Balakhna (Russian: Балахна́) is a town and the administrative center of Balakhninsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, 32 kilometers (20mi) north of Nizhny Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 51,519(2010 Census);[2]57,338(2002 Census);[7]32,133(1989 Census);[8] 33,500 (1968).
For other places with the same name, see Balakhna (inhabited locality).
It was founded in 1474 as Sol-na-Gorodtse (Соль-на-Городце).[citation needed] After the Khan of Kazan razed it to the ground in 1536, a wooden fort was constructed to protect the settlement against further Tatar incursions. For the following three centuries, Balakhna prospered as a center of saltworks and grain trade. By the Time of Troubles, it was the twelfth largest city in Russia.
Adam Olearius visited and described the town in 1636. That year several shipwrights from Holstein built the first Russian ships here, thus establishing Balakhna as a foremost center of national river shipbuilding. The people of Balakhna were also reputed for their skills in knitting and making colored tiles, which were used for decoration of the Savior Church (1668) and other local temples. Balakhna is one of the few Russian cities shown on the 1689 Amsterdam World Map (labeled Balaghna).
The northwestern part of Balakhna is known as Pravdinsk. It used to be a separate urban-type settlement before it was merged into Balakhna in 1993. The settlement was named after the Moscow Pravda newspaper, which at some point may have been the largest consumer of newsprint produced at the local paper mill.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Balakhna serves as the administrative center of Balakhninsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Balakhninsky District as the town of district significance of Balakhna.[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Balakhna is incorporated within Balakhninsky Municipal District as Balakhna Urban Settlement.[4]
Religion and culture
The oldest structure in the city (and in the whole region) is the tentlike church of St.Nicholas (1552). Of all the tentlike churches built in brick, this is the nearest approach to their wooden prototypes. Another church, dating from the 17th century, houses a municipal museum. The Nativity church (1675) represents an archaic monumental type of monastery cathedral. Nearby is a statue of Kuzma Minin, who was born in Balakhna.
Nativity Church
Sport
It has a youth bandy team called FOK Olimpiyskiy.
References
Notes
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Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том1[2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol.1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
Государственно-правовой департамент Нижегородской области.Приказ№3-одот27 января 2016 г. «Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных образований, городских и сельских населённых пунктов Нижегородской области». Опубликован: "Нижегородская правда", №27(26048) (начало) и №30 (26051) (окончание), 19 и 26 марта 2016 г. (State Legal Department of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.Order#3-odofJanuary27, 2016 On the Adoption of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations, Urban and Rural Localities of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. ).
Законодательное Собрание Нижегородской области.Закон№107-Зот28 сентября 2006 г. «Об утверждении границ, состава территории Балахнинского муниципального района и состава территорий муниципальных образований, входящих в состав Балахнинского муниципального района», в ред. Закона №13-З от6 февраля 2013 г.«Об упразднении населённого пункта деревня Старцево в Балахнинском районе Нижегородской области и о внесении изменения в статью1 Закона Нижегородской области "Об утверждении границ, состава территории Балахнинского муниципального района и состава территорий муниципальных образований, входящих в состав Балахнинского муниципального района"». Вступил в силупо истечении десяти дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Нижегородские новости", №184(3596), 7 октября 2006 г. (Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.Law#107-ZofSeptember28, 2006 On Establishing the Borders and the Composition of Balakhninsky Municipal District and the Composition of the Municipal Formations Within Balakhninsky Municipal District, as amended by the Law#13-Z ofFebruary6, 2013 On Abolishing the Inhabited Locality the Village of Startsevo in Balakhninsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and on Amending Article1 of the Law of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast "On Establishing the Borders and the Composition of Balakhninsky Municipal District and the Composition of the Municipal Formations Within Balakhninsky Municipal District". Effective as ofthe day after ten days from the day of the official publication have passed.).
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