Kineshma
toun in Roushie From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
toun in Roushie From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kineshma (Roushie: Кинешма) is the seicont lairgest town in Ivanovo Oblast, Roushie, which sprawls for 15 kilometer (9.3 mi) alang the Volga River. Population: 88,164 (2010 Census);[2] 95,233 (2002 Census);[7] 105,037 (1989 Census).[8]
Kineshma Кинешма | |
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View o Kineshma frae the Volga | |
Coordinates: 57°26′N 42°08′E | |
Kintra | Roushie |
Federal subject | Ivanovo Oblast[1] |
First mentioned | 1429 |
Area | |
• Total | 50 km2 (20 sq mi) |
Elevation | 110 m (360 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 88,164 |
• Rank | 191st in 2010 |
• Density | 1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi) |
Admeenistrative status | |
• Subordinatit tae | Toun o Kineshma[3] |
• Caipital o | Kineshemsky Destrict[1], Toun o Kineshma |
Municipal status | |
• Urban okrug | Kineshma Urban Okrug[4] |
• Caipital o | Kineshma Urban Okrug[4], Kineshemsky Municipal Destrict[4] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (Moscow Time [5]) |
Postal code(s)[6] | |
Twin touns | Vantaa |
OKTMO ID | 24705000001 |
Website | www |
Kineshma wis first noticit as a posad in 1429. In 1504, Ivan III gave it tae Prince Feodor Belsky, who escapit tae Moscow frae Lithuanie an marriet Ivan's niece. Later on, Ivan the Terrible gave Kineshma tae Ivan Petrovich Shuisky, but efter the latter's daith it wis returned tae the Tsar in 1587. In the 16t an 17t centuries, Kineshma wis a major fishin centre, which suppleed sturgeon for the Tsar's table. In 1608, it wis twice ravagit bi the Poles. Throuoot its history, Kineshma belangit tae different Roushie regions, includin Archangelgorod Govrenorate, Yaroslavl Province o Saunt Petersburg Govrenorate, an Moscow Govrenorate.
Athin the framewirk o admeenistrative diveesions, Kineshma serves as the admeenistrative centre o Kineshemsky Destrict,[1] even tho it is no a pairt o it.[3] As an admeenistrative diveesion, it is incorporatit separately as the Toun o Kineshma—an admeenistrative unit wi the status equal tae that o the destricts.[3] As a municipal diveesion, the Toun o Kineshma is incorporatit as Kineshma Urban Okrug.[4]
Syne the 18t century, the toun's main industry haes been textile manufacturin. Like aw the textile centres in Roushie, the toun's prosperity declined efter the perestroika.
Kineshma's principal landmark is the Trinity Cathedral, built in 1838–1845 tae a teepical Neoclassical design. Thare are several 18t-century kirks in the toun an aw. The neebourheids o Kineshma contain estates an museums o Alexander Ostrovsky, Alexander Borodin, an Fyodor Bredikhin.
In 2010, Kineshma wis grantit status o a toun o historical significance.
Currently thare are eleiven kirks, nine o which are active, an three chapels.
Kineshma is twinned wi:
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