Pinega
Pinega (Russian Пинега ) is a settlement in north-west Russia. The place belongs to the Arkhangelsk Oblast and has 3225 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ). It is located in the eponymous Rajon Pinega.
Geography
Pinega is located about 140 km east of the Oblasthauptstadt Arkhangelsk and 92 km north- west of the administrative Rajonzentrums Karpogory. The settlement is located on the right side of the eponymous river Pinega, around 110 km above its mouth into the lower reaches of the Northern Dvina. North of the settlement connects the six- kilometer Kuloikanal the Pinega with the north-trending cross flow Kuloi, which is called up to this point Sotka.
Pinega is the administrative center of selskoje posselenije Pineschskoje ( сельское поселение Пинежское ). The 4643 inhabitants ( 2010) scoring parish includes the settlements alongside Pinega Golubino, Krasnaya Gorka, Krasny Bor, Kriwyje Osera, taiga and Chelm and 24 other villages.
History
Pinega was first mentioned in 1137 in a statute of novgorod Prince Svyatoslav Olgowitsch as Pogost Pinega. The main part of the population were from the 16th century, free peasants, so-called " black farmers " ( Черносошные крестьяне ), which paid their taxes any body Lord, but directly to the Russian state.
Beginning of the 17th century was located in the area of today's settlement of Pogost Pineschski Wolok ( Пинежский Волок ). This was Ujesd since 1616 part of the Kewrolski. With the administrative reform by Catherine the Great in 1780 Ujesd was dissolved and the area became part of the newly founded Wologodskoje namestnitschestwo ( German about: Vologda Vizeregententum ). Ujesd In place of Kewrolski now joined the newly founded Pineschski Ujesd, with Pinega as an administrative center. In the course of administrative reform of the Pogost Pineschski Wolok received the city status, and the current name Pinega. In 1796 the city became part of the province of Arkhangelsk.
The population Pinegas remained largely active in the 19th century in agriculture, in particular the livestock breeding, fishing and hunting played a role. With the construction of the first sawmills in the province of Arkhangelsk and the growing demand for timber, the timber industry was based in the region. The transport of the wood was here with rafts downstream of the Pinega.
For the beginning of the 18th century Pinega was an exile and banishment. So Vasily Golitsyn spent, the lover of the Tsarina Sofia Alexeyevna spent his last years of life. At the end of the 19th century, among others, the writer Alexander Serafimovitch and early 20th century, Kliment Voroshilov and Alexei Rykov were banned because of their revolutionary activities after Pinega.
During the time of the Russian Civil War in 1918, was occupied Pinega expedition for a short time in the northern Russian intervention by British, French and American troops of the Polar Bear.
1925 Pinega lost its city charter and was from then on the status of Selo. With the dissolution of Pineschski Ujesd 1927 Pinega part of Archangelski was first Ujesd and 1929, when the center of the newly created Rajons Pinega, part of the Northern krais. 1937 was the Rajon into the stock of the newly created Arkhangelsk Oblast. In a further administrative reform in 1959 Rajon Karpogory was the Rajon Pinega connected, the Karporogy Selo became the administrative center of the Rajons. From 1960 to 1993 Pinega had the status of an urban-type settlement.
Since 1997 Pinega center of selskoje posselenije Pineschskoje.
Demographics
The following overview shows the evolution of populations of Pinega.
Note: Census data
Attractions
In Pinega and its surroundings there are numerous attractions. To extend the right side of the Pinega that in 1974, 51,522 hectares Pinega Nature Reserve, which is known mainly for its karst landscape and caves. About 15 kilometers from Pinega is the monastery founded in 1603 the Blessed Virgin to Krasnoborsk in which is located the grave of Vasily Golitsyn. Also located in the historically preserved district ( Wolodinsky Kwartal ) of the city, the local museum of Pinega.
Economy and infrastructure
The main industries of the place are the timber industry, the food industry, and tourism.
Pinega does not have a railway station and is connected via a regional road with other towns of the oblast. The river is navigable from Pinega May to October. However, there is no regular passenger traffic.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Georgi Ivanovich Petrov, an engineer and director of the Institute for Space Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR