Slobodskoy, Kirov Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Slobodskoy (inhabited locality).
Slobodskoy (English)
Слободской (Russian)
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Location of Kirov Oblast in Russia
Slobodskoy
Location of Slobodskoy in Kirov Oblast
Coordinates: 58°43′15″N 50°11′06″E / 58.72083°N 50.18500°E / 58.72083; 50.18500Coordinates: 58°43′15″N 50°11′06″E / 58.72083°N 50.18500°E / 58.72083; 50.18500
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Administrative status (as of April 2008)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kirov Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to Town of Slobodskoy[1]
Administrative center of Slobodskoy District,[1] Town of Slobodskoy[1]
Municipal status (as of April 2012)
Urban okrug Slobodskoy Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Slobodskoy Urban Okrug,[2] Slobodskoy Municipal District[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 33,981 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
First mentioned 1505
Town status since 1780
Official website
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Slobodskoy (Russian: Слободско́й) is a town in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Vyatka River, 35 kilometers (22 mi) northeast of Kirov. Population: 33,981(2010 Census);[3] 33,477(2002 Census);[5] 39,249(1989 Census).[6]

History

It was first mentioned in 1505 as a fortified settlement. From 1562 it was known as Slobodskoy posad (Слободско́й поса́д). It has had town status since 1780.

Slobodskoy is one of the oldest towns in Kirov Oblast. It appeared after joining Vyatka region to Moscow in 1489. For the first time Slobodskoy was mentioned in the charter of Ivan the Terrible in 1505. This year is considered to be the year of its foundation. In Slobodskoy there was the Kremlin castle, from the south it was defended by a large moat, from the east by the bank of the Vyatka and from the north by a large ravine. In the Kremlin there were three churches made of wood. At that time there were 154 houses and nearly 600 people lived here. The site of the town was chosen rather well. It was a place of forests and endless grasslands. In the forests there were a lot of animals and the rivers were full of fish.

Russians arrived in the 12th century. They were peasants who built the villages on the bank of the Vyatka River. They were from Novgorod, Ustyug, and Suzdal. The peasants were occupied with agriculture; they fed cattle, grew vegetables, and liked fishing and hunting. Slobodskoy province was connected with other provinces by highways and a river system. Natives used those routes for trading. The highway on which Slobodskoy was situated was also the way of the Russian sovereign from Moscow to far Siberia. That highway played a great role in the fate of the town. It had become an outpost and a trade center in the north of Vyatka by the beginning of the 17th century.

In the 17th century Slobodskoy became an uyezd seat with its own government. Since 1784, Slobodskoy began to be built according to the plan of Catherine the Great. In the 18th and 19th centuries, brick houses in the spirit of provincial classic appeared in the main street.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Slobodskoy serves as the administrative center of Slobodskoy District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with four rural localities, incorporated separately as the Town of Slobodskoy—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Slobodskoy is incorporated as Slobodskoy Urban Okrug.[2]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Law #387-ZO
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #284-ZO
  3. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 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 of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  6. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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