Coordinates: 56°42′N 36°47′E

Konakovsky District
Konakovsky District (Russian: Конако́вский райо́н)
is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), Konakovsky District
one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is
Конаковский район
located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with District
Kimrsky District in the northeast, the town of Dubna,
Moscow Oblast, in the east, Dmitrovsky District of
Moscow Oblast in the southeast, Klinsky District of
Moscow Oblast in the south, Lotoshinsky District of
Moscow Oblast in the southwest, and with Kalininsky
District in the northwest. The area of the district is
2,114 square kilometers (816 sq mi).[2] Its
administrative center is the town of Konakovo.[1]
Population: 87,125 (2010 Census);[3]
49,692 (2002 Census);[9] 55,101 (1989 Census).[10]
A clothing factory in the urban-type settlement
The population of Konakovo accounts for 47.4% of the of Kozlovo in Konakovsky District
district's total population.[3]

Contents
Geography Flag Coat of arms
History
Economy
Industry
Agriculture
Transportation
Culture and recreation
References
Notes
Sources

Geography Location of Konakovsky District in Tver Oblast

Coordinates: 56°42′N 36°47′E
Konakovsky District is located at two banks of the
Volga River which in the limits of the district is built as Country Russia
the Ivankovo Reservoir. It is elongated from the Federal subject Tver Oblast[1]
southwest to northeast, along the Volga, and the total Administrative Konakovo[1]
area of the district belongs to its drainage basin. The center
main tributaries of the Volga within the district are the
Area[2]
Soz River (left) and the Shosha River (right). The
• Total 2,114 km2 (816 sq mi)
lower course of the Shosha makes a significant part of
the Ivankovo Reservoir. The main tributary of the Population (2010 Census)[3]
Shosha within the district is the Lama River (right). • Total 87,125
 • Estimate (2018)[4] 81,147 (-6.9%)
History • Density 41/km2 (110/sq mi)
• Urban 77.7%
Since the 13th century, the area was a part of • Rural 22.3%
Principality of Tver.[11] In the 18th century, the eastern
part of the district was included into Moscow Administrative structure
Governorate. In 1775 it was transferred to newly • Administrative 1 Urban settlements
divisions (towns), 5 Urban
established Tver Viceroyalty and since 1781 became a
settlements (urban-type
part of Korchevskoy Uyezd.[11] In 1796, the settlements), 10 Rural
Viceroyalty was abolished and transformed into Tver settlements
Governorate.[12] The uyezd center was located in the • Inhabited 1 Cities/towns, 5 Urban-
town of Korcheva, located in the current area of the localities type settlements[5], 181
district.[11] On May 30, 1922 Korchevskoy Uyezd was Rural localities
abolished and merged into Kimrsky Uyezd.[13] Municipal structure
• Municipally Konakovsky Municipal
The western part of the district belonged to Klinsky incorporated as District[6]
Uyezd of Moscow Governorate.[14] • Municipal 6 Urban settlements, 10
divisions[7] Rural settlements
On July 12 1929, Moscow and Tver Governorates was
abolished, and the area was transferred to Moscow Time zone UTC+3 (MSK [8])
Oblast.[13] Uyezds were abolished as well, and OKTMO ID 28630000
Kuznetsovsky District, with the administrative center Website http://konakovoregion.ru/
in the town of Korcheva, was established within Kimry
Okrug of Moscow Oblast.[15] On July 23, 1930, the okrugs were
abolished, and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast.
On February 26, 1930 the urban-type settlement of Kuznetsovo was
renamed Konakovo, and Kuznetsovsky District was renamed
Konakovsky.[13] On January 29, 1935 Kalinin Oblast was
established, and Konakovsky District was transferred to Kalinin
Oblast. In 1937, when the Ivankovo Reservoir was filled, Korcheva
was submerged into water. The administrative center of the district
was transferred to Konakovo, which was granted town status.[11][15] Dmitry Medvedev and Raúl Castro
In 1941, during World War II, the western part of the district was in Zavidovo.
occupied by German troops. On February 13, 1963, during the
abortive Khrushchyov administrative reform, Konakovsky District
was merged into Kalininsky District, but on January 12, 1965 it was re-established.[13] In 1990, Kalinin
Oblast was renamed Tver Oblast.

On July 12, 1929 Zavidovsky District with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement of
Novozavidovsky was created as well. It was a part of Tver Okrug of Moscow Oblast. On July 1, 1936 it was
transferred to Kalinin Oblast. On November 14, 1960 the district was abolished and merged into
Konakovsky District.[13]

On September 8, 1937 Orshinsky District with the administrative center in the selo of Rozhdestveno was
established in the area which previously belonged to Konakovsky and Zavidovsky Districts. On October 22,
1959 the district was abolished and split between Konakovsky, Kalininsky, and Goritsky Districts.[13]

In Zavidovo, a hunting ground was established in the 1960s for use by VIps, including the heads of state.
Since 1996, Zavidovo has a status of one of the official residences of the President of Russia.

Economy
Konakovo Power Station, a thermal power plant, is the biggest enterprise in the district. In 2008, it produced
over 60% of the GDP of the district.[16]

Industry

The district is industrialized and is the third in Tver Oblast in terms of the industrial production, behind the
city of Tver and Udomelsky District. Some of the big enterprises include a mechanical plant producing
cranes and specialized trucks in the urban-type settlement of Novozavidovsky and a construction industry
plant in the urban-type settlement of Izoplit.[16]

Agriculture

The main specializations of agriculture in the district are cattle breeding with meat and milk production,
poultry production, vegetables growing, fur production, fish farming, and fishery.[16]

Transportation

The Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway crosses the district from

south to north. In particular, it crosses the Ivankovo Reservoir over a
dam. The main stations within the district are Zavidovo (in the
urban-type settlement of Novozavidovsky) and Redkino. All railway
stops on this line within the district are on the Leningradsky
suburban railway line and are connected by regular passenger
suburban service with both Moscow (Moscow Leningradsky railway
station) and Tver. Additionally, in Reshetnikovo a railway line to
Konakovo branches off. Konakovo (Konakovo GRES) is connected
Konakovsky Mokh railway station.
by regular passenger suburban service with Moscow as well.

The M10 highway, which connects Moscow and St. Petersburg,

crosses the district from southeast to northwest. In Zavidovo, a road branches off east, and proceeds to
Konakovo and Kimry. There are also local roads with the bus traffic.

Culture and recreation

The district contains four cultural heritage monuments of federal significance and additionally eighty-one
objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance (eight of them located in
Konakovo). The federal monuments are the ensemble of the travel palace and the Church of the Nativity of
the Theotokos in the selo of Gorodnya, the Poroshin House in the selo of Zavidovo, as well as a monument
commemorating the Kalinin Front active during World War II.[17]

Konakovo District Museum, located in Konakovo, has exhibitions on the archeology and history of the
district.[18] The Memorial Museum of Spiridon Drozhzhin is open in the urban-type settlement of
Novozavidovsky. The house where Drozhzhin, a poet who lived in the 19th and the beginning of the 20th
centuries, built this house in the village of Nizovka, which was later submerged by water at the construction
of the Ivankovo Reservoir. The house was transferred to Novozavidovsky and open as a museum. It was
considerably damaged during World War II and restored later. It currently exhibits personal belongings of
Drozhzhin and shows an exposition on his life.[19]
References

Notes
1. Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по
статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по
стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК
019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский
классификатор объектов административно-
территориального деления. Код 28 230 (http://base.cons
ultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=10742
6)», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г..
(State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. The Church of the Nativity of the
Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Theotokos in Gorodnya (around
Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 1340) is the oldest building in Tver
Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division Oblast.
(OKATO). Code 28 230 (http://translate.google.com/transla
te?hl=en&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cg
i/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=107426), as amended
by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
2. "Archived copy" Геграфическое положение (https://web.a
rchive.org/web/20140819103143/http://konakovoregion.ru/
node/48) (in Russian). Administration of Konakovsky
District. Archived from the original (http://konakovoregion.r
u/node/48) on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 19,
2014.
3. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011).
"Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1"
(http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/per
epis_itogi1612.htm) [2010 All-Russian Population Census,
vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года
[2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal
State Statistics Service.
4. "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской
Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1
января 2018 года" (http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2018/
bul_dr/mun_obr2018.rar). Federal State Statistics Service.
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settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha)
settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
6. Law #4-ZO
7. Law #31-ZO
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районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с
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наличного населения союзных и автономных
республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв,
областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-
райцентров" (http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.p
hp) [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present
Population of Union and Autonomous Republics,
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Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись
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419140741/http://guides.rusarchives.ru/browse/guidebook.
html?bid=225&sid=767186) (in Russian). Архивы России.
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Конаковский район (https://www.webcitation.org/64qSGH
oow?url=http://www.tverlib.ru/tverbook2/petropav3.htm) (in
Russian). Tver Oblast Library. Archived from the original (h
ttp://www.tverlib.ru/tverbook2/petropav3.htm) on January
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