Administrative divisions of Novgorod Oblast

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Novgorod Oblast, Russia Flag of Novgorod Oblast.svg
Administrative center: Novgorod
As of 2015: [1]
# of districts
(районы)		21
# of cities/towns
(города)		10
# of urban-type settlements
(посёлки городского типа)		14
# of selsovets and settlements
(сельсоветы и поселения)		114
As of 2002: [2]
# of rural localities
(сельские населённые пункты)		3,793
# of uninhabited rural localities
(сельские населённые пункты без населения)		460

Administratively, Novgorod Oblast is divided into three cities and towns of oblast significance and twenty-one districts.

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In terms of the population, the biggest administrative district is Novgorodsky District (57,685 in 2010), the smallest ones are Poddorsky District (4,645) and Maryovsky District (4,673). [3]

In terms of the area, the biggest administrative districts are Novgorodsky District (4,600 square kilometres (1,800 sq mi)) and Lyubytinsky District (4,500 square kilometres (1,700 sq mi)), the smallest one is Volotovsky District (995 square kilometres (384 sq mi)).

Administrative and municipal divisions

Administrative divisions of Novgorod Oblast
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DivisionStructure OKATO OKTMO Urban-type settlement/
district-level town*		Rural
AdministrativeMunicipal
Veliky Novgorod (Великий Новгород)cityurban okrug49 40149 701
Borovichi (Боровичи)city(under Borovichsky )49 40849 606
Staraya Russa (Старая Русса)city(under Starorussky )49 41349 639
Batetsky (Батецкий)district49 20349 6033 settlements
Borovichsky (Боровичский)district49 20649 60610 settlements
Valdaysky (Валдайский)district49 20849 6089 settlements
Volotovsky (Волотовский)districtokrug49 21049 6105 settlements
Demyansky (Демянский)district49 21249 6127 settlements
Krestetsky (Крестецкий)district49 21449 6145 settlements
Lyubytinsky (Любытинский)district49 21649 6162 settlements
Malovishersky (Маловишерский)district49 22049 6203 settlements
Maryovsky (Марёвский)districtokrug49 22349 6234 selsovets
Moshenskoy (Мошенской)district49 22449 6245 settlements
Novgorodsky (Новгородский)district49 22549 6259 settlements
Okulovsky (Окуловский)district49 22849 6287 settlements
Parfinsky (Парфинский)district49 23049 6303 settlements
Pestovsky (Пестовский)district49 23249 6327 settlements
Poddorsky (Поддорский)district49 23449 6343 settlements
Soletsky (Солецкий)districtokrug49 23849 6384 settlements
Starorussky (Старорусский)district49 23949 6398 settlements
Khvoyninsky (Хвойнинский)districtokrug49 24549 64510 settlements
Kholmsky (Холмский)district49 24749 6473 settlements
Chudovsky (Чудовский)district49 25049 6503 settlements
Shimsky (Шимский)district49 25549 6554 settlements

Differences with municipal divisions

All of the administrative districts of Novgorod Oblast are municipally incorporated as municipal districts, and the Novgorod city of oblast significance is municipally incorporated as an urban okrug. There are, however, two exceptions,

History

December 29 [ O.S. December 18], 1708 Tsar Peter the Great issued an edict which established seven governorates. [5] [6] The description of the borders of the governorates was not given; instead, their area was defined as a set of towns and the lands adjacent to those towns. The present area of Novgorod oblast was a part of Ingermanland Governorate, which was renamed Saint Petersburg Governorate in 1710. The governorates were subdivided into uyezds, and uyezds into volosts. In 1727, a separate Novgorod Governorate was established. It was subdivided into five provinces, and the current area of Novgorod Oblast was split between two of them - Novgorod and Velikiye Luki Provinces. In 1772, Velikiye Luki Province was transferred to newly established Pskov Governorate. In 1775, Novgorod Governorate was transformed to Novgorod Viceroyalty, and in 1777, Pskov Governorate was transformed to Pskov Viceroyalty. In 1796, both governorates were re-established. By the 1920s, most of the area of current Novgorod Oblast belonged to Novgorod Governorate. Kholmsky and Soletsky Districts belonged to Pskov Governorate, and a part of Batetsky District belonged to Petrograd Governorate.

On August 1, 1927 the governorates were abolished, and merged into newly established Leningrad Oblast, which included the northwestern part of Russian Federation. The oblast were subdivided into 140 districts, which were grouped into nine okrugs. The current area of Novgorod Oblast was spread into six of these nine okrugs, Borovichi, Cherepovets, Leningrad, Luga, Novgorod, and Velikiye Luki Okrugs. On June 3, 1929 Velikiye Luki Okrug, which included Kholmsky District, was transferred from Leningrad Oblast to Western Oblast. Later on, it was transferred into Kalinin Oblast. In 1930, the okrugs were abolished, and the districts were directly subordinate to the oblast authorities. [7]

Between autumn of 1941 and spring of 1944, during the World War II, western parts of the current area of Novgorod Oblast, including the city of Novgorod, were occupied by German troops. After the liberation, the administrative division of Soviet Union was considerably changed, and on July 5, 1944 Novgorod Oblast with the center in the city of Novgorod was established.

On August 22, 1944 Kholmsky District, which was a part of Novgorod Oblast, was transferred to newly established Velikiye Luki Oblast. On October 2, 1957 Velikiye Luki Oblast was abolished, and Kholmsky District was transferred to Pskov Oblast. On July 29, 1958 it was transferred back to Novgorod Oblast. [8] [9]

In the middle of the 1960s the oblast went through the abortive Khrushchyov administrative reform, when districts were first divided into large-scale agricultural and industrial districts, and several years later these were abolished, and the oblast got a district structure different from that before the reform.

Abolished districts

After 1927 (with the exception of the aborted reform of 1963-1965) borders between the districts sometimes were modified, and as a result some of the districts were abolished. This list includes the districts which existed in the current area of Novgorod Oblast.

In the end of the 1920s minor areas which are now parts of Novgorod Oblast were parts of short-lived Budogoshchensky (with the center in Budogoshch) and Pikalyovsky Districts (Pikalyovo). Much of the area of these districts belongs now to Leningrad Oblast. Rozhdestvensky District (with the administrative center in the selo of Rozhdestvo), Leningrad Oblast, was established in 1927, abolished in 1931, and merged into Bologovsky District. Much of its area is currently in Tver Oblast. Troitsky District (with the administrative center in the selo of Troitsa-Khlavitsa), established in 1927, was renamed Lovatsky District in 1930, and abolished in the same year, being split between Kholmsky and Loknyansky Districts. The area of Lovatsky District is currently split between Pskov and Novgorod Oblasts. Podberezinsky District (with the administrative center in the selo of Podberezye) was established in 1945 as a part of Velikiye Luki Oblast, moved in 1957 to Pskov Oblast, and abolished in 1958, being split between Kholmsky, Loknyansky, Velikoluksky, and Ploshoshsky Districts. The area of Podberezinsky Districts is split between Pskov, Tver, and Novgorod Oblasts.

Renamed districts

Several of the districts were renamed: Belsky into Lyubytinsky, Minetsky into Khvoyninsky, and Molvotitsky into Maryovsky (it was first abolished and then re-established under a different name).

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Pustoshkinsky District District in Pskov Oblast, Russia

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Usvyatsky District District in Pskov Oblast, Russia

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Velikoluksky District District in Pskov Oblast, Russia

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Toropetsky District District in Tver Oblast, Russia

Toropetsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast and borders with Kholmsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the north, Andreapolsky District in the east, Zapadnodvinsky District in the south, Kunyinsky District of Pskov Oblast in the southwest, Velikoluksky District of Pskov Oblast in the west, and with Loknyansky District of Pskov Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is 3,373 square kilometers (1,302 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Toropets. Population: 20,526 ; 25,235 (2002 Census); 31,228 (1989 Census). The population of Toropets accounts for 63.4% of the district's total population.

References

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  4. 1 2 3 In 2009, the urban-type settlements of Bolshaya Vishera in Malovishersky District and of Tyosovsky and Tyosovo-Netylsky in Novgorodsky District lost their status and became rural localities, see Изменения в административно-территориальном делении субъектов Российской Федерации за 2009 год (in Russian). State Committee of Statistics. Retrieved 27 January 2012.[ permanent dead link ] Municipally, they remain incorporated as urban settlements.
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