Pavlovo, Pavlovsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Pavlovo (Russian Павлово ) is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Russia) with 60 698 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located in central Russia, about 80 km southwest of Oblasthauptstadt Nizhny Novgorod on the right bank of the Oka, a right tributary of the Volga.

Pavlovo is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.

The city is connected by a railway line (Station Metal List) with Nizhny Novgorod.

The Oka at Pavlovo

Famous sculpture Pavlovsky lemon

History

Pavlovo is since the 17th century as belonging to the Russian Tsar village known ( also called Pavlovian Ostrog ). In the 18th century it became a rich craftsmen and trade settlement. 1919 was the site of a town.

Demographics

Note: Census data (1897 rounded)

Culture and sights

In Pavlovo several churches from the 18th century are preserved, so the Church of the Resurrection ( Voskresensky Church) from 1778 and the Ascension Church ( Voznesensky Church) from 1795, along with a number of villas (for example, the merchant W. Gomolin and the manufacturers Terebin ), administrative buildings and wooden houses from the 19th century. There is a home and a history museum.

A local oddity is the breeding of ( edible ) Room lemons, which is operated since about 1860. The number of trees is to go into the tens of thousands today. A erected in the city center sculpture refers to this famous Pavlovsky lemons.

Economy

The most important companies in the city is producing since 1932 Pawlowoer bus plant (Russian OAO Pawlowski awtobus, formerly Pawlowski awtobusny zavod, therefore the reference numbers PAZ). There are also other metal-processing operations, equipment manufacturing and food industries.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Alexei Faworski (1860-1945), Chemist