Surazh

Surazh (English)
Сураж (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Location of Bryansk Oblast in Russia
Surazh
Location of Surazh in Bryansk Oblast
Coordinates: 53°01′N 32°23′E / 53.017°N 32.383°E / 53.017; 32.383Coordinates: 53°01′N 32°23′E / 53.017°N 32.383°E / 53.017; 32.383
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of November 2012)
Country Russia
Federal subject Bryansk Oblast[1]
Administrative district Surazhsky District[2]
Urban Administrative Okrug Surazhsky[2]
Administrative center of Surazhsky District,[1] Surazhsky Urban Administrative Okrug[2]
Municipal status (as of August 2012)
Municipal district Surazhsky Municipal District[3]
Urban settlement Surazhskoye Urban Settlement[3]
Administrative center of Surazhsky Municipal District,[3] Surazhskoye Urban Settlement[3]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 11,640 inhabitants[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
First mentioned 17th century
Previous names Surazhichi (until 1781),
Surazh-na-Iputi (until 1797)
Official website
Surazh on Wikimedia Commons

Surazh (Russian: Сураж) is a town and the administrative center of Surazhsky District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Iput River 177 kilometers (110 mi) southwest of Bryansk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 11,640 (2010 Census);[4] 12,046 (2002 Census);[6] 12,559 (1989 Census);[7] 1,599 (1897).

History

It was first mentioned in the 17th century as the village of Surazhichi (Суражичи); later as a sloboda. Since 1781 it has been known as the town of Surazh-na-Iputi (Сураж-на-Ипути), and since 1797—as simply Surazh.

In the town of Surazh, there were 461 Jews in 1939 (15.4 % of the total population). In 1917, there were 6 synagogues. All of them were wooden, except one made out of stone. The village was under German occupation from 1941 to 1943. Nazis carried out the murder of the Jews of Surazh in conjunction with an antipartisan operation. On August 12, 1941, between 600 and 750 Jews were gathered by the Germans on the location of the former printing office in Sourazh. Then, they were taken and shot behind the linen factory, 2 km away from the village, in pits of the ravine, known as Loubtchyno. The bodies of the victims were exhumed and reburied after the war in the Jewish cemetery.[8]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Surazh serves as the administrative center of Surazhsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Surazhsky District as Surazhsky Urban Administrative Okrug.[2] As a municipal division, Surazhsky Urban Administrative Okrug is incorporated within Surazhsky Municipal District as Surazhskoye Urban Settlement.[3]

References

A small church in the town built in 1907

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Law #13-Z
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #69-Z
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #3-Z
  4. 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.
  5. ↑ 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.).
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ http://yahadmap.org/#village/surazh-vitebsk-belarus.470

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