Knyaginino, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Knjaginino (Russian Княгинино ) is a small town in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Russia) with 6708 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located about 110 km southeast of the Oblasthauptstadt Nizhny Novgorod at the Imsa, a left tributary of the Urga in the river system of the Volga.

Knjaginino is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.

History

The town was first mentioned in the mid-16th century, when Tsar Ivan the Terrible, the surrounding lands to the boyars (or prince ) Mikhail Worotynski overwrote. The place name means the possession of the place by a princess (Russian Knjaginja ).

On December 28, 1779 Place received its town charter as an administrative center of a circle ( Ujesds ) under the name Knjaginin, the management function but 1796 lost again.

Between 1917 and 1926 ( exact date unknown) lost the place because of the small population, the city charter and was now as a village Knjaginino to Rajon Bolschoye Muraschkino.

In November 1944 Knjaginino administrative center was an independent Rajons again, received on 8 January in 1968 the status of an urban-type settlement and on March 17, 1998 the new city law.

Demographics

Note: Census data (1926 rounded)

Culture and sights

The city has a museum of local history.

25 km southeast lies the village of Vozrozhdeniye Rajons Knjaginino the former country estate of the noble family Tolmatchev with park ensemble in the 19th century, 20 kilometers south of the village Ozerki the country seat of the Insarski family.

Economy and infrastructure

Knjaginino is the center of the textile industry with a long tradition of producing headgear (hats, fur hats and especially uniform caps for armed forces, police and railway). In addition, there are companies in the food industry ( milk powder factory) and the construction industry.

The nearest train station is Smagino, 50 kilometers south of the Moscow- Kazan - Arzamas.

Dormition Church

Sovetsky Alley

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Vladimir Markovnikov (1837-1904), Chemist
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