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Encyclopedia > Gryazovets

Gryazovets (Russian: Гря́зовец) is a town in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located 47 km south of Vologda. Population: 16,172 (2002 Census); 16,424 (1989 Census). Types of settlements in Russia, Soviet Union, and some other post-Soviet states have certain peculiarities with respect to the English language traditions. ... Categories: Stub | Oblasts of Russia ... St. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Russian Census of 2002 (Russian: ) was the first census of Russian Federation carried out on October 9, 2002. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...



Coat of arms of Vologda Oblast Cities and towns in Vologda Oblast Flag of Russia
Administrative center: Vologda

Babayevo | Belozersk | Cherepovets | Gryazovets | Kadnikov | Kharovsk | Kirillov | Krasavino | Nikolsk | Sokol | Totma | Ustyuzhna | Veliky Ustyug | Vytegra Categories: Stub | Oblasts of Russia ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... St. ... Belozersk cathedral in 1909. ... Cherepovets (Черепове́ц) is the biggest city in the Vologda Oblast, Russia. ... Kharovsk (Russian: Харовск) is a town in Vologda Oblast in Russia, located on the Kubena River some 90 km north of Vologda. ... Sokol (Russian: ) is a town in Vologda Oblast and administrative center of Sokolsky District (raion). ... Ustyuzhna (Russian: ) is a town in Vologda Oblast, Russia. ... Velikiy Ustyug, or Veliki Ustyug (Великий Устюг in Russian) is a city in the Vologda Oblast in Russia. ...

Coordinates: 58°53′N 40°15′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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Gryazovets < District of Gryazovets < Administrative Division < VOLOGDA (973 words)
Gryazovets (at that time known as the settlement of Gryazovitsky) was first mentioned in a charter of tsar Ivan IV in 1538.
Gudkov's house is situated in the heart of Gryazovets.
His visit to Gryazovets dates back to the autumn of 1824 when the Emperor was on his way to Vologda.
Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Katyn Massacre (2032 words)
As early as September 19, 1939, the First Rank Commissar of the State Security, Lavrentii Pavlovich Beria (the People's Commissar for Internal Affairs) called the Board of the NKVD of the USSR for Prisoners of War and the Interned (Head: State Security Captain, Pyotr K. Soprunenko) ordered to set up camps for Polish prisoners.
These were: Jukhnovo (rail station of Babynino), Yuzhe (Talitsy), Kozelsk, Kozelshchyna, Oranki, Ostashkov (Stolbnyi Island on Seliger Lake near Ostashkov), Putyvli (rail station of Tetkino), Starobelsk, Vologod (rail station of Zaenikevo) and Gryazovets camps.
In the period from April 3 to May 19 1940 about 22,000 POWs and prisoners were murdered: about 6000 POWs from the Ostashkov camp, about 4,000 POWs from the Starobielsk camp, about 4500 POWs from the Kozielsk camp and about 7000 prisoners in Western parts of Belorussia and Ukraine.
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