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14-469: Kornilyevo is located 6 km south of Gryazovets (the district's administrative centre) by road. Talitsa is the nearest rural locality. During World War II , the former monastery was the location of a Soviet prisoner-of-war camp for Polish , Finnish and German POWs. Initially, it housed over 3,000 Poles from the German-Soviet invasion of Poland until November 1939, then nearly 700 Finns from

28-644: A stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gryazovets Gryazovets ( Russian : Гря́зовец ) is a town and the administrative center of Gryazovetsky District in Vologda Oblast , Russia , located on the Rzhavka River , 47 kilometers (29 mi) south of Vologda , the administrative center of the oblast . Population: 15,528 ( 2010 Census ) ; 16,172 ( 2002 Census ) ; 16,424 ( 1989 Soviet census ) . The first mention of Gryazovets dates back to 1538, when it

42-416: Is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia . It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance , but is organized around a town (as opposed to a rural locality or an urban-type settlement ); often with surrounding rural territories. Prior to the adoption of the 1993 Constitution of Russia , this type of administrative division

56-722: The Katyn massacre . Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union , in August 1941, Polish General Władysław Anders visited the camp, and the Poles were released to join the Anders' Army . From 1942 to 1948, the camp housed several thousand German POWs. After 1948, the former camp housed a prison and later a psychiatric hospital. This Gryazovetsky District location article is

70-640: The Soviet invasion of Finland until April 1940, and then again 395 Polish POWs from June 1940. Both Poles and Finns were exposed to poor conditions, including cold, shortages of food and medicines, overcrowding, mistreatment by Russian guards and attempts at communist indoctrination. They often suffered from depression and illnesses, and some died. They were also deprived of the possibility of corresponding with relatives. Some Polish POWs were deported to camps in Starobilsk and Ostashkov , and eventually murdered in

84-663: The building of a high school is protected as a historical monument of federal significance. The center of the town of Gryazovets mainly preserved the historical buildings from the 19th century. Close to Gryazovets there are ruins of the Korniliyevo-Komelsky Monastery which was abolished in 1924. The only museum in Gryazovets is the Gryazovets District Museum. Town of district significance Town of district significance

98-542: The bus traffic originating from Gryazovets. In Gryazovets, there is a railway station on the railroad connecting Yaroslavl and Vologda . Gryazovets has a gas-pumping station. Here, the Gryazovets–Vyborg gas pipeline branches off the main Northern Lights pipeline in the western direction. Gryazovets contains fifty objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local importance. Additionally,

112-473: The federal subjects vary significantly from one federal subject to another; that includes the manner in which the towns of district significance are organized and the choice of a term to refer to such entities. As of 2013, the following types of such entities are recognized: Some federal subjects of Russia, for example the Sakha Republic , also use the term "town of district significance" to refer to

126-427: The responsibility of the federal government or as the joint responsibility of the federal government and the federal subjects. This state of the matters is traditionally interpreted by the governments of the federal subjects as a sign that the matters of the administrative-territorial divisions are the sole responsibility of the federal subjects themselves. As a result, the modern administrative-territorial structures of

140-793: The town of district significance of Gryazovets, together with the village of Pirogovo in Pertsevsky Selsoviet and the village of Svistunovo in Rostilovsky Selsoviet of Gryazovetsky District, is incorporated within Gryazovetsky Municipal District as Gryazovetskoye Urban Settlement . Gryazovets hosts timber industry and food industry enterprises. One of the principal highways in Russia, M8 , which connects Moscow and Arkhangelsk , passes near Gryazovets. There are also local roads, with

154-493: The uyezds were abolished, and Gryazovets became the administrative center of the newly established Gryazovetsky District. Within the framework of administrative divisions , Gryazovets serves as the administrative center of Gryazovetsky District . As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Gryazovetsky District as the town of district significance of Gryazovets . As a municipal division ,

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168-399: Was dyeing . In 1872, the railway connecting Yaroslavl and Vologda was built, and a railway station was open in Gryazovets, facilitating the development of the trade. On August 7, 1924, Gryazovetsky Uyezd was abolished and the territory was included into Vologodsky Uyezd . On July 15, 1929, several governorates, including Vologda Governorate, were merged into Northern Krai ,

182-473: Was defined on the whole territory of the Russian SFSR as an inhabited locality which serves as a cultural and an industrial center of a district and has a population of at least 12,000, of which at least 80% are workers, public servants, and the members of their families. After the adoption of the 1993 Constitution, the administrative-territorial structure of the federal subjects is no longer identified as

196-496: Was described as a settlement dependent on the Korniliyevo-Komelsky Monastery . The settlement was chartered on January 25, 1780, when it became the seat of Gryazovetsky Uyezd of Vologda Viceroyalty . The viceroyalty was abolished in 1796 and its part which included Gryazovetsky Uyezd became Vologda Governorate . Throughout the 19th century, the population of Gryazovets varied between two and three thousand, most of whom were employed in agriculture. The most common industry

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