Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl is a Russian city on the Volga River, the capital and the largest city of Yaroslavl Oblast. It was founded in 1010. It is one of the largest cities in Russia. The city's centre is a World Heritage Site. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities northeast of Moscow.
| Yaroslavl (English) Ярославль (Russian) | |
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| Administrative status (as of December 2011) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Yaroslavl Oblast |
| Administratively subordinated to | city of oblast significance of Yaroslavl |
| Municipal status (as of December 2011) | |
| Urban okrug | Yaroslavl Urban Okrug |
| Mayor[2] | Yevgeny Urlashov Vladimir Sleptsov (acting)[1] |
| Representative body | Yaroslavl City Duma[2] |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 205.80 km2 (79.46 sq mi)[3] |
| Population (2010 Census, preliminary) | 591,486 inhabitants[4] |
| - Rank in 2010 | 23rd |
| Population (2015 est.) | 603,961 inhabitants |
| Density | 2,874/km2 (7,444/sq mi)[5] |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+04:00) |
| Founded | 1010[6] |
| Postal code(s) | 150000—150066[7] |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 4852[8] |
| Official website | |
| Yaroslavl on WikiCommons | |
Yaroslavl Media
Yaroslav the Wise stands over the body of the bear which he, according to legend, killed before founding the city
Alexey Bogolyubov. A Crucession in Yaroslavl, painted in 1863
Yaroslavl used to be known as the city of many churches
Minin and Pozharsky, whilst on their way to relieve Moscow, made Yaroslavl their base and thus de facto capital of Russia for two months in 1612
Yaroslavl's Volkov Square as it would have appeared before the reconstruction of the Volkov Theater in the early 1900s
The living quarters and workplace for employees of Yaroslavl's first major industrial enterprise, the city's textiles plant
Volga-Promenade with decorative Pavilion. A postcard from 1915.
Nicholas II in Yaroslavl for the 300th anniversary of the House of Romanov.
Yaroslavl's Ascension Church, which was badly damaged during the Yaroslavl Uprising
Red Square with its Lenin monument in Soviet-era Yaroslavl. Major building and infrastructure projects, as well as party slogans, such as that in this photo – 'Communism grows ever stronger upon the earth', were very characteristic of the urban development communism brought to the city
Related pages
References
- ↑ Экс-глава Химок Слепцов стал исполняющим обязанности мэра Ярославля (in Russian). Retrieved September 21, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Устав города Ярославля (in Russian). Yaroslavl City Administration. Archived from the original on November 23, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1[[Category:Articles containing Russian language text]]". Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
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- ↑ История (in Russian). Yaroslavl City Administration. Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "List of postal codes" (in Russian). Russian Post. Archived from the original on December 12, 2006. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Коды областных центров (PDF) (in Russian). Beeline. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 23, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
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