Sergiyev Posad

Sergiyev Posad (English)
Сергиев Посад (Russian)
-  City[1]  -

Central part of the city

Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia
Sergiyev Posad
Location of Sergiyev Posad in Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 56°18′N 38°08′E / 56.300°N 38.133°E / 56.300; 38.133Coordinates: 56°18′N 38°08′E / 56.300°N 38.133°E / 56.300; 38.133
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Administrative status (as of September 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Moscow Oblast[1]
Administrative district Sergiyevo-Posadsky District[1]
City Sergiyev Posad[1]
Administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky District,[1] City of Sergiyev Posad[1]
Municipal status (as of October 2011)
Municipal district Sergiyevo-Posadsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Sergiyev Posad Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky Municipal District,[2] Sergiyev Posad Urban Settlement[2]
Representative body Council of Deputies[3]
Statistics
Area 50.40 km2 (19.46 sq mi)[4]
Population (2010 Census) 111,179 inhabitants[5]
- Rank in 2010 142nd
Density 2,206/km2 (5,710/sq mi)[6]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[7]
Founded 1347
City status since 1782
Previous names Sergiyev Posad (until 1919),
Sergiyev (until 1930),
Zagorsk (until 1991)
Postal code(s)[8] 141300–141315, 141318
Dialing code(s) +7 496
Official website
Sergiyev Posad on Wikimedia Commons

Sergiyev Posad (Russian: Сергиев Посад; IPA: [ˈsʲɛrgʲɪɪf pɐˈsat]) is a city and the administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: 111,179 (2010 Census);[5] 113,581 (2002 Census);[9] 114,696 (1989 Census).[10]

History

Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius in Sergiyev Posad

Sergiyev Posad grew in the 15th century around one of the greatest of Russian monasteries, the Trinity Lavra established by St. Sergius of Radonezh, still (as of 2015) one of the largest monasteries in Russia. Town status was granted to Sergiyev Posad in 1742. The town's name, alluding to St. Sergius, has strong religious connotations. Soviet authorities changed it first to just Sergiyev in 1919, and then to Zagorsk in 1930, in memory of the revolutionary Vladimir Mikhailovich Zagorsky .[11]

The original name was restored in 1991.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sergiyev Posad serves as the administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with twenty-six rural localities, incorporated within Sergiyevo-Posadsky District as the City of Sergiyev Posad.[1] As a municipal division, the City of Sergiyev Posad is incorporated within Sergiyevo-Posadsky Municipal District as Sergiyev Posad Urban Settlement.[2]

Economy

Tourism associated with the Golden Ring plays a role in the regional economy. There is also an important toy factory.

Transportation

The Moscow–Yaroslavl railway and highway pass through the town. Sergiyev Posad Bus Terminal is located in the city.

Notable people

Twin towns

Sergiyev Posad is twinned with:

City Region Country
Vagharshapat Armavir Province  Armenia
Beroun  Central Bohemia  Czech Republic
Fulda  Hesse  Germany
Gniezno[13]  Greater Poland Voivodeship  Poland
New Athos  Abkhazia  Georgia/ Abkhazia
Rueil-Malmaison  Île-de-France  France
Saldus Courland  Latvia
Sremski Karlovci  Vojvodina  Serbia
Terracina  Lazio  Italy

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Resolution #123-PG
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #60/2005-OZ
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ Росстат. Регионы России. Основные социально-экономические показатели городов. 2010 г.
  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. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  7. ↑ 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.).
  8. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ Compare: Ring, Trudy; Watson, Noelle; Schellinger, Paul, eds. (1996). "Sergiev (Moscow, Russia)". Northern Europe: International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge (published 2013). ISBN 9781136639517. Retrieved 2015-08-08. Lenin's successor Stalin intensified religious persecution in the Soviet Union overall, and the situation perhaps became threatening enough to warrant the town to change its name in 1930 to Zagorsk, derived from the name of the Bolshevik revolutionary Vladimir Zagorsky, who was assassinated by rival socialists in 1919.
  12. ↑ Great Soviet Encyclopedia (3rd ed., 1977), vol. 27, p. 178
  13. ↑ "International collaboration". gmiezno.eu. Gniezno. Retrieved May 3, 2014.

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