Kondrovo, Kaluga Oblast
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Kondrovo (Template:Langx) is a town and the administrative center of Dzerzhinsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Shanya River (a tributary of the Ugra in the Oka's basin), Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: Template:Ru-census2021 Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census);[1] Template:Replace (1989 Soviet census).[2]
History
Originally known as Kondyrevo (Script error: No such module "Lang".), it was a votchina of Dmitry Kondyrin, a Russian voyevoda who was granted these lands for his service during the second war with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1500–1501.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The settlement's name gradually changed to Kondrovo by the 1840s.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 1790, a paper mill was built in the village, and by the end of the 19th century it became famous for its high quality paper.
Town status was granted to Kondrovo in 1938.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
During World War II, Kondrovo was occupied by the German Army from October 9, 1941 to January 19, 1942.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kondrovo serves as the administrative center of Dzerzhinsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[3] As a municipal division, the town of Kondrovo is incorporated within Dzerzhinsky Municipal District as Kondrovo Urban Settlement.[4]
Economy
The town's paper mill KBK (Kodrovskaya Bumazhnaya Kompaniya) is still the main industrial enterprise. It produces parchment, notebooks, toilet paper, and female hygiene articles.
References
Notes
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "Lang". (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 29 208, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
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Sources
External links
- MojGorod.ru. Entry on Kondrovo Template:In lang
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