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{{Short description|Town in Oryol Oblast, Russia}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2012}}
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'''Novosil''' ({{langx|ru|Новоси́ль}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] and the [[administrative center]] of [[Novosilsky District]] in [[Oryol Oblast]], [[Russia]], located on the right bank of the [[Zusha River]] {{convert|70|km|sp=us}} east of [[Oryol]], the administrative center of the [[oblast]]. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=3,658|p2002=4,017|p1989=4,198}}

==History==
[[File:RU_COA_Novosilsky_X,_124.jpg|thumb|left|Coat of arms of Novosilsky family (1836), an old [[Russian nobility]] claiming descent from [[Rurik dynasty]]]]
It was first mentioned in 1155 as a fortress called ''Itil'' and was the seat of the [[Olgovichi|Olgovichi branch]] of the [[Rurik dynasty]] during the [[Middle Ages]].<ref>http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/russia/rurik5.html#OS</ref> Town rights were granted to Novosil in 1777.<ref>https://sanstv.ru/dict/%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB</ref> During [[World War II]], Novosil was occupied by the [[Wehrmacht|German Army]] from November&nbsp;13 to December&nbsp;27, 1941.

==Administrative and municipal status==
Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], Novosil serves as the [[administrative center]] of [[Novosilsky District]].<ref name="OryolO_adm">Law #522-OZ</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Novosilsky District as the '''[[town of district significance]] of Novosil'''.<ref name="OryolO_adm" /> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the town of district significance of Novosil is incorporated within Novosilsky Municipal District as '''Novosil Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="OryolONovosilskyD_mun">Law #425-OZ</ref>

==Notable people ==
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*[[Maya Dmitrievna Koveshnikova]] (1926–2013), landscape painter
*[[Slava Polunin]] (born 1950), performance artist

==References==
===Notes===
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===Sources===
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|orl|adm|law}}
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|orl|mun|list|novosilsky}}

{{Oryol Oblast}}
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Oryol Oblast]]
[[Category:Novosilsky Uyezd]]