Selizharovsky district

Area 3098 km².

The district is located in the western part of the region and borders:

• in the north - with the Ostashkovsky district ,
• in the northeast - with the Kuvshinovsky district
• in the east - with the Staritsky district ,
• in the southeast - with the Rzhevsky district ,
• in the south - with the Oleninsky district ,
• in the south-west - with Nelidovsky and Andreapolsky districts.
• in the west - with the Penovo district ,

The area is located in the central part of the Valdai Upland .

The main rivers are the Volga , and its tributaries: Selizharovka , Sand , Big Kosh , Small Kosh , Polonovka, Big Dubenka. And also Pyroshnya (a tributary of the Sandbox), Tikhvin (a tributary of the Selizharovka ), and Night (a tributary of the Tudovka ). In the north-west of the region there are lakes Volgo and Lemno .

Selizharovsky District was formed in 1929 as part of the Rzhevsky District of the Western Region , on July 23, 1930 it was directly subordinated to the regional executive committee, on January 29, 1935 it became part of the formed Kalinin Region , in 1936 it was renamed the Kirovsky District , and in February 1963 the Kirovsky District was liquidated (entered composition of the Ostashkovsky district ), January 12, 1965 was re-formed as Selizharovsky.

At the end of the XVIII-early XX centuries, the territory of the region belonged to the Ostashkovsky and Rzhevsky districts of the Tver province .

According to the results of the 1939 All-Union Population Census, 56,401 residents lived in the Kirovsky District of the Kalinin Region , 4,075 of them in the village of Selizharovo ^[3] . The district was smaller than the modern one, 5 village councils (out of 31 in the territory of the modern district) were part of neighboring regions. This is the maximum number, then the population has been steadily declining.

Urbanization

In urban areas ( Selizharovo town), 50.78% of the district’s population live.

Since 2017, there are 371 settlements in the Selizharovsky District as part of one urban and five rural settlements:

By the law of Tver region dated March 28, 2013 No. 21-ЗО ^[16] , by combining them, the Maksimkovskoye and Dmitrovskoye rural settlements were transformed into the Dmitrovskoye rural settlement .

By the law of the Tver region dated April 17, 2017 No. 25-ЗО ^{[17], the} following municipalities were transformed, through their unification, municipalities:

• Bolshekoshinskoe and Yelets rural settlements in the Bolshekoshinskoe rural settlement ;
• Selishchensky and Shuvaevsky rural settlements in the Selishchensky rural settlement ;
• Berezugskoye , Zakharovskoye , Larionovskoye and Talitskoye rural settlements in the Selizharovskoye rural settlement .

Abolished settlements

As of 1992, there were 10 collective farms and 9 state farms in the district.

The Torzhok-Soblago railway line and the Rzhev-Selizharovo-Ostashkov highway pass through the district.

• List of cultural heritage monuments of the Selizharovsky district in Wikigid

• Kolobovo village - a historical monument, the site of the most fierce battles with the fascist invaders during the liberation of the area in January 1942 . Mass graves of Soviet soldiers and partisans.
• Bor Volgo village - a historical monument, the site of the most fierce battles with the fascist invaders during the liberation of the area in January 1942 . Mass graves of Soviet soldiers and partisans. Monuments.
• village (former village) Khotoshino - Holy Cross Church. This conflagration is the only reminder that has reached us about the ancient Russian city of Khotoshin standing here. According to Alekseev ("Smolensk land until the XV century") the hill was torn in 1943. The Holy Cross Exaltation Church stands away from the village, on top of a small gentle hill, around which the fields stretch. It was built in 1878 at the expense of parishioners. There was a fence around the church, from which only the gate survived. The church building is brick. The volumetric-spatial composition of the building - three-part, consisted of a pillarless, single-headed, two-light four. The Exaltation of the Cross Church is an example of cult rural architecture typical of the second half of the 19th century . The building was badly damaged during the Great Patriotic War.
• pos. Selische - A historical monument, the site of the most fierce battles with the Nazi invaders during the liberation of this area in January 1942 . Fraternal cemeteries of Soviet soldiers and partisans. Monuments.
• r.p. Selizharovo - Fraternal cemeteries of Soviet soldiers and partisans who died in battles with the Nazis. Monuments. Obelisk in honor of the defenders of the revolution; complex dedicated to the wars of the Soviet Army, who died in the Second World War. Museum created by tracker schoolchildren.
• r.p. Selizharovo - Church of Peter and Paul of the Trinity Selizharovo Monastery. This church was built no earlier than the end of the 15th century . She called the refectory, because its main purpose was to feed the monastery brethren. Therefore, it housed cellars, cellars, Kelar, breech, drying, kvassovarn. On the top floor was the church itself with two thrones. Central consecrated in the name of St. the apostles Peter and Paul, and the right - in the name of the saints Gury and German, the archbishops of Kazan, and Barsanuphius - the bishop of Tver. The temple was opened after almost seventy years of flouting by priest Sergiy Chivikov (now archpriest), and he is the rector of this temple. This is the only active temple in the city, and before its opening, many people completely forgot what it is. The second priest is a young priest Alexy.
• r.p. Selizharovo - Resurrection Church. This church in Selizharov was built on the site of an old wooden one in 1763 at the expense of parishioners. The building is located on the low left bank of the Volga River, away from the central part of the village. In 1854, a bell tower was built nearby, and in 1914 - a brick fence. Although the church is badly damaged, the surviving main part of the church stands out among the flat terrain and the surrounding wooden buildings. A temple of the type "octagon on four" is a characteristic monument of rural cult architecture of Russian architecture of the late XVII century .
• Okovetsky holy spring and temple in Okovtsy . Currently, the Okovetsky holy spring is one of the main attractions of the Selizharovsky district, attracting both numerous pilgrims and ordinary tourists and local residents. It is located in the chronicle of the Ookovetsky forest. According to legend, the key was hammered in place of the appearance of the miraculous icon in the time of Ivan the Terrible (Our Lady of Okovetskaya). Thanks to the efforts of hundreds of believers, and in particular, S.K. Water from the Holy Spring has healing properties related primarily to the treatment of eye diseases. The temple in Okovtsy, desecrated and partially destroyed during the years of Soviet power, recently also began to resume. At present, the domes have already been restored, the walls of the oldest chapel have been strengthened, the bell tower is being restored. The miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Okovets lost in the 30s, which was stored in the church until that time, has not yet been found. At the end of the 20th century, a copy of this icon was made in Torzhok.

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