Kologriv () is a

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and the

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of Kologrivsky District in

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, located on the left bank of the

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, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

Kologriv is first mentioned in chronicles in the beginning of the 16th century. It was granted town status in 1778.

Geography

Climate

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kologriv serves as the

of the Kologrivsky District.Law #133-a As an administrative division, it includes seven rural localities, incorporated within Kologrivsky District as the

town of district significance Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia. It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a town (as opposed to a ...

of Kologriv. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Kologriv is incorporated within Kologrivsky Municipal District as Kologriv Urban Settlement.Law #237-ZKO

Notable people

Olga Ladyzhenskaya Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya ( rus, Ольга Александровна Ладыженская, links=no, p=ˈolʲɡə ɐlʲɪˈksandrəvnə ɫɐˈdɨʐɨnskəɪ̯ə, a=Ru-Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya.wav; 7 March 1922 – 12 January 2 ...

(1922–2004), mathematician * Gennady Ladyzhensky (1852–1916), painter

References

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* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Kostroma Oblast Kologrivsky Uyezd Kologrivsky District