Pearls of Seliger: Ostashkov

Ostashkov is a city (since 1770) in Russia, the administrative center of the Ostashkovsky district of the Tver region. The city is located on the shore of the southern part of Lake Seliger, 190 km from Tver. Population - 18,803 inhabitants (2010; 20.6 thousand according to the 2002 census).

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1. ^ ab Law No. 34-ZO
2. ^ abcd Law No. 34-ZO establishes that the boundaries of settlements (administrative territorial units) are identical to the boundaries of urban and rural settlements (municipalities), and the boundaries of administrative districts are identical to the boundaries of municipal entities. In Law No. 40-ZO, which defines the boundaries and composition of the municipalities of the Ostashkovsky municipal district, the city of Ostashkov is included in the composition and administrative center of the Ostashkovsky urban settlement of this region.
3. ^ a b Federal State Statistics Service (2011). “All-Russian Population Census 2010. Volume 1" [All-Russian Population Census 2010, vol. 1]. All-Russian Population Census 2010 [All-Russian Population Census 2010]
   . Federal State Statistics Service.
4. ^ ab State Committee of the Russian Federation on Statistics. Committee of the Russian Federation for Standardization, Metrology and Certification. No. OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 “All-Russian classifier of objects of administrative-territorial division. Code 28 245", ed. changes No. 278 / 2015 of January 1, 2021. (Goskomstat of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation for Standardization, Metrology and Certification. No. OK 019-95 January 1, 1997. Russian classification of administrative divisions) (OKATO).
   Code 28 245 , as amended by Amendment No. 278/2015 of 01/01/2016).
5. ^ abcd Law No. 40-ZO
6. Law No. 4-ZO
7. "On the Calculation of Time". Official Internet portal of legal information
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8. Post office. Information and computing center of OASU RPO. ( Post office
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   Search for postal service objects ( postal Search for objects
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9. ↑
   Federal State Statistics Service of Russia (May 21, 2004).
   “The population of Russia, the constituent entities of the Russian Federation as part of federal districts, urban settlements, settlements, settlements of 3 thousand or more people” [Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal districts, districts, urban settlements, rural settlements - administrative centers and rural settlements with a population of more than 3,000 people] (XLS). All-Russian Population Census 2002
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10. “All-Union Population Census of 1989. The current population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous regions and districts, territories, negative phenomena, urban settlements and rural district centers” [All-Union Population Census of 1989: current population of union and autonomous republics, Autonomous regions and districts , territories, regions, districts, towns and villages performing the functions of district administrative centers. All-Union Population Census of 1989 [All-Union Population Census of 1989]
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    Institute of Demography of the National Research University: Higher School of Economics [Institute of Demography of the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 - via Demoscope Weekly
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11. ^ abc Malygin, P. D.; Smirnov, S. N. (2007). History of the administrative-territorial division of the Tver Region (PDF). Tver. pp. 14–15. OCLC 540329541.
12. ^ ab Vorobyov, M. V. (1993). G. V. Tufanova (ed.). Administrative-territorial division of the Smolensk region (in Russian). State Archive of the Smolensk Region. pp. 118–133.
13. ^ a b Information on changes in the administrative-territorial division of the Tver region - Kalinin region (in Russian). Archives of Russia. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
14. ^ B s d e g Vladimirov, Nikolai. “Archival copy” of Ostashkov during the Great Patriotic War (in Russian). Seliger Ostashkov. Archived from the original on January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
15. Sectoral orientation of the municipality (in Russian). Official website of the Ostashkovsky district. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
16. Monuments of history and culture of the peoples of the Russian Federation (in Russian). Ministry of Culture of Russia. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
17. Ostashkovsky Museum of Local Lore (in Russian). Russian Cultural Heritage Network. Retrieved January 5, 2015.

Sources [edit]

• Legislative Assembly of the Tver Region. Law No. 34-ZO of April 17, 2006 “On the administrative-territorial structure of the Tver region,” as amended. Law No. 66-ZO of October 1, 2014 “On amendments to Article 18 of the Law of the Tver Region” On the administrative-territorial structure of the Tver Region “”. Came into force on the date of official publication. Published: “Tver Gazette”, No. 17 (special issue), April 19, 2006 (Legislative Assembly of the Tver Region. Law of April 17, 2006 No. 34-ZO “ On the administrative-territorial structure of the Tver Region”
  as amended by the Law dated October 1, 2014 No. 66-ZO “
  On amendments to Article 18 of the Law of the City of Tver”).
  Region “On the administrative-territorial structure of the Tver region” . Valid from the date of official publication.).
• Legislative Assembly of the Tver Region. Law No. 40-ZO of February 28, 2005 “On establishing the boundaries of municipalities that are part of the territory of the municipal formation of the Tver region” Ostashkovsky district “and granting them the status of urban and rural settlements,” as amended. Law No. 16-ZO of March 28, 2013 “On the transformation of the municipalities of the Shchuchenskoye rural settlement of the Ostashkovsky district of the Tver region and the Svyatoselskoye rural settlement of the Ostashkovsky district of the Tver region and amendments to the Law of the Tver region” On the establishment of the boundaries of municipal entities that are part of the territory of the municipal formation of the Tver region "Ostashkovsky district", and giving them the status of an urban, rural settlement "". Came into force on the date of official publication. Published: “Tver Gazette”, No. 10, March 11–17, 2005 (Legislative Assembly of the Tver Region. Law No. 40-ZO of February 28, 2005 On the establishment of the boundaries of municipal entities in the territory of the municipal formation “Ostashkovsky district” includes giving them the status of urban and rural settlements
  , as amended by the Law of March 28, 2013 No. 16-ZO “
  On the transformation of municipalities - the Shchuchenskoye rural settlement of the Ostashkovsky district of the Tver region and the Svyatoselskoye rural settlement of the Ostashkovsky district of the Tver region and on amendments to the Law of the Tver region "On establishing the boundaries of municipalities that are part of the municipal formation "Ostashkovsky District", and on assigning them the status of urban and rural settlements
  ." Valid from the date of official publication.).
• Legislative Assembly of the Tver Region. Law No. 4-ZO of January 18, 2005 “On establishing the boundaries of municipalities of the Tver region and granting them the status of urban districts and municipal communications,” as amended. Law No. 65-ZO of July 24, 2012 “On amendments to Article 2 of the Law of the Tver Region” On establishing the boundaries of municipalities of the Tver Region and granting them the status of city districts and municipal communications “”. Came into force ten days after official publication. Published: “Tver Gazette”, No. 3, January 21–27, 2005 (Legislative Assembly of the Tver Region. Law of January 18, 2005 No. 4-ZO “ On establishing the boundaries of municipalities of the Tver Region and giving them the status of city districts, municipal formations").
  As amended by Law No. 65-ZO dated July 24, 2012 “
  On amendments to Article 2 of the Law of the Tver Region “On establishing the boundaries of municipalities of the Tver Region and giving them the status of city districts, municipal districts
  . Valid from the day that occurs ten days after official publication.).

Story

Known since the 14th century. A letter from the Lithuanian prince Olgerd to the Patriarch of Constantinople Philotheus, dated 1371, mentions Klichen, a border town of the Moscow principality, located on the island of the same name on Seliger. In 1393, Klichen was captured and burned by the Novgorodians. According to legend, after this the only resident of Klichen survived, the fisherman Evstafiy (Ostashko), who moved to the neighboring peninsula south of Klichen - from where the city got its name.

In 1772-1775 - the center of the Ostashkovsky district of the Novgorod province. In 1775, the city and the district were transferred to the Tver governorship (from 1776 - Tver province). During the redevelopment of district towns in the 18th century, it was the new layout of Ostashkov that was taken as a model for other district towns of the Russian Empire (as in 1763, the new regular layout of Tver was recognized as a reference for provincial cities). In 1929-1935 Ostashkov was part of the Western Region, from 1935 to 1990 - the Kalinin Region.

Ostashkov

1. The top five most important attractions of Seligersky are opened by the active monastery of Nilova Pustyn . By the way, it is located on one of the islands.

This is an amazingly energetic place! People come here to venerate the relics of St. Neil. They say that it helps people with ailments of the musculoskeletal system recover. I myself feel every time how my strength increases after visiting this particular monastery.

Tourists are allowed to climb the bell tower of the Nile Desert. From there the view opens up to incredible beauty.

It is easy to get here either by car or with a boat excursion.

Do not forget that this is a monastery, so it is better to take a scarf and a long skirt with you. It is not advisable for men to come to the island in shorts. But even if you don’t have the necessary clothes, they always offer scarves and skirts at the entrance.

2. Not far from Ostashkov there is another place that guests of the city should definitely visit. This is the Holy Okovetsky Spring .

Many come here for healing of soul and body. Here you can always get water, which is not only healthy, but also extremely tasty.

For those who are not afraid of cold water, I recommend taking a dip in the spring bath. In winter and summer, the water temperature is + 4 °C.

3. Another natural attraction is the Volga River . Here it is only gaining its waters, its power. And you can even swim across it there and back. But I do not advise those who are not confident in their abilities to do this, because the current of the Volga is still very strong!

I advise fishermen to definitely go fishing on the river bank.

I have never eaten tastier fish soup anywhere than from Volga perch. By the way, 70 kilometers by car from Ostashkov - and you will see the source of this famous river. Below in the screenshot you can see the route map.

4. Of the many lakes, I want to highlight Silver (Tryaskoye) Lake . Rumor has it that a treasure of silver is buried there. But I think that this is only a legend, so you shouldn’t go there with scuba gear and a shovel. But you can easily find rare blue clay here. Maybe that’s why after swimming in the lake the skin becomes velvety.

It's quite difficult to get to. If by car, then only by SUV. But the path to Silver Lake will be easier and more pleasant by water. Boat excursions depart here from the Ostashkov pier.

5. But this region is interesting not only for its historical and natural attractions. At the exit from Ostashkov there is a pyramid . It is not unique, just one of those that were built in the 90s according to a design developed by Alexander Golod. For some reason I could never drive past her. After all, you can really feel a special energy inside.

Climate

• Average annual air temperature - 4.4 °C
• Average wind speed - 3.0 m/s

Economics [edit]

Industry[edit]

The main production enterprise of the Ostashkovsky district is the Ostashkovskaya tannery. Additionally, there are enterprises from the forestry, textile and food industries. [15]

Transport[edit]

Ostashkov railway station

The railway connecting Bologoe with Velikiye Luki passes through Ostashkov. Suburban trains run daily to Bologoe and Velikiye Luki (except Mondays and Wednesdays). Also, commuter trains run to Kuvshinovo twice a week (Monday and Friday). Trains to St. Petersburg and Moscow run infrequently, mainly during the summer tourist season.

Ostashkov is connected by road with Torzhok via Kuvshinovo. This road has access to the M10 highway connecting Moscow and St. Petersburg. Ostashkov is further connected to Staritsa via Selizharovo, to Andreapol via Peno, as well as to Demyansk and Maryevo. There are also local roads, bus traffic comes from Ostashkov.