Bolotnoye (russian: Боло́тное, lit. ''swampy'') is a

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and the

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Bolotninsky District Bolotninsky District (russian: Боло́тнинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #200-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the d ...

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, located northeast of

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, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

Bolotnoye began with the establishment of a way station along the

Siberian Route The Siberian Route (russian: Сибирский тракт; ''Sibirsky trakt''), also known as the Moscow Highway (, Московский тракт) and Great Highway (, Большой тракт), was a historic route that connected European Russ ...

at the town's present location, in 1805. By 1896, when the

Trans-Siberian Railway The Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR; , , ) connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over , it is the longest railway line in the world. It runs from the city of Moscow in the west to the city of Vladivostok in the eas ...

had reached the same location, the area was known as Bolotnovskaya. A railway station with buffet service was established there and development of an accompanying settlement began in earnest. The name was later shortened to Bolotnoye. Bolotnoye was officially granted town status only in 1943.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bolotnoye serves as the

. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Bolotninsky District as 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 Bolotnoye. As a municipal division, the Town of Bolotnoye is incorporated within Bolotninsky Municipal District as Bolotnoye Urban Settlement.Law #200-OZ

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External links

Official website of Bolotnoye

Bolotnoye Business Directory
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Novosibirsk Oblast Populated places established in 1805 1805 establishments in the Russian Empire