Gorodets (Leningrad region)

Ancient Russia and Novgorod Land

It is mentioned in the scribe books of the Shelonsky Pyatina of 1501, as the village of Gorodets on a lake in the Dremyatsky graveyard of the Novgorod district ^[2] .

In the 16th century, the monastery in Gorodets was “plundered from Lithuanian and German people” ^[3] .

Russian Empire

CITY - the village belongs to the Oranienbaum Palace Office, the number of inhabitants under the audit: 107 metro stations, 101 railways. P.
With him:
a) Treasury stone with a postal yard hotel.
b) The wooden church in the name of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, belongs to the department of the White Clergy, with it residents according to revision: 19 mp., 26 g. P.
c) A drinking, wooden structure house, called Drelatsky.
d) Prison for the temporary premises. (1838) ^[4]

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CITY - the village of Oranienbaum Palace Board, by post, the number of yards - 35, the number of souls - 90 m. (1856) ^[5]

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CITY - village, number of inhabitants on the Xth revision of 1857: 81 mp., 99 railways. p. ^[6]

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GORODETS - the village of the palace department at Lake Gorodetsky, the number of courtyards - 28, the number of inhabitants: 81 m., 99 w. P.;
Orthodox churches 2. Post station. (1862) ^[7]

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  Gorodets village on the map of 1863

According to the 1882 farmstead inventory:

GORODETS - village of the Gorodets society of the Gorodets volost
50 houses, 81 shower stalls, 41 families, 41 residents, 87 m., 100 women. P.; category of peasants - owners ^[6]

The compilation of the Central Statistical Committee described it like this:

GORODETS - a former specific village at Lake Gorodetsky and the Serebryanka River, 40 yards, 193 residents; Volost government, 2 Orthodox churches, school, 4 shops. (1885) ^[8]

According to the statistics on the national economy of the Luga district of 1891, the estate in the village of Gorodets with an area of ​​1036 acres belonged to the nobles Glinka-Mavrins , the estate was acquired until 1868 ^[9] .

In the XIX century, the village administratively belonged to the Gorodets volost of the 2nd camp of the Luga district of the St. Petersburg province , at the beginning of the XX century - the 4th camp ^[10] .

Soviet time

From 1917 to 1924, the village was part of the Gorodets village council of the Gorodets volost of the Luga district.

From 1924 to 1928 - to the Novoselsky Village Council, then again to the Gorodetsky Village Council ^[11] .

According to the topographic map of 1926, the village was called Gorodets (Kukuevka) and consisted of 40 yards .

According to 1933, the village of Gorodets was the administrative center of the Gorodets village council of the Luga region, which included 13 settlements: the villages of Aleksandrovka, Volnaya Seryodka, Domkino, Zheglino, Zaozerye, Kukuevka, Lyublino, Novoselye, Empty Brod, the villages of Gorodets , Ivanovo, Kostkino farm the population of 3120 people ^[12] .

According to 1936, the Gorodets Village Council included 13 settlements, 548 households, and 9 collective farms ^[13] .

From August 1, 1941 to January 31, 1944, the village was under occupation.

In 1961, its population was 155 people ^[11] .

According to 1966, the village of Gorodets was also part of the Gorodets village council ^[14] .

According to 1990, the village of Gorodets was part of the Volodarsky village council of the Luga region ^[15] .

Russian Federation

In 1997, 77 people lived in the village of Gorodets of the Volodarsky volost, in 2002 - 89 people (Russians - 98%) ^{[16] [17]} .

In 2007, in the village of Gorodets of the Volodarsky joint venture - 92 ^[18] .

The village is located in the southern part of the district on the P23 Pskov highway ( E 95 , St. Petersburg - the border with Belarus ), at the junction of the 41K-254 highway (Gorodets - Konezerye ).

The distance to the administrative center of the settlement is 7 km ^[18] .

The distance to the nearest railway station Luga is 20 km ^[14] .

On the western outskirts of the village is located Gorodetsky lake .

The Rybinka River ^[19] flows through the village (according to other sources, the Gorodetsky stream ^[20] ), which flows into Lake Vrevo .

• The remains of the ancient settlement Gorodets near Luga on Gorodetskaya mountain ^{[24] [25] [26]}
• Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• Chapel in the name of St. St. George the Victorious, which holds the marble cancer with the relics of the Monk Martyr Tryphon
• A source revered as a saint ^[27]

Kukuevskaya ^[28] .

• A. Aimin “Meadows of the Half - historical essays”, Golubev Publishing House, 2011