Ventslabada [1] ( Latvian. Vecslabada , Lat. Vacsloboda , formerly also Vetssloboda [2] , in translation Old Sloboda ) is a large village in the Ludza region of Latvia , the administrative center of the Istra volost . Located about 320 kilometers from Riga , 57 km from Ludza [1] , 20 kilometers from the junction of the borders of Latvia , Russia and Belarus . Vezsloboda is located between three lakes - Istras, Dzilyays and Audzel, connected by small rivers.
| Village | |
| Vecslabad | |
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| Latvian. Vecslabada | |
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| A country |  Latvia |
| Edge | Ludza region |
| Parish | Istra parish |
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| Population | |
| Population | 301 people ( 2017 ) |
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The arrival of Vecsloboda at the beginning of the 20th century united about 5,000 people with two active temples [3] . In Soviet times, the town was the center of the Istrensky village council of the Ludza district . The central estate of the Istra state farm was located in the village [1] . In 1935, 266 people lived in the village, in 1989 - 495 people, and in 2017 - 301 inhabitants [4] .
In the village there are: Istrenskaya secondary school [5] (the smallest secondary school in Latvia [6] ), a kindergarten, a cultural center, a post office, a Catholic and Orthodox church. The Orthodox Church of the Resurrection of Christ is one of the largest rural churches in Latvia.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Administrative and territorial division of the Latvian SSR in 1978 . - Riga: Liesma, 1978. - p. 104. - 137 p. - 8000 copies (Latvian) (Rus.)
- ↑ Map sheet O-35-XXXIV Rezekne . Scale: 1: 200 000. The state of the area in 1988. 1990 edition
- ↑ Priest A. Kuchinsky . History of the Old Sloboda parish. Temples of the Transfiguration and the Resurrection of Christ on the website pravoslavie.lv
- ↑ Database of geographical objects of Latvia (Latvian)
- ↑ Istras vidusskola
- ↑ O. Antonenko . Small schools in Latvia: it is expensive to maintain, it is impossible to close BBC Russian Service, Riga, October 24, 2017