Abren County

Abren County
Abren County
	Abrenes apriņķis
A country	Latvia
Included in	Republic of Latvia
Includes	15 volosts
Adm. center
History and Geography
Date of formation	1925
Date of Abolition
Area	4,292.4 km²
Largest cities	Abrene , Balvi
Population
Population	109 647 people ( 1935 )
Density	25.5 people / km²

Abrensky County , until 1938 - Jaunlatgale County ( Latvian: Abrenes apriņķis, Jaunlatgales apriņķis ) - the former administrative unit of the Republic of Latvia and the Latvian SSR , which existed in 1925-1945.

The administrative center of the county since 1925 was Jaunlathgale (a city since 1933), renamed in Abren in 1938 (until 1925 and from 1944 - Pytalovo ).

Content

1 Administrative Division
2 History
3 population
4 See also
5 Links
6 Literature
7 notes

Administrative Division

Administrative map of Latvia in 1925 - 1945. Abrensky (Jaunlathgale) county - in the northeast (northern part of Latgale)

Abrensky district at the beginning of 1940 consisted of two cities and 15 volosts ^[1] .

Cities

Abrene (Jaunlatgale in 1925 - 1938, until 1925 and from 1944 - Pytalovo )
Balvi

Volosts

Augšpils parish ( Latvian. Augšpils pagasts , until 1925 - Vyshgorod volost ( Latvian. Višgorodas pagasts ), center - Augšpils (until 1925 - Vyshgorod )
Baltinavas parish ( Latvian. Baltinavas pagasts , center - Baltinava )
Balvi parish ( Latvian. Balvu pagasts , center - Balvi )
Berzpils parish ( Latvian. Bērzpils pagasts , center - Berzpils )
Viksnas parish ( Latvian. Vīksnas pagasts , center - Viksna )
Viljak parish ( Latvian. Viļakas pagasts , center - Viljaka )
Gaur (Gavrov) volost ( Latvian. Gauru pagasts , center - Gaura or Le Havre )
Katsen parish ( Latvian. Kacēnu pagasts , until 1925 - Kachanovsky volost , Latvian. Kačanovas pagasts ), center - Katseni (until 1925 - Kachanovo )
Liepnas parish ( Latvian. Liepnas pagasts , center - Liepna )
Linava ( Linov ) volost ( Latvian. Linavas pagasts , until 1925 - Tolkovsky volost , Latvian. Tolkovas pagasts ), the center - Linava or Linovo
Purvmala parish ( Latvian. Purvmalas pagasts , until 1925 - Bokovskaya volost , Latvian. Bokovas pagasts ), center - Purvmala (until 1925 - Nosovo )
Rugai parish ( Latvian. Rugāju pagasts , center - Rugai )
Tilži parish ( Latvian. Tilžas pagasts , center - Tilža )
Uppmalian parish ( Latvian. Upmales pagasts , center - Gorbunova Gora )
Skilben parish ( Latvian Šķilbēnu pagasts , center - Skilben , Rekova )

History

Jaunlatgale (Abrensky) county. Yellow indicates a part of its territory transferred to the RSFSR in 1945 as the Pytalovsky and Kachanovsky districts of the Pskov Region

According to the peace treaty between Latvia and the RSFSR , signed on August 11, 1920, the western part of the Ostrovsky district of the Pskov province with the Pytalovo railway station, which has mainly the Russian population, became part of the Republic of Latvia. The territory was included in the Ludza (formerly Lyutsinsky) county . On April 1, 1925, from the northern part of Ludza county, the Jaunlatgale county ( Latvian Jaunlatgales apriņķis ) was formed with its center in Jaunlatgale ( New Latgale , until 1925 - Pytalovo). April 1, 1938 in connection with the renaming of the city in Abren, the county was also renamed Abrensky.

On August 23, 1944, the eastern part of the county with an area of 1075.31 km² (approximately 1/3 of the county’s territory), which constitutes the territory transferred to Latvia in 1920 (except for the present Pedezen parish ), was transferred to the newly formed Pskov region of the RSFSR, formally - January 16 1945 with the formation of the Pytalovsky and Kachanovsky districts of the Pskov region. After the restoration of independence until 2007, Latvia challenged the ownership of these territories.

The remaining major part of the Abrensky district on October 12, 1945 was renamed Vilyaksky district , and in 1949 due to the administrative-territorial reform, the Vilyaksky district was divided into Abrensky (center - Vilyaka ) and Balvi districts, later united in 1956 into Balvi district , existed until 2009.

Population

According to the 1935 census, the population of Jaunlathgale county was 109,794 people, including: ^[2]

Latvians (for the most part - Latgalese ) - 60,145 people. (54.8%)
Russians - 45,885 people (41.8%)
Jews - 1558 people. (1.4%)
Poles - 697 people (0.6%)
Belarusians - 648 people (0.6%)

At the same time, in the most district center of the city of Jaunlatgale ( Pytalovo ), 1242 people lived, of which Russian - 626 people. (50.4%), Latvians - 484 (39.0%), Jews - 61 people. (4.9%). ^[2]

National composition and population distribution by volosts and district cities (1935 census) ^[2]

	Total	la tyschi	%	rus- sky	%	ev rhei	%	by- lyaki	%	white- Russ	%
County, total	109647	60145	54.85%	45885	41.85%	1558	1.42%	697	0.64%	648	0.59%
Jaunlatgale City ^{[K 1]}	1242	479	38.57%	626	50.40%	61	4.91%	24	1.93%	25	2.01%
Balvi city	2024	1466	72.43%	91	4.50%	379	18.73%	19	0.94%	33	1.63%
Augšpils (Vyshhorod) parish ^{[K 2]}	8220	354	4.31%	7732	94.06%	10	0.12%	44	0.54%	10	0.12%
Balvi parish ^[3]	11038	7924	71.79%	2935	26.59%	22	0.20%	52	0.47%	59	0.53%
Baltinava volost	8195	7113	86.80%	725	8.85%	187	2.28%	44	0.54%	89	1.09%
Bērzpils parish	6456	6324	97.96%	22	0.34%	79	1.22%	26	0.40%	one	0.02%
Viljak parish	12275	10931	89.05%	439	3.58%	528	4.30%	123	1.00%	211	1.72%
Gaur (Gavrov) volost ^{[K 3]}	10857	474	4.37%	10104	93.06%	eighteen	0.17%	182	1.68%	12	0.11%
Katsen (Kachanov) volost ^[4] ^{[K 4]}	10713	1812	16.91%	8796	82.11%	7	0.07%	eleven	0.10%	16	0.15%
Liepninskaya volost	4768	4046	84.86%	433	9.08%	eighteen	0.38%	64	1.34%	63	1.32%
Linavskaya (Linovskaya) volost ^{[K 5]}	6913	320	4.63%	6568	95.01%	7	0.10%	10	0.14%	3	0.04%
Purvmalskaya (Bokovskaya) volost ^{[K 6]}	6621	2138	32.29%	4407	66.56%	6	0.09%	41	0.62%	2	0.03%
Rugai volost	7262	6116	84.22%	885	12.19%	150	2.07%	17	0.23%	46	0.63%
Tilzhsky volost	6640	6108	91.99%	303	4.56%	78	1.17%	24	0.36%	58	0.87%
Shkilbensky volost	6423	4540	70.68%	1819	28.32%	8	0.12%	16	0.25%	twenty	0.31%
total within the borders of the modern. Latvia ^[5]	65081	54568	83.85%	7652	11.76%	1449	2.23%	385	0.59%	580	0.89%
total within the borders of modern Pytalovsky district a ^[6]	33853	3765	11.12%	29437	86.96%	102	0.30%	301	0.89%	52	0.15%
total within the borders of modern Kachanovsky volost ^[7]	10713	1812	16.91%	8796	82.11%	7	0.07%	eleven	0.10%	16	0.15%

Links

Heraldicum. Pytalovsky district. Abren County

Literature

Okupētās Latvijas administratīvi teritoriālais iedalījums. Latvijas Valsts arhīvu ģenerāldirekcija. Riga, 1997. ISBN 9984-9256-0-9

Notes

↑ A brief history of the city and the region // Pages of the history of the city of Pytalovo
↑ ¹ ² ³ Ethnic composition, all communes: 1935 census
↑ including later in 1936 the created Viksninskaya volost
↑ including, later in 1936, the created Uppmala volost with its center in the village of Gorbunova Gora
↑ 1 city and 8 volosts in 1935, the territory of which is within the borders of modern Latvia
↑ 1 city of Jaunlatgale and 4 volosts (Augshpils (Vyshhorod), Gaur (Gavrovskaya), Linavskaya (Linovskaya), Purvmalskaya (Bokovskaya) volosts) in 1935, the territory of which is located within the borders of the modern Pytalovsky district of the Pskov region of the Russian Federation
↑ 1 volost (Katsenskaya (Kachanovskaya) volost) in 1935, the territory of which is approximately within the borders of the modern Kachanovsky volost of the Palkinsky district of the Pskov region of the Russian Federation

↑ modern city of Pytalovo, Pytalovsky district, Pskov region of the Russian Federation
↑ modern Vyshgorod volost of the Pytalovsky district of the Pskov region of the Russian Federation
↑ modern Gavrovsky volost of the Pytalovsky district of the Pskov region of the Russian Federation
↑ modern Kachanovsky volost of the Palkinsky district of the Pskov region of the Russian Federation
↑ modern Linovskaya volost of the Pytalovsky district of the Pskov region of the Russian Federation
↑ modern Nosov volost of the Pytalovsky district of the Pskov region of the Russian Federation

[1] A brief history of the city and the region // Pages of the history of the city of Pytalovo

[этн35-2] ¹ ² ³ Ethnic composition, all communes: 1935 census

[5] uding later in 1936 the created Viksninskaya volost

[7] uding, later in 1936, the created Uppmala volost with its center in the village of Gorbunova Gora

[11] 1 city and 8 volosts in 1935, the territory of which is within the borders of modern Latvia

[12] 1 city of Jaunlatgale and 4 volosts (Augshpils (Vyshhorod), Gaur (Gavrovskaya), Linavskaya (Linovskaya), Purvmalskaya (Bokovskaya) volosts) in 1935, the territory of which is located within the borders of the modern Pytalovsky district of the Pskov region of the Russian Federation

[13] 1 volost (Katsenskaya (Kachanovskaya) volost) in 1935, the territory of which is approximately within the borders of the modern Kachanovsky volost of the Palkinsky district of the Pskov region of the Russian Federation

[3] rn city of Pytalovo, Pytalovsky district, Pskov region of the Russian Federation

[4] rn Vyshgorod volost of the Pytalovsky district of the Pskov region of the Russian Federation

[6] rn Gavrovsky volost of the Pytalovsky district of the Pskov region of the Russian Federation

[8] rn Kachanovsky volost of the Palkinsky district of the Pskov region of the Russian Federation

[9] rn Linovskaya volost of the Pytalovsky district of the Pskov region of the Russian Federation

[10] rn Nosov volost of the Pytalovsky district of the Pskov region of the Russian Federation