Uglovka
Encyclopedia
Uglovka is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement
) in Okulovsky District
of Novgorod Oblast
, Russia
, located on the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway
. Population:
A railway line going east of Uglovka connects it to Borovichi
.
The village of Ugol was first mentioned in a chronicle in 1495. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1933. The economy is based on limestone
extraction and processing.
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
) in Okulovsky District
Okulovsky District
Okulovsky District is an administrative district , one of the 21 in Novgorod Oblast, Russia....
of Novgorod Oblast
Novgorod Oblast
Novgorod Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located between Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Its administrative center is the city of Veliky Novgorod. Some of the oldest Russian cities, including Veliky Novgorod and Staraya Russa, are located there...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway
Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway
The Moscow to Saint Petersburg Railway is a railway running between the two largest Russian cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and through four oblasts: Moscow, Tver, Novgorod and Leningrad...
. Population:
A railway line going east of Uglovka connects it to Borovichi
Borovichi
Borovichi is the second largest town in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Population: -Geography:The town is located in the northern spurs of the Valdai Hills, east of Veliky Novgorod. It stands upon the Msta River. Just upstream Borovichi there are the famous rapids of Msta popular among...
.
The village of Ugol was first mentioned in a chronicle in 1495. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1933. The economy is based on limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
extraction and processing.