Sudogda (russian: Су́догда) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
and the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
of
Sudogodsky District
Sudogodsky District (russian: Судого́дский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #130-OZ and municipalLaw #60-OZ district (raion), one of the sixteen in Vladimir Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of th ...
in
Vladimir Oblast
Vladimir Oblast (russian: Влади́мирская о́бласть, ''Vladimirskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its closest border 66 km east of central Moscow, the administrative center is the city of Vladimir, wh ...
,
Russia
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, located on the left bank of the river
Sudogda (
Klyazma
The Klyazma (, ''Klyaz'ma''), a river in the Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Ivanovo and Vladimir Oblasts in Russia, forms a left tributary of the Oka.[tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainag ...]
) southeast of
Vladimir, the administrative center of the
oblast
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. Population:
History
First mentioned in the 17th century documents as the ''
sloboda
A sloboda ( rus, слобода́, p=sləbɐˈda) was a kind of settlement in the history of the Old Russian regions Povolzhye, Central Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for " freedom" and may be loose ...
'' of Sudogodskaya (), it was later known as the ''
selo'' of Sudogda. Town status was granted to it in 1778.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Sudogda serves as the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
of
Sudogodsky District
Sudogodsky District (russian: Судого́дский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #130-OZ and municipalLaw #60-OZ district (raion), one of the sixteen in Vladimir Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of th ...
,
to which it is directly subordinated.
[Resolution #433] As a
municipal division, the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
of Sudogda is incorporated within Sudogodsky Municipal District as Sudogda Urban Settlement.
[Law #60-OZ]
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Cities and towns in Vladimir Oblast
Sudogodsky Uyezd