Kimry
Coordinates: 56°52′N 37°21′E / 56.867°N 37.35°E
Kimry (Russian: Ки́мры), formerly Kimra, is a town in the south of Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River, at its confluence with the Kimrka River, 133 kilometers (83 mi) to the east of Tver. Population: 49,623 (2010 Census preliminary results);[1] 53,650 (2002 Census);[2] 61,535 (1989 Census).[3]
It is served by the Kimry Airport.
[edit] History
Kimry, known as Kimra until the beginning of the 20th century (the name is probably of Finnic or Baltic origin[4]), was first mentioned in 1546 as a busy shoemaking and trading village on the left bank of the Volga (a shoe appears on the town's coat of arms). Théophile Gautier wrote in his Voyage en Russie (1867): "Kimra est célèbre pour ses bottes comme Ronda pour ses guêtres" (Kimra is famous for its shoes as Ronda for its gaiters).[5] The district on the right bank of the Volga, known as Savyolovo, started to develop in 1901, when a railway connected the place to Moscow. Kimry was granted town status in 1917. A number of old wooden churches and other buildings still exist in the town.
Kimry is the birthplace of Russian writer Alexander Fadeyev (1901) and aircraft designer Andrei Tupolev (1888).
[edit] References
- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "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)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ "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.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ Е. М. Поспелов. Географические названия мира (Москва, 1998), стр. 201.
- ^ Théophile Gautier, Voyage en Russie (Charpentier, 1867), p. 233.
[edit] External links
- Community website of Kimry (Russian)
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