Dugna () is an
urban locality (a
settlement) in
Ferzikovsky District of
Kaluga Oblast
Kaluga Oblast () is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Kaluga. The Russian Census (2021), 2021 Russian Census found a population o ...
,
Russia
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, located on the left bank of the
Dugna River, from
Ferzikovo, on the main rail line between
Kaluga
Kaluga (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It stands on the Oka River southwest of Moscow. Its population was 337,058 at the 2021 census.
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History
The Dugna Foundry was first mentioned in 1689. The settlement itself was founded in 1709 by
Nikita Demidov, who built the first steel mills in Russia. The steel mills were built in 1715 on the site of L.
Naryshkin Iron Works, founded in 1690. Now the ironworks are known as Dugna Machine Plant
Having arrived to the region in 1700, Nikita Demidov was well aware of its riches and of the importance of the steel industry for the economy of Russia. With the personal guarantee of
Peter the Great
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, he was one of the pioneers to develop Russian domestic metallurgy and metal production. In the mid-18th century, Dugna, Brynsky, and Vyrovsky plants annually produced 19,000
poods of iron for the local market and additionally exported large quantities to
St. Petersburg. Production of iron at these three factories at that time ranged from 40 to 70 thousand poods a year, which corresponded to melting of approximately 60-100 thousand poods of iron.
Dugna was granted urban-type settlement status in 1925.
Places of interest
*Peter & Paul Church (built about 1764)
*Pontoon bridge over the Oka River
*Steel pedestrian bridge over the Dugna River
Gallery
File:Dugna-Center.JPG, Center of the settlement, the view on former Demidov's houses used as a school and a library during Soviet times
File:Dugna-Factory.JPG, Mechanical factory and a church
File:Dugna-Bridge.JPG, Pedestrian bridge over the Dugna River
References
External links
Demidovs and Dugna IronplantWebsite of the Dugna Secondary School
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Rural localities in Kaluga Oblast
Populated places established in 1709
Former urban-type settlements of Kaluga Oblast