Ozyory
Coordinates: 54°51′N 38°33′E / 54.85°N 38.55°E
Ozyory (Russian: Озёры; IPA: [ʌˈzʲorɨ]) is a town and the administrative center of Ozyorsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Oka River 157 kilometers (98 mi) southeast of Moscow. Population: 25,788 (2010 Census preliminary results);[1] 25,704 (2002 Census);[2] 28,215 (1989 Census).[3]
Ozyory was first mentioned in 1578 as a village named Marvinskoye Ozerko (Марвинское Озерко). In the late 18th century, it was renamed Ozerki (Озерки). In 1851, the settlement received its present name Ozyory. It was granted town status in 1925.
The town was profiled at the turn of the millennium by author Jeffrey Tayler as the subject of a travel narrative piece for The Atlantic (then still known as The Atlantic Monthly).[4] [5]
[edit] International relations
[edit] Twin towns and sister cities
Ozyory is twinned with:
- Radom, Poland[6]
- Dzerzhinsky, Russia
[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.
- ^ "Exiled Beyond Kilometer 101" (Part 1)
- ^ "Exiled Beyond Kilometer 101" (Part 2)
- ^ "Radom Official Website - Partner Cities". (in English and Polish) 2007 Urząd Miasta Radom. http://www.radom.pl/_portal/118786399846cd5dbe4a35e/Miasta_partnerskie.html. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
