Yuryevets, Ivanovo Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Yuryevets.
Yuryevets (English)
Юрьевец (Russian)
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Location of Ivanovo Oblast in Russia
Yuryevets
Location of Yuryevets in Ivanovo Oblast
Coordinates: 57°19′N 43°06′E / 57.317°N 43.100°E / 57.317; 43.100Coordinates: 57°19′N 43°06′E / 57.317°N 43.100°E / 57.317; 43.100
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of October 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Ivanovo Oblast[1]
Administrative district Yuryevetsky District[1]
Administrative center of Yuryevetsky District[1]
Municipal status (as of October 2008)
Municipal district Yuryevetsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Yuryevetskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Yuryevetsky Municipal District,[2] Yuryevetskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 10,210 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1225
Postal code(s)[5] 155450, 155452, 155453
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Yuryevets (Russian: Ю́рьевец) is a town and the administrative center of Yuryevetsky District in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Unzha and the Volga Rivers. Population: 10,210(2010 Census);[3] 12,664(2002 Census);[6] 16,535(1989 Census).[7]

History

It was founded in 1225 by Yury II as Yuryev-Povolzhsky ("Yury's town on the Volga"). In 1237, the town was destroyed by the army of Batu Khan.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yuryevets serves as the administrative center of Yuryevetsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[1] Prior to the adoption of the Law #145-OZ On the Administrative-Territorial Division of Ivanovo Oblast in December 2010, it used to be incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[8]

As a municipal division, the town of Yuryevets is incorporated within Yuryevetsky Municipal District as Yuryevetskoye Urban Settlement.[2]

Notable people

The natives of Yuryevets include the Vesnin brothers. Film-maker Andrey Tarkovsky spent his childhood years there.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #145-OZ
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #54-OZ
  3. 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.
  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 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 #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 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. Law #27-OZ

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