Pestovo, Pestovsky District, Novgorod Oblast

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Pestovo (English)
Пестово (Russian)
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Location of Novgorod Oblast in Russia
Pestovo
Location of Pestovo in Novgorod Oblast
Coordinates: 58°36′N 35°49′E / 58.600°N 35.817°E / 58.600; 35.817Coordinates: 58°36′N 35°49′E / 58.600°N 35.817°E / 58.600; 35.817
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Administrative status (as of April 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Novgorod Oblast[1]
Administrative district Pestovsky District[1]
Town of district significance Pestovo[2]
Administrative center of Pestovsky District,[1] town of district significance of Pestovo[2]
Municipal status (as of September 2010)
Municipal district Pestovsky Municipal District[3]
Urban settlement Pestovskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Administrative center of Pestovsky Municipal District,[3] Pestovskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 15,903 inhabitants[5]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[6]
Founded 1925[7]
Town status since January 12, 1965[8]
Postal code(s)[9] 174510, 174511
Official website
Pestovo on Wikimedia Commons

Pestovo (Russian: Песто́во) is a town and the administrative center of Pestovsky District in Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located in the Valdai Hills on the Mologa River. Population: 15,903(2010 Census);[5] 15,990(2002 Census);[10] 15,941(1989 Census).[11]

History

In the 1910s, a railway between Sonkovo and Mga was built.[7] The railway station which is now located in the town of Pestovo was named after the village of Russkoye Pestovo, located 2 versts (2.1 km; 1.3 mi) from the station.[7] The first train arrived to the station in 1915.[7] The name of Russkoye Pestovo, and subsequently the name of Pestovo, originates from the personal Novgorodian name Pest.[12] At the time, the area was a part of Ustyuzhensky Uyezd in Cherepovets Governorate.

In 1924, a sawmill was constructed on the bank of the Mologa close to the station.[7] The sawmill was built by a German company and given to it as a concession.[7] In 1925, a settlement of Pestovo, serving the sawmill, was founded.[12]

On August 1, 1927, Cherepovets Governorate was abolished, and its territory was merged into Cherepovets Okrug of Leningrad Oblast. The uyezds were abolished as well and, effective October 1, 1927, Pestovsky District was established, with the administrative center in Pestovo.[13] On September 19, 1927, Pestovo was granted work settlement status.[14] On July 23, 1930 the okrugs were abolished and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast.[15] On July 5, 1944, Pestovsky District was transferred to newly established Novgorod Oblast.[8] On January 12, 1965, Pestovo was granted the town status.[8]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Pestovo serves as the administrative center of Pestovsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Pestovsky District as the town of district significance of Pestovo.[2] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Pestovo is incorporated within Pestovsky Municipal District as Pestovskoye Urban Settlement.[4]

Economy

Industry

There is a mechanical factory in Pestovo which currently mainly produces metallic containers and construction blocks. There are also enterprises of timber industry and food industry.[16]

Transportation

The railway connecting Sonkovo and Mga, or, more generally, the northern railroad between Moscow and St. Petersburg, crosses Pestovsky District. Pestovo has a railway station. As of 2012, it was only served by local trains.

A road connecting Ustyuzhna with Borovichi runs through Pestovo.

Culture and recreation

The Intercession Church located in Pestovo is protected as a cultural heritage monument of local significance.[17] The church was built in the second half of the 19th century in the village of Pokrov-Mologa, located on the right bank of the Mologa River. The village was subsequently included in Pestovo.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #559-OZ
  2. 1 2 3 Resolution #121
  3. 1 2 Law #284-OZ
  4. 1 2 3 Law #369-OZ
  5. 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.
  6. 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.).
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 История района (in Russian). Администрация Пестовского муниципального района. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 Snytko et al., pp. 218–219
  9. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 1 2 Поспелов, Е. М. (2001). Географические названия мира: Топонимический словарь. Moscow: АСТ. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  13. Snytko et al., p. 85
  14. Snytko et al., p. 127
  15. Snytko et al., pp. 87–88
  16. Промышленность Пестовского района (in Russian). Администрация Пестовского муниципального района. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
  17. Церковь Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Culture. Retrieved January 7, 2011.

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