Lotoshino () is an
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement
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) and 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 ...
of
Lotoshinsky District of
Moscow Oblast
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,
Russia
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. It is the least populous administrative center of a district in Moscow Oblast. Population:
Lotoshino was first mentioned in a chronicle in 1478. Under the
Russian Empire
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, it was a village within
Volokolamsky Uyezd of
Moscow Governorate
The Moscow Governorate was a province ('' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia, and the Russian Empire. It was bordered by Tver Governorate to the north, Vladimir Governorate to the northeast, Ryazan Governorate to the southeast, Tula Gove ...
, but did not even have a status of a
volost
Volost (; ; ) was a traditional administrative subdivision in Kievan Rus', the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and the Russian Empire.
History
The '' Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary'' (1890–1907) states that the origins of the concept is unc ...
center. It became the administrative center of the district in 1929, when Moscow Oblast was founded. In 1951, it was granted urban-type settlement status.
Postal codes: 143800, 143801.
References
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Urban-type settlements in Moscow Oblast
Staritsky Uyezd