- Source: Lyskovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Lyskovo (Russian: Лы́сково) is a town and the administrative center of Lyskovsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the southern side of the Volga River (since the 1980s, forming the Cheboksary Reservoir), opposite the mouth of the Kerzhenets River, 90 kilometers (56 mi) southeast of Nizhny Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 21,880 (2010 Census); 23,901 (2002 Census); 25,029 (1989 Soviet census).
History
It was first mentioned in 1410. In 1686, Lyskovo was granted by the Russian government to the émigré Georgian monarch Archil of Imereti. Upon the extinction of his family, the village passed to Princes Gruzinsky, a related line of Georgian royalty who arrived to Russia in 1724. That family owned the village until the death of Prince Georgy Gruzinsky in 1852. From 1749 to 1808, the Lyskovo estate housed St. Nino's Cross, the principal relic of Georgian Christianity.
Town status was granted to Lyskovo in 1925.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Lyskovo serves as the administrative center of Lyskovsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with the village of Golovkovo, incorporated within Lyskovsky District as the town of district significance of Lyskovo. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Lyskovo is incorporated within Lyskovsky Municipal District as Lyskovo Urban Settlement.
Transportation
The town is served by M7 Highway (Nizhny Novgorod–Kazan). There are no railways in Lyskovo or anywhere in the district. Ferry service connects the town with Makaryevo and its monastery.
References
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=Государственно-правовой департамент Нижегородской области. Приказ №3-од от 27 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-od of January 27, 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 №133-З от 9 сентября 2005 г. «Об утверждении границ, состава территории Лысковского муниципального района, границ и состава территорий муниципальных образований, входящих в состав Лысковского муниципального района», в ред. Закона №77-З от 3 июня 2011 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные Законы Нижегородской области». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Правовая среда" №71–72(637–638) (приложение к газете "Нижегородские новости" №177(3349)), 21 сентября 2005 г. (Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Law #133-Z of September 9, 2005 On Establishing the Borders and the Composition of Lyskovsky Municipal District, the Borders and the Composition of the Municipal Formations Within Lyskovsky Municipal District, as amended by the Law #77-Z of June 3, 2011 On Amending Various Laws of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
External links
Unofficial website of Lyskovo (in Russian)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Eparki Nizhny Novgorod
- Eparki Lyskovo
- Eparki Nizhny Tagil
- Eparki Novgorod
- Eparki Alexdanrov
- Eparki Alapayevsk
- Daftar kota dan kota kecil di Rusia
- Eparki Pskov
- Eparki Yaroslavl
- Eparki Tambov
- Lyskovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
- Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
- Kstovo
- Administrative divisions of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
- Lyskovo
- Lyskovsky District
- Golovkovo
- Kerzhenets
- Armorial of Russia
- List of rivers of Russia
