Borovichi - Citizendia

Historic coat of arms of Borovichi

Borovichi (Russian: Боровичи) is the second largest town in Novgorod Oblast, Russia, with a population of 57,755 (2002 Census). Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages This is a list of cities and towns in Russia with population over 50000 grouped by federal subject and sorted by population Novgorod Oblast (Новгоро́дская о́бласть Novgorodskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Russian Census of 2002 (Всеросси́йская пе́репись населе́ния 2002 го́да was the first Census of the Russian Federation carried

Geography

The town is located in the northern spurs of the Valdai Hills, 194 km east of Novgorod. The Valdai Hills ( Russian: Валда́йская возвы́шенность or Валда́й Latvian: Valdaja augstiene are an upland region in north-west Veliky Novgorod (Вели́кий Но́вгород is the foremost historic city of North-Western Russia and the administrative center of Novgorod It stands upon the Msta river. Msta (Мста is a River in Tver Oblast and Novgorod Oblast of Russia. Just upstream Borovichi there are the famous rapids of Msta popular among tourists. RAPID is an acronym for Rural Address Property IDentification a scheme instituted in New Zealand to assist emergency services in identifying and locating rural properties

History

The settlement was first mentioned in 1495. It received the status of a town in 1770 from the empress Catherine II. Catherine II, called Catherine the Great (Екатерина II Великая Yekaterina II Velikaya;) reigned as Empress of Russia for 34 years The main occupation of the town's inhabitants was piloting ships through the rapids of the Msta river that used to be a part of an important waterway connecting Central Russia with the Baltic Sea (hence a rudder appears on the town's coat of arms granted by Catherine II). The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude. However, by the middle of the 19th century, after opening of Volga-Baltic Waterway and the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway, the significance of the Msta river as a transport route has decreased. The Volga-Baltic Waterway, formerly known as the Mariinsk Canal System (Russian Мариинская водная система is a series of Canals and Rivers

Sources of fire clay were discovered near the town in the 19th century, and the first fire brick manufacturing plant opened in the region in 1855. Fire clay is a specific kind of Clay used in the manufacture of Ceramics especially Fire brick. A fire brick, firebrick, or refractory brick is a block of refractory Ceramic material used in lining Furnaces Kilns In 1878, a railway branch connected the town to Uglovka station of the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway, which allowed to establish several large fire brick plants in 1880. Uglovka (Угловка is an Urban-type settlement in Okulovsky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Now about half of the town's population is employed in fire brick industry.

Famous residents

Alexander Suvorov spent several years in Konchanskoe estate near Borovichi. Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Суво́ров (sometimes transliterated as Aleksandr, Aleksander and Suvarov Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai was born not far from Borovichi. Nicholai Nicholaevich Miklukho-Maklai ( Николай Николаевич Миклухо-Маклай in Russian, ( Микола Миколайович Миклухо-Маклай

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