Gorokhovets, Vladimir Oblast

Gorokhovets (Roushie: Горохове́ц) is a toun an the admeenistrative centre o Gorokhovetsky Destrict o Vladimir Oblast, Roushie, locatit on the heich-gate frae Moscow tae Nizhny Novgorod. It serves as a river port on the Klyazma River. Population: 14,016 (2010 Census);[2] 14,524 (2002 Census);[6] 15,783 (1989 Census).[7]

Gorokhovets

Гороховец
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Gorokhovets' coat of arms combines Vladimir's heraldic lion with peas, alluding to the plant which gave rise to the town's name
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Gorokhovets is located in Roushie
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Gorokhovets is located in Vladimir Oblast
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Gorokhovets (Vladimir Oblast)
Coordinates: 56°12′N 42°42′E / 56.200°N 42.700°E / 56.200; 42.700Coordinates: 56°12′N 42°42′E / 56.200°N 42.700°E / 56.200; 42.700
KintraRoushie
Federal subjectVladimir Oblast
Admeenistrative destrictGorokhovetsky Destrict
Foondit1239[1]
Area
 • Total13 km2 (5 sq mi)
Elevation
100 m (300 ft)
Population
 • Total14,016
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
12,799 (−8.7%)
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (Moscow Time Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5]
601483
Dialin code(s)+7 09238
OKTMO ID17615101001

Etymologie eedit

The name o the toun oreeginates frae the Roushie wird "горох" (gorokh, "peas").

History eedit

 
Sretensky monastery

Afore the arrival o East Slavs, the region wis inhabitit bi the Finno-Ugric fowks o Merya. Gorokhovets wis first mentioned in a 1239 chronicle, whan it wis sacked bi the Mongols. It is believit that a minor fortress haed existit thaare for several precedin decades.

In 1539, the Tatars o Kazan wur aboot tae burn it but retreatit upon seein a ghost in a shape o a gigantic knicht wi a swuird. Efter that, the munt whaur the apparition wis seen came tae be kent as Puzhalovo ("frichtenin ane").

The gowden age o Gorokhovets is associatit wi the 17t century, whan it wis a merchandise centre for a lairge aurie, which comprised the day's Vladimir an Ivanovo regions. A nummer o kirks, monasteries, an chambers wur commissioned bi the local merchants at that time. The 17t-century belfries o Gorokhovets are prticularly notewirthy.

Accordin tae the Soviet TV series Seventeen Moments of Spring, Gorokhovets wis a native toun o Stierlitz, a fictional Soviet spy in Nazi Germany, played bi Vyacheslav Tikhonov.

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  1. Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 109. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  2. a b Roushie Federal State Stateestics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 Aw-Roushie Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 Aw-Roushie Population Census] (in Roushie). Federal State Stateestics Service.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  3. "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Roushie Federal State Stateestics Service. Retrieved 23 Januar 2019.
  4. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Roushie). 3 Juin 2011. Retrieved 19 Januar 2019.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  5. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Roushie)
  6. Roushie Federal State Stateestics Service (21 Mey 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population o Roushie, Its Federal Destricts, Federal Subjects, Destricts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Admeenistrative Centres, an Rural Localities wi Population o Ower 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [Aw-Roushie Population Census o 2002] (in Roushie).CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  7. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [Aw Union Population Census o 1989: Present Population o Union an Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts an Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Destricts, Urban Settlements, an Veelages Servin as Destrict Admeenistrative Centres]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [Aw-Union Population Census o 1989] (in Roushie). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute o Demografie at the Naitional Resairch Varsity: Heicher Schuil o Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)

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