Dmitrovsk

Dmitrovsk (Russian Дмитровск, scientific transliteration Dmitrovsk; until 1782 Dmitrovka, russ Дмитровка; 1929-2005 Dmitrovsk - Orlowski, russ Дмитровск - Орловский ) is a Russian small town in Oryol Oblast, Central Russia. It is the administrative seat of the homonymous Rajons and has 5648 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geographical location

The city lies on the River Obschtscheriza, a few kilometers north of the mouth in the Nerussa, around 80 km south-west of the regional capital Oryol and about 400 km southwest of Moscow.

History

In 1711, Prince Dmitry Konstantinovich Kantemir left on the land that had been given to him by Tsar Peter the Great, built a settlement with his name, which received city rights in 1782 and 1788 was raised to the county seat. In order to better distinguish it from the nearby town of Dmitriev - Lgowski and Dmitrov near Moscow in 1929, she received the additional name Orlowski. With the German occupation on 2 October 1941 and the liberation by the Soviet Army until August 12, 1943 Dmitrovsk was largely destroyed. 1929, the city was renamed in Dmitrovsk - Orlowski, to avoid confusion with the town of Dmitrov near Moscow. 2005, however, was the return renaming.

Demographics

Note: ( rounded from 1926 to 1939 ) from 1897 census data

Economy

In addition to textile and food industry there is in Dmitrovsk an asphalt plant and a brickyard.