Bogoroditsk
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Bogoroditsky District
Bogoroditsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 23 in Tula Oblast, Russia....
of Tula Oblast
Tula Oblast
Tula Oblast is a federal subject of Russia with its present borders formed on September 26, 1937. Its administrative center is the city of Tula. The oblast has an area of and a population of 1,553,874...
, Russia
Russia
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, located on the Upyorta River, a tributary
Tributary
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of the Upa
Upa River
Upa is a river in Tula Oblast, Russia, one of the main tributaries of the Oka River.The river is 345 km long; the city of Tula is on its banks. The name of the river is of Baltic origin....
. Population:
It was founded in the 1660s as a wooden fort. In the 1770s, the fort was demolished to make room for the palace of the Bobrinsky family. The main chateau
Château
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, designed by Ivan Starov
Ivan Starov
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and partly destroyed during the World War II
World War II
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, is adjoined by an English park, said to be the earliest in Russia outside Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
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. Bogoroditsk was granted town status in 1777.
Twin towns/sister cities
Bogoroditsk is twinnedTown twinning
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with: Lučenec
Lucenec
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, Slovakia
Slovakia
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Rezzato
Rezzato
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, Lombardy
Lombardy
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, Italy
Italy
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