Lalsk

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Lalsk
Лальск
Urban-type settlement
The cathedral compound in Lalsk
The cathedral compound in Lalsk
Flag of Lalsk
Coat of arms of Lalsk
Location of Lalsk
Lalsk is located in Russia
Lalsk
Lalsk
Location of Lalsk
Coordinates: 60°44′14″N 47°35′21″E / 60.73722°N 47.58917°E / 60.73722; 47.58917Coordinates: 60°44′14″N 47°35′21″E / 60.73722°N 47.58917°E / 60.73722; 47.58917
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKirov Oblast
Administrative districtLuzsky District
Founded1570Edit this on Wikidata
Population
 • Total3,705
 • Estimate 
(2018)[2]
2,937 (−20.7%)
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[3])
Postal code(s)[4]
613970Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID33622154051

Lalsk (Russian: Лальск) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Luzsky District of Kirov Oblast, Russia, located 27 kilometers (17 mi) northeast from Luza, the administrative center of the district. Population: 3,705 (2010 Census);[1] 4,551 (2002 Census);[5] 5,471 (1989 Census).[6]

History[]

It takes its name from the , a tributary of the Luza. The settlement was established by the Novgorodians fleeing east from Ivan the Terrible after the Massacre of Novgorod.[7] It was a large trading outpost in the eastern part of the Russian North in the late 17th and 18th centuries. The earliest stone church was consecrated in 1711.

Lalsk had town status between 1779 and 1927 and served as the administrative center of between 1924 and 1963.

Architecture[]

Lalsk is notable for a remarkable cluster of 18th-century Orthodox churches in various stages of disrepair:[8]

  • The Cathedral of Christ's Resurrection (1698-1715) with a campanile dating from 1729
  • The nearby Church of the Annunciation for winter services (1732-1762)
  • The partly ruined Church of the Epiphany (1711)
  • The Church of St. John the Baptist (1714)
  • The Church of the Savior's Transfiguration (1730-1732)
  • The Church of the Virgin's Dormition (1791-1796)

References[]

  1. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  2. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  4. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  5. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  6. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  7. ^ http://www.lalsk.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51:history-vv-lalsk&catid=36:lalsk-history&Itemid=61
  8. ^ "Archived copy". www.municipal.ako.kirov.ru. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2022.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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