Manturovo, Kostroma Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Manturovo.
Manturovo (English)
Мантурово (Russian)
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Location of Kostroma Oblast in Russia
Manturovo
Location of Manturovo in Kostroma Oblast
Coordinates: 58°20′N 44°46′E / 58.333°N 44.767°E / 58.333; 44.767Coordinates: 58°20′N 44°46′E / 58.333°N 44.767°E / 58.333; 44.767
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Administrative status (as of April 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kostroma Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of oblast significance of Manturovo[1]
Administrative center of Manturovsky District,[1] town of oblast significance of Manturovo[1]
Municipal status (as of March 2014)
Urban okrug Manturovo Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Manturovo Urban Okrug,[2] Manturovsky Municipal District[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 17,479 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
First mentioned 1617
Town status since 1958
Postal code(s)[5] 157300
Official website
Manturovo on Wikimedia Commons

Manturovo (Russian: Ма́нтурово) is a town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Unzha River (Volga's tributary), 260 kilometers (160 mi) northeast of Kostroma, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 17,479 (2010 Census);[3] 19,457 (2002 Census);[6] 22,452 (1989 Census);[7] 22,000 (1970).

History

An ancient Finno-Ugric Meri trading settlement and a wooden hill fortress once existed on the site of modern Manturovo, at the confluence of the Unzha and Mezha Rivers. The name means Mantu = Podzol, Rova = higher place in sparsely coniferous forest. According to its name it have had a Saame or Nenents roots. Finno-Ugrian Rova derives from Saame (Sami) word Roavve which means hill or open place as result of forest fire. Thus the place was inhabited at least c. 2000 BCE. It became a Meri settlement by c. 300 CE and remained such until at least the 14th century.

The Russian village of Manturovo was first mentioned in 1617. Later on, it grew into a town and was granted town status in 1958.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Manturovo serves as the administrative center of Manturovsky District,[1] even though it is not a part of it.[8] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Manturovo—an administrative unit with a status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Manturovo is incorporated as Manturovo Urban Okrug.[2]

Economy and transportation

Manturovo was connected by St. Petersburg–Vyatka Railway to Vyatka and Perm in 1908. Since then it has developed from quiet country village railway station to a forest industry center including a big fener factory. A Finnish forest company has plans to open a big modern forest industry center to Manturovo, nearly a billion euro investment, if Russian government guarantee its legal ownership according to the WTO standards.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Law #112-4-ZKO
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #237-ZKO
  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 №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 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 #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  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. ↑ Resolution #133-a

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