Novozavidovsky (russian: Новозави́довский) is an
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
) in
Konakovsky District
Konakovsky District (russian: Конако́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #4-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Kimrsk ...
of
Tver Oblast
Tver Oblast (russian: Тверска́я о́бласть, ''Tverskaya oblast'', ), from 1935 to 1990 known as Kalinin Oblast (), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tver. It was named after ...
,
Russia
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, located on the right bank of the
Shosha River (the
Ivankovo Reservoir
Ivankovo Reservoir or Ivankovskoye Reservoir (russian: link=no, Иваньковское водохранилище), informally known as the Moscow Sea, is the uppermost reservoir on the Volga, in Moscow and Tver Oblasts of Russia, located some ...
). Population:
History
In 1851, a railway station was open, and in 1866, the textile (wool) factory was constructed close to the station by merchant Varentsov. Novozavidovsky originated as the settlement around the station and the factory. In 1913, the name of the settlement was Alexandrovka; it is not exactly clear when the name Novozavidovsky began to be used. The name of the station originates from
Zavidovo
Zavidovo (russian: Зави́дово) is a village ('' selo'') in Konakovsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is used as an official residence place for the President of Russia.
During the Soviet era it was described as the "Politburo hunt ...
, a nearby village and currently a residence of the President of Russia, and the name of the settlement was transferred from the name of the station. In 1926, Novozavidovsky was granted urban-type settlement status.
Until 1922, Novozavidovsky was a part of
Klinsky Uyezd of
Moscow Governorate
Moscow Governorate (russian: Московская губерния; pre-reform Russian: ), or the Government of Moscow, was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Russian SFSR, which ...
. On July 12 1929, the Governorate was abolished, and the area was transferred to
Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally " under Moscow"), is a federal subject of R ...
.
Uyezds were abolished as well, and Zavidovsky District, with the administrative center in Novozavidovsky, was established within
Tver Okrug
Tver ( rus, Тверь, p=tvʲerʲ) is a city and the administrative centre of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is northwest of Moscow. Population:
Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in the Russian ...
of
Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally " under Moscow"), is a federal subject of R ...
. On July 23, 1930, the okrugs were abolished, and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast.
On January 29, 1935
Kalinin Oblast
Tver Oblast (russian: Тверска́я о́бласть, ''Tverskaya oblast'', ), from 1935 to 1990 known as Kalinin Oblast (), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tver. It was named after Mikhai ...
was established, and Zavidovsky District was transferred to Kalinin Oblast. On November 14, 1960 the district was abolished and merged into Konakovsky District.
On February 13, 1963, during the abortive Khrushchyov administrative reform, Konakovsky District was merged into Kalininsky District, but on January 12, 1965 it was re-established.
In 1990, Kalinin Oblast was renamed Tver Oblast.
Economy
Industry
In Novozavidovsky, there is a mechanical plant producing cranes and specialized trucks.
There is also a textile factory, mainly producing hats.
Transportation
The railway station of
Zavidovo
Zavidovo (russian: Зави́дово) is a village ('' selo'') in Konakovsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is used as an official residence place for the President of Russia.
During the Soviet era it was described as the "Politburo hunt ...
at the
Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway
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is located in Novozavidovsky. It belongs to the
Leningradsky suburban railway line and is connected by regular passenger suburban service with both Moscow (
Moscow Leningradsky railway station
Moscow Leningradsky railway terminal (russian: Ленинградский вокзал, ''Leningradsky vokzal'') also known as Moscow Passazhirskaya station (russian: Москва-Главная-Пассажирская) is the oldest of Mosc ...
) and Tver.
Novozavidovsky has a road access to the
M10 highway, which connects Moscow and St. Petersburg. In the opposite direction, it is connected to Tver via
Kozlovo and
Turginovo.
Culture and recreation
The Memorial Museum of Spiridon Drozhzhin is open in Novozavidovsky. The house where
Spiridon Drozhzhin, a poet who lived in the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, built this house in the village of Nizovka, which was later submerged by water at the construction of the Ivankovo Reservoir. The house was transferred to Novozavidovsky and open as a museum. It was considerably damaged during World War II and restored later. It currently exhibits personal belongings of Drozhzhin and shows an exposition on his life.
Novozavidovsky contains four cultural heritage monuments of local significance. They are the house and the tomb of Spiridon Drozhzhin, as well as two monuments to the soldiers fallen in
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
.
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Urban-type settlements in Tver Oblast
Klinsky Uyezd