Vereshchagino (Russian: Вереща́гино) is a town and the administrative center of Vereshchaginsky District in Perm Krai, Russia, located 124 kilometers (77 mi) west of Perm, the administrative center of the krai. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 22,156.[2]

Vereshchagino Верещагино
Town[1]
Monument to war artist Vasily Vereshchagin, for whom the town was named, on the station square
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Vereshchagino
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Coordinates: 58°06′N 54°40′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Perm Krai[1]
Administrative district	Vereshchaginsky District[1]
Founded	1898
Town status since	1942
Elevation	220 m (720 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	22,156
• Estimate  (2018)[3]	21,969 (−0.8%)
Administrative status
• Capital of	Vereshchaginsky District[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Vereshchaginsky Municipal District[4]
• Urban settlement	Vereshchaginskoye Urban Settlement[4]
• Capital of	Vereshchaginsky Municipal District[4], Vereshchaginskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zone	UTC+5 (MSK+2 [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	617119, 617120, 617123, 617126, 617129
OKTMO ID	57612101001
Website	portal-vereschagino.ru

History

The town was founded as a settlement near the station in 1898.[7] In 1899, the station was given the name of Ocherskaya. In 1904, it was renamed Voznesenskaya, after the name of a nearby volost center.

The modern name is associated with the fact that in 1904 the war artist Vasily Vereshchagin allegedly stopped on his way to the Far East, where he died in April 1904, when the battleship Petropavlovsk was sunk by a mine. Twelve years later, at the request of the inhabitants, the Voznesenskaya station was renamed in honour of the painter.[8]

In the city there is a monument to V.V. Vereshchagin (pictured).

On January 1, 1924, the Vereshchagino settlement became a village and district centre of the same name. It was given city status on June 19, 1942.[9]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Vereshchagino serves as the administrative center of Vereshchaginsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Vereshchagino, together with ten rural localities, is incorporated within Vereshchaginsky Municipal District as Vereshchaginskoye Urban Settlement.[4]

Economy

Food industry, production of knitwear, manufacture of spare parts and reinforced concrete structures form the basis of the town's economy. The town is also a large railway traffic center.

Demographics

References

Notes

Sources

• Законодательное собрание Пермской области. Закон №416-67 от 28 февраля 1996 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Пермского края», в ред. Закона №504-ПК от 9 июля 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Пермской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Пермского края"». Вступил в силу с момента опубликования. Опубликован: "Звезда", №38, 12 марта 1996 г. (Legislative Assembly of Perm Oblast. Law #416-67 of February 28, 1996 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Perm Krai, as amended by the Law #504-PK of July 9, 2015 On Amending the Law of Perm Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Perm Krai". Effective as of the moment of publication.).
• Законодательное собрание Пермской области. Закон №1874-405 от 9 декабря 2004 г. «Об утверждении границ и о наделении статусом муниципальных образований Верещагинского района Пермского края», в ред. Закона №175-ПК от 7 марта 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные Законы Пермской области, Коми-Пермяцкого автономного округа об утверждении границ и о наделении статусом муниципальных образований Пермского края». Вступил в силу через десять дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №283, 22 декабря 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of Perm Oblast. Law #1874-405 of December 9, 2004 On Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Status to the Municipal Formations of Vereshchaginsky District of Perm Krai, as amended by the Law #175-PK of March 7, 2013 On Amending Various Laws of Perm Oblast, Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug on Establishing the Borders and on Granting the Status to the Municipal Formations of Perm Krai. Effective as of the day which is ten days following the day of the official publication.).

На других языках

[de] Wereschtschagino

[ru] Верещагино