh (Russian: Фате́ж) is a town and the administrative center of Fatezhsky District in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the Usozha River 45 kilometers (28 mi) north of Kursk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 5,404 (2010 Census);[3] 5,710 (2002 Census);[6] 5,712 (1989 Census);[7] 4,959 (1897).[8]

History and etymology

It was founded as a village in the 17th century and granted town status in 1779. Fatezh 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).[9] During World War II, Fatezh was occupied by German troops from October 22, 1941 to February 7, 1943.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Fatezh serves as the administrative center of Fatezhsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Fatezhsky District as the town of district significance of Fatezh.[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Fatezh is incorporated within Fatezhsky Municipal District as Fatezh Urban Settlement.[2]

Literary references

In Vasily Narezhny's 1814 novel A Russian Gil Blas (Российский Жильблаз), the picaresque hero leaves his home village in 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

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Resolution #489
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Law #60-ZKO
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 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 #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, s.v.
  9. ↑ Е. М. Поспелов. "Географические названия мира".Москва, 1998, p. 438.

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