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Kavalerskoe
Kavalerskoye () is a village and rural settlement in the Ust-Bolsheretsky District of the Kamchatka Krai federal subject of Russia. The village is the administrative center of the Kavalerskoye rural settlement . Location The rural settlement has an area of . The distance to the regional center (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (, ) is a city and the administrative center of Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It is located in the Far East of the country and lies along the coast of Avacha Bay by the Pacific Ocean, nearby Khalaktyrskoye Lake. As of the 202 ...) is by road and by air. The district center of Ust-Bolsheretsk is away. The village is located on the right bank of the Bolshaya. History The village was established by the inhabitants of Bolsheretsk. The people of that village on the islands a few miles upstream decided to relocate to a more convenient location on the Kavalerskaya channel six miles down the river. In the spring of 1928, there were already ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolsheretsk
Bolsheretsk () or Bolsheretsky jail is an abandoned village on the west coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia. Over a 200-year period, Bolsheretsk was a military fort, a prison, a port, and a village. Bolsheretsk was founded in 1703 as a fort on the Plotnikova River. In 1707, rebels destroyed the fort. In 1711, it was rebuilt where the Bystraya and Plotnikova rivers join to form the Bolshaya River, from the river mouth on the Sea of Okhotsk. Bolsheretsk had square earthworks with a side of on a crest. The fort had a palisade of poles. In 1715, the poles were replaced by a log fence. The fortifications lasted until the beginning of the 1770s. Bolsheretsk contained state buildings, churches, stores, a monastery, and houses. In 1726, there were 17 residential yards. Starting in 1823, Bolsheretsk went into decline and only consisted of a ramshackle church and 10 residential yards. In 1909, there were 19 yards. The village was situated on several islands separated by chann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolshaya (river)
The Bolshaya (, , Federal Service for Geodesy and Cartography of Russia, 1999, p. 52 upstream from its confluence with the Plotnikova: Быстрая ''Bystraya'')Большая (ре ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamchatka Krai
Kamchatka Krai (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai), situated in the Russian Far East. It is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Its administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (), home to over half of its population of 291,705 (2021 Russian census, 2021 census). Kamchatka Krai was formed on 1 July 2007, as a result of the merger of Kamchatka Oblast and Koryak Okrug, Koryak Autonomous Okrug, based on the voting in a referendum on the issue on 23 October 2005. The okrug retains the status of a special administrative division of the krai, under the name of Koryak Okrug. The Kamchatka Peninsula forms the majority of the krai's territory, separating the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea in the Pacific Ocean. The remainder is formed by a minor northern mainland portion, Karaginsky Island, and the Commander Islands in the Bering Sea. It is bordered by Magada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Subjects Of Russia
The federal subjects of Russia, also referred to as the subjects of the Russian Federation () or simply as the subjects of the federation (), are the administrative division, constituent entities of Russia, its top-level political divisions. According to the Constitution of Russia, the federation consists of republics of Russia, republics, krais of Russia, krais, oblasts of Russia, oblasts, federal cities of Russia, cities of federal importance, an Jewish Autonomous Oblast, autonomous oblast, and autonomous okrugs of Russia, autonomous okrugs, all of which are equal subjects of the federation. Every federal subject has its own governor (Russia), head, a regional parliaments of Russia, parliament, and a constitutional court. Each subject has its own constitution or charter and legislation, although the authority of these organs differ. Subjects have equal rights in relations with federal government bodies. The subjects have equal representation – two delegates each – in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ust-Bolsheretsky District
Ust-Bolsheretsky District () is an administrative Law #46 and municipalLaw #227 district (rayon) of Kamchatka Krai, Russia, one of the eleven in the krai. It is located in the southern and southwestern parts of the krai. The area of the district is . Its administrative center An administrative centre 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 the administrative language, such as Belgiu ... is the rural locality (a '' selo'') of Ust-Bolsheretsk. Population: The population of Ust-Bolsheretsk accounts for 25.4% of the district's total population. References Notes Sources * * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Districts of Kamchatka Krai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (, ) is a city and the administrative center of Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It is located in the Far East of the country and lies along the coast of Avacha Bay by the Pacific Ocean, nearby Khalaktyrskoye Lake. As of the 2021 census, it had a population of 164,900. The city is widely known simply as ''Petropavlovsk'' (literally "city of Peter and Paul"). The adjective ''Kamchatsky'' ("Kamchatkan") was added to the official name in 1924. History Origins Cossack units visited the area from 1697. The explorer and navigator Captain Vitus Bering (a Danish-born Russian) is considered to have founded the city in 1740, although navigator had laid the foundation a few months earlier. Bering reached Avacha Bay in late 1740 and in his capacity as the superior officer, named the new settlement "Petropavlovsk" (Peter and Paul) after his two ships, the ''Saint Peter'' and the '' Saint Paul'', which had been built in Okhotsk for his second expedition (1733–42). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ust-Bolsheretsk
Ust-Bolsheretsk () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') and the administrative center of Ust-Bolsheretsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia. Population: References Notes Sources * * {{Authority control Rural localities in Kamchatka Krai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
