Nolinsk

Nolinsk (Russian Нолинск ) is a small town with 9554 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) and the center of the same name Rajons ( district ) in the Kirov Oblast in Russia.

Location

Nolinsk is located 143 km south of the regional capital of Kirov on the right bank of the Woja, an influx of Vyatka, and in the foothills of the Ural Mountains. The nearest towns are Urzhum ( 48 km south of Nolinsk ) and Sowetsk (58 miles west).

History

Nolinsk was founded in 1668 as Nikolski pogost ( Никольский погост ). This name literally meant " Nicholas Cemetery " and was from the St. Nicholas Church from which existed there at the time and since 1612 belonged to the Assumption Monastery to Vyatka. Later Noli ( Ноли ) had become customary for the location of the name, which was derived from the river Nolja.

After the state-ordered dispossession of Russian monasteries, the town came in 1764 in the state owned and received city rights in 1780 and the name Nolinsk. The city's coat of Nolinsk dates from 1781. 1823 and 1865 the city was hit by devastating Feuerbrünsten and had to be rebuilt for the most part after that.

At the turn of the century Nolinsk was known as a place of exile for political convicts. The most famous exiles, who lived in Nolinsk, was the revolutionary and later intelligence official Felix Dzerzhinsky August to December 1898.

From 1940 to 1957 was Nolinsk Molotowsk ( Молотовск ), named after former Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov and Stalin confidant, who came from the Vyatka region. With the de-Stalinization it got its historical name back.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Economy

Major industries are the souvenir crafts, agriculture and the food industry. Nolinsk is also a popular winter sports center.