Kostroma
Kostroma
Кострома | |
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 Fire-observation watchtower in Kostroma (1825-1828) | |
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Location of Kostroma  | |
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| Coordinates:57°46′05″N40°55′37″E/ 57.76806°N 40.92694°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kostroma Oblast[1] |
| Founded | 1152[2] |
| Government | |
| • Head | Yuri Zhurin[3] |
| Elevation | 110 m (360 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 268,742 |
| • Rank | 69thin 2010 |
| •Subordinated to | city of oblast significanceof Kostroma[1] |
| •Capitalof | Kostroma Oblast,[1]Kostromskoy District[1] |
| •Urban okrug | Kostroma Urban Okrug[5] |
| •Capitalof | Kostroma Urban Okrug,[5]Kostromskoy Municipal District[5] |
| Time zone | UTC+3(MSK [6]) |
| Postal code(s)[7] | 156XXX |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 4942 |
| OKTMOID | 34701000001 |
| Website | grad |
Kostroma(Russian:Кострома́,IPA:[kəstrɐˈma]) is a historiccityand theadministrative centerofKostroma Oblast,Russia.A part of theGolden Ringof Russian cities, it is located at theconfluenceof the riversVolgaandKostroma.In the 2021 census, the population is 267,481.
History[edit]
Under the Rurikids[edit]
The official founding year of the city is 1152 byYury Dolgoruky.[2]Since many scholars believe that early Eastern Slavs tribes arrived in modern-day Belarus, Ukraine and western Russia AD 400 to 600, Kostroma could be much older than previously thought.[8]
The city has the same name as the East Slavic goddessKostroma.
Like other towns of theEastern Rus,Kostroma was sacked by theMongolsin 1238. It then constituted a small principality, under leadership of PrinceVasily of Kostroma,a younger brother of the famousAlexander Nevsky.Upon inheriting the grand ducal title in 1271, Vasily didn't leave the town forVladimir,and his descendants ruled Kostroma for another half a century, until the town was bought byIvan I of Moscow.[citation needed]
As one of the northernmost towns of theGrand Duchy of Moscow,Kostroma served for grand dukes as a place of retreat when enemies besiegedMoscowin 1382, 1408, and 1433. In 1375, the town was looted byNovgorodpirates (ushkuiniks). The spectacular growth[quantify]of the city in the 16th century may be attributed to the establishment of trade connections with English and Dutch merchants (Muscovy Company) through the northern port ofArchangel.Boris Godunovhad theIpatiev[9]and Epiphany monasteries rebuilt in stone. The construction works were finished just in time for the city to witness some of the most dramatic events of theTime of Troubles.[citation needed]
The heroic peasantIvan Susaninbecame a symbol of the city's resistance to foreign invaders;[dubious–discuss]several monuments to him may be seen in Kostroma. The future Tsar,Mikhail Romanov,also lived at the monastery. It was here that an embassy fromMoscowoffered him the Russian crown in 1612.[citation needed]
Under the Romanovs[edit]
A wooden house of Mikhail Romanov is still preserved in the monastery. There are also several old wooden structures transported to the monastery walls from distant districts of theKostroma Oblast.[citation needed]
In 1773, Kostroma was devastated by a great fire. Afterwards the city was rebuilt with streets radiating from a single focal point near the river. They[who?]say thatCatherine the Greatdropped her fan on thecity map,and told the architects to follow her design. One of the best preserved examples of the 18th centurytown planning,Kostroma retains some elegant structures in a "provincial neoclassical"style. These include a governor's palace, a fire tower, a rotunda on the Volgaembankment,and anarcaded central marketwith a merchant church in the center.[citation needed]
During and after the Russian Revolution[edit]
The First Workers' Socialist Club based in Kostroma was one of the best documented workers' clubs run byProletkult.Organised around the principle of a "public hearth" (obshchestvennyi ochag) this club combined both practical support for workers in need of accommodation, food or furniture, as well as providing a focus for popular education.
Nuclear power referendum[edit]
The Nuclear Power Referendum was arranged in 1990 in the Kostroma area. 90% of the voting population were againstnuclear powerin the area.[10]AKostroma Nuclear Power Planthas been proposed.
Administrative and municipal status[edit]
Kostroma is theadministrative centerof theoblastand, within theframework of administrative divisions,it also serves as the administrative center ofKostromskoy District,[1]even though it is not a part of it.[11]As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as thecity of oblast significanceof Kostroma—an administrative unit with a status equal to that of thedistricts.[1]As amunicipal division,the city of oblast significance of Kostroma is incorporated asKostroma Urban Okrug.[5]
Geography[edit]
The city is located at the confluence of the rivers Volga and Kostroma.
Climate[edit]
Kostroma has acontinental climate(KöppenDfb). It has long, very cold winters and short warm summers.
| Climate data for Kostroma (1991–2020, extremes 1842–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
7.2 (45.0) |
17.9 (64.2) |
27.6 (81.7) |
32.5 (90.5) |
34.5 (94.1) |
37.1 (98.8) |
37.3 (99.1) |
30.2 (86.4) |
22.9 (73.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
9.4 (48.9) |
37.3 (99.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
1.0 (33.8) |
10.2 (50.4) |
18.2 (64.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
24.2 (75.6) |
21.7 (71.1) |
15.6 (60.1) |
7.7 (45.9) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
8.8 (47.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.8 (16.2) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
12.3 (54.1) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.6 (65.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
10.9 (51.6) |
4.4 (39.9) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
4.6 (40.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −11.8 (10.8) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
0.8 (33.4) |
7.1 (44.8) |
11.1 (52.0) |
13.7 (56.7) |
11.7 (53.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
0.9 (33.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −46.4 (−51.5) |
−39.3 (−38.7) |
−31.1 (−24.0) |
−19.0 (−2.2) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
3.2 (37.8) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−21.1 (−6.0) |
−28.8 (−19.8) |
−44.4 (−47.9) |
−46.4 (−51.5) |
| Averageprecipitationmm (inches) | 41 (1.6) |
29 (1.1) |
31 (1.2) |
35 (1.4) |
53 (2.1) |
74 (2.9) |
73 (2.9) |
73 (2.9) |
56 (2.2) |
64 (2.5) |
49 (1.9) |
40 (1.6) |
618 (24.3) |
| Average extreme snow depth cm (inches) | 35 (14) |
44 (17) |
43 (17) |
10 (3.9) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.4) |
5 (2.0) |
18 (7.1) |
44 (17) |
| Average rainy days | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 154 |
| Average snowy days | 28 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 134 |
| Averagerelative humidity(%) | 87 | 83 | 77 | 68 | 64 | 72 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 88 | 88 | 79 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 35.1 | 68.7 | 136.9 | 193.0 | 257.1 | 278.6 | 284.3 | 232.4 | 136.5 | 67.6 | 29.7 | 22.2 | 1,742.1 |
| Source 1: Pogoda.ru.net[12] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2:NOAA[13] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1897 | 41,336 | — |
| 1926 | 72,317 | +74.9% |
| 1939 | 121,325 | +67.8% |
| 1959 | 171,720 | +41.5% |
| 1970 | 223,042 | +29.9% |
| 1979 | 254,725 | +14.2% |
| 1989 | 278,414 | +9.3% |
| 2002 | 278,750 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 268,742 | −3.6% |
| 2021 | 267,481 | −0.5% |
| Source: Census data | ||
Sights and landmarks[edit]
Built in 1559–1565, the five-domedEpiphany Cathedralwas the first stone edifice in the city; its medievalfrescoesperished during a fire several years ago. The minster houses the city's most precious relic, a 10th-centuryByzantineiconcalledOur Lady of St. Theodore.It was with this icon that Mikhail Romanov was blessed by his mother when he left for Moscow to claim the Russian throne. They[who?]say that just before theRevolution of 1917,the icon blackened so badly that the image was hardly visible; it was interpreted as a bad sign for the Romanov dynasty.
The Ipatyevsky monastery survives mostly intact, with its 16th-century walls, towers,belfry,and the 17th-centurycathedral.
Apart from the monasteries, most of the city churches were either rebuilt or demolished during the Soviet years. The only city church that survives from the 17th-century "golden age" is theResurrection church on the Lowlands(Russian: церковь Воскресения на Дебре). As the story goes, the church was commissioned by one merchant who ordered inEnglandten barrels of dye but received ten barrels of gold instead. He resolved that the unearned gold was the devil's gift and decided to spend it on building a church. Two other 17th-century temples, of rather conventional architecture, may be seen on the opposite side of the Volga.
Among the vestiges of the Godunov rule, a finetent-like churchin theurban-type settlementofKrasnoye-na-Volge(formerly an estate of Boris Godunov's brother) may be recommended.
Transportation[edit]
The city is served by theKostroma Airport.Since 1887 there has been a railway connection between Kostroma and Moscow.[14]
Notable people[edit]
- Olesya Barel(born 1960), basketball player
- Nina Demme(1902–1977), polar explorer and biologist
- Aleksandra Ishimova(1805–1881), translator and author of children's books
- Roman Kopin(born 1974), Governor ofChukotka Autonomous Okrug
- Aleksey Pisemsky(1821–1881), novelist and dramatist
- Porphyrius Uspensky(1804–1885), Russian Orthodox theologian, orientalist, archaeologist and byzantinologist
- The Lubavitcher Rebbe,Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Shneersohnwas exiled to Kostroma by the USSR in 1927 for 3 years, and was released after 9 days
Twin towns – sister cities[edit]
Following the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine,DurhamCounty council revoked the twinning arrangements with Kostroma, which had been in place since 1968.[16][17]
References[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^abcdefgLaw #112-4-ZKO
- ^abOfficial website of Kostroma.Kostroma Today
- ^Official website of Kostroma.Viktor Valentinovich Yemets,Head of the Kostroma City Administration
- ^Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011).Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1[2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1].Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census](in Russian).Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^abcdLaw #237-ZKO
- ^"Об исчислении времени".Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации(in Russian). June 3, 2011.RetrievedJanuary 19,2019.
- ^Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post).Поиск объектов почтовой связи(Postal Objects Search)(in Russian)
- ^"Early East Slavic Tribes in Russia | Study".Study.RetrievedSeptember 13,2018.
- ^Local History website.K. Torop. Kostroma
- ^Teoksessa Venäjän ihmisoikeusliike Gaudeamus Helsinki 2007
- ^Resolution #133-a
- ^"Погода и Климат – Климат Кострома"(in Russian). Weather and Climate (Погода и климат).RetrievedNovember 13,2021.
- ^ "Kostroma Climate Normals 1991–2020".National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.RetrievedNovember 13,2021.
- ^"Train Station in Kostroma"(in Russian). Archived fromthe originalon March 23, 2012.RetrievedDecember 2,2012.
- ^"Международное и межмуниципальное сотрудничество".duma-kostroma.ru(in Russian). Duma Kostroma.RetrievedFebruary 1,2020.
- ^"Ukraine: County Durham ends twinning links with Russian city Kostroma".BBC News.September 6, 2021.RetrievedMarch 16,2022.
- ^"Durham City Council votes to suspend ties with Russian sister city".The Chronicle.RetrievedSeptember 7,2022.
Sources[edit]
- Костромская областная Дума. Закон №112-4-ЗКО от 9 февраля 2007 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Костромской области», в ред. Закона №567-5-ЗКО от 24 сентября 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Костромской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Костромской области" ». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "СП — нормативные документы", №10(70), 28 февраля 2007 г.(Kostroma Oblast Duma. Law #112-4-ZKO of February 9, 2007On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kostroma Oblast,as amended by the Law #567-5-ZKO of September 24, 2014On Amending the Law of Kostroma Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kostroma Oblast".Effective as of the official publication date.).
- Администрация Костромской области. Постановление №133-а от 8 апреля 2014 г. «Об утверждении реестра населённых пунктов Костромской области». Вступил в силу 11 апреля 2014 г. Опубликован: "СП — нормативные документы", №15, 11 апреля 2014 г.(Administration of Kostroma Oblast. Resolution #133-a of April 8, 2014On the Adoption of the Registry of the Inhabited Localities of Kostroma Oblast.Effective as of April 11, 2014.).
- Костромская областная Дума. Закон №237-ЗКО от 30 декабря 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований в Костромской области и наделении их статусом», в ред. Закона №496-5-ЗКО от 28 февраля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Костромской области "Об установлении границ муниципальных образований в Костромской области и наделении их статусом" ». Вступил в силу по истечении 10 дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Северная Правда" ( "Документы: СпецВыпуск" ), №8, 26 января 2005 г.(Kostroma Oblast Duma. Law #237-ZKO of December 30, 2004On the Establishment of the Borders of the Municipal Formations and on Granting Them Statuses,as amended by the Law #496-5-ZKO of February 28, 2014On Amending the Law of Kostroma Oblast "On the Establishment of the Borders of the Municipal Formations and on Granting Them Statuses".Effective as of after 10 days following the official publication date.).
External links[edit]
- Official website of Kostroma(in Russian)
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