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Lyuban ( rus, Любань, p=lʲʊˈbanʲ) is a
town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
in
Tosnensky District Tosnensky District () is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #116-oz district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Leningrad Oblast, seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central southwestern part of ...
of
Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast (, ; ; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). The oblast has an area of and a population of 2,000,997 (2021 Russian census, 2021 Census); up from 1,716,868 recorded in the 2010 Russian census ...
,
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, located on the Tigoda River southeast of St. Petersburg. Population: The median age is 40.9 and the population of Lyuban is 53.5% female.


History

It was first mentioned in the 15th century as a trade settlement. In 1851, a railway station was built and the development of the settlement of Lyuban-Gorka (), serving the railway station started. On June 3, 1917, Lyuban-Gorka was granted town status and renamed Lyuban. Lyuban was a part of
Novgorodsky Uyezd Novgorodsky Uyezd (''Новгородский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Veliky Novgorod. Dem ...
of
Novgorod Governorate Novgorod Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, which existed from 1727 to 1776 and from 1796 to 1927. Its administrative cent ...
. On August 1, 1927, the uyezds were abolished and
Lyubansky District Lyuban ( rus, Любань, p=lʲʊˈbanʲ) is a town in Tosnensky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Tigoda River southeast of St. Petersburg. Population: The median age is 40.9 and the population of Lyuban is 53.5% f ...
, with the
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 ...
in Lyuban, was established. The governorates were also abolished and the district became a part of
Leningrad Okrug The Leningrad Okrug () was an okrug that briefly existed within the Leningrad Oblast in the Soviet Union, between 1927 and 1930. It covered the city currently known as Saint Petersburg, which was named Leningrad at the time. On 23 July 1930, the ...
of
Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast (, ; ; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). The oblast has an area of and a population of 2,000,997 (2021 Russian census, 2021 Census); up from 1,716,868 recorded in the 2010 Russian census ...
. On August 15, 1930, the okrugs were abolished as well and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast. On August 19, 1930, Lyubansky District was abolished and Lyuban became a part of the newly established Tosnensky District. Between September 1941 and January 1944, during
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, Lyuban was occupied by German troops.


Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with 25 rural localities, incorporated within
Tosnensky District Tosnensky District () is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #116-oz district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Leningrad Oblast, seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central southwestern part of ...
as Lyubanskoye Settlement Municipal Formation.Oblast Law #32-oz As a municipal division, Lyubanskoye Settlement Municipal Formation is incorporated within Tosnensky Municipal District as Lyubanskoye Urban Settlement.Law #116-oz


Economy


Industry

The main industrial enterprise is a lumber plant.


Transportation

The
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and the M10 Highway, connecting
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and St. Petersburg, run through the town. Lyuban is also connected by roads with Luga and with Kirovsk via
Mga Mga () is an types of inhabited localities in Russia, urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Kirovsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Kirovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. Population: The name is almost certainly derived from the iden ...
.


Culture and recreation

Lyuban contains two cultural heritage monuments of federal significance and additionally eight objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance. The federal monuments are the tombs of Pavel Melnikov and
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, engineers coordinating the construction of the railway. The tomb of painter
Andrei Ryabushkin Andrei Petrovich Ryabushkin (; – ) was a Russian Painting, painter. His major works were devoted to life of ordinary Russians of the 17th century. Biography Andrey Petrovich Ryabushkin was born in the village Stanichnaya sloboda, Borisoglebsk ...
at the same cemetery is protected as a cultural monument of local significance.


See also

* Chudovo (air base)


References


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Sources

* * {{Use mdy dates, date=August 2012 Cities and towns in Leningrad Oblast Novgorodsky Uyezd Tosnensky District