Old Toropa

Old Toropa
	Settlement
Old Toropa
A country	Russia
Subject of the federation	Tver region
Municipal District	Western Dvina
History and Geography
First mention	1870
PGT with	1974
Timezone	UTC + 3
Population
Population	↘ 1697 people ( 2018 )
Digital identifiers
Postcode	172630
OKATO Code	28216553
OKTMO Code

Old Toropa is an urban-type settlement in the Zapadnodvinsky district of the Tver region of Russia .

Located on the Valdai Upland , on the Toropa River (a tributary of the Western Dvina ), 297 km west of Tver , 24 km from the city of Western Dvina . Railway station on the line Moscow - Riga (70 km to Velikiye Luki ).

Content

Population

Population
1979 ^[2]	1989 ^[3]	2002 ^[4]	2009 ^[5]	2010 ^[6]	2012 ^[7]	2013 ^[8]
2743	↗ 2802	↘ 2306	↘ 1977	↗ 1995	↘ 1923	↘ 1860
2014 ^[9]	2015 ^[10]	2016 ^[11]	2017 ^[12]	2018 ^[1]
↘ 1817	↘ 1783	↘ 1738	↘ 1712	↘ 1697

History

It arose in 1870 as a substation village during the construction of the Vindava-Rybinsk railway . The status of an urban-type settlement has been since 1974 .

Economics

Forest industry enterprises.

Attractions

The memorial complex at the place where in 1941-1943 there was a camp of Soviet prisoners of war, mass graves and a mass graveyard of those who fell in the Great Patriotic War and died from wounds in hospitals.

Near the village, near the village of Romanovo, there is an archaeological complex (camps 5 thousand years BC, a barrow group 1 thousand years BC, a village of the 11th – 13th centuries).

Famous Natives and Residents

Alexander Pshchelko - Belarusian and Russian prose writer, publicist, ethnographer

Notes

↑ ¹ ² Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2018 (neopr.) . Date of treatment July 25, 2018. Archived July 26, 2018.
↑ 1979 All-Union Population Census. The number of urban population of the RSFSR, its territorial units, urban settlements and urban areas by gender. (Russian) . Demoscope Weekly. Date of treatment September 25, 2013. Archived on April 28, 2013.
↑ 1989 All-Union Population Census. The urban population (neopr.) . Archived on August 22, 2011.
↑ 2002 All-Russian Population Census. Tom. 1, table 4. The population of Russia, federal districts, constituent entities of the Russian Federation, regions, urban settlements, rural settlements - district centers and rural settlements with a population of 3 thousand or more (neopr.) . Archived February 3, 2012.
↑ The number of permanent population of the Russian Federation by cities, urban-type settlements and districts as of January 1, 2009 (neopr.) . Date of treatment January 2, 2014. Archived January 2, 2014.
↑ 2010 All-Russian Population Census. Settlements of the Tver region
↑ Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities. Table 35. Estimated resident population as of January 1, 2012 (neopr.) . Date of treatment May 31, 2014. Archived May 31, 2014.
↑ The population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2013. - M.: Federal State Statistics Service of Rosstat, 2013. - 528 p. (Table 33. The population of urban districts, municipalities, urban and rural settlements, urban settlements, rural settlements) (neopr.) . Date of treatment November 16, 2013. Archived November 16, 2013.
↑ Table 33. The population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2014 (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 2, 2014. Archived on August 2, 2014.
↑ The population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2015 (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 6, 2015. Archived on August 6, 2015.
↑ Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2016
↑ The population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2017 (neopr.) (July 31, 2017). Date of treatment July 31, 2017. Archived July 31, 2017.

Literature

Lakes in the area of the Old Torop // Ponds of Moscow Region : Directory of the Moscow Society “Athlete-Fisherman” / Editor-compiler I. Chukhrai - M .: Soviet Russia , 1969. - S. 157 - 160. - 224 p. - 50,000 copies.

Links

Old Toropa - an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .

[2018AA-1] ¹ ² Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2018 (neopr.) . Date of treatment July 25, 2018. Archived July 26, 2018.

[1979D-2] 1979 All-Union Population Census. The number of urban population of the RSFSR, its territorial units, urban settlements and urban areas by gender. (Russian) . Demoscope Weekly. Date of treatment September 25, 2013. Archived on April 28, 2013.

[1989C-3] 1989 All-Union Population Census. The urban population (neopr.) . Archived on August 22, 2011.

[2002B-4] 2002 All-Russian Population Census. Tom. 1, table 4. The population of Russia, federal districts, constituent entities of the Russian Federation, regions, urban settlements, rural settlements - district centers and rural settlements with a population of 3 thousand or more (neopr.) . Archived February 3, 2012.

[2009D-5] The number of permanent population of the Russian Federation by cities, urban-type settlements and districts as of January 1, 2009 (neopr.) . Date of treatment January 2, 2014. Archived January 2, 2014.

[2010BN-6] 2010 All-Russian Population Census. Settlements of the Tver region

[2012A-7] Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities. Table 35. Estimated resident population as of January 1, 2012 (neopr.) . Date of treatment May 31, 2014. Archived May 31, 2014.

[2013W-8] The population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2013. - M.: Federal State Statistics Service of Rosstat, 2013. - 528 p. (Table 33. The population of urban districts, municipalities, urban and rural settlements, urban settlements, rural settlements) (neopr.) . Date of treatment November 16, 2013. Archived November 16, 2013.

[2014CQ-9] Table 33. The population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2014 (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 2, 2014. Archived on August 2, 2014.

[2015DS-10] The population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2015 (neopr.) . Date of treatment August 6, 2015. Archived on August 6, 2015.

[2016AA-11] Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2016

[2017AA-12] The population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2017 (neopr.) (July 31, 2017). Date of treatment July 31, 2017. Archived July 31, 2017.