Bogdanovich_(town)

Bogdanovich (town)

Bogdanovich (town)

Town in Bogdanovichsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

56.7803°N 62.0494°E / 56.7803; 62.0494

A war memorial in Bogdanovich

Bogdanovich (Russian: Богданович) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kunara River (right tributary of the Pyshma), 99 kilometers (62 mi) east of Yekaterinburg. Population: 30,670 (2010 Russian census);[1] 32,856 (2002 Census);[2] 35,983 (1989 Soviet census).[3]

History

It was founded in 1883–1885 as a settlement around the Bogdanovich railway station, which opened in 1885. Town status was granted in 1947.[4]

Sports

The bandy team Fakel[5] plays in the 2nd highest division of the Russian Bandy League. Their home arena has a capacity of 3,000.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    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.
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    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).
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    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.
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    Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 49. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  5. [5]
    rusbandy.ru
  6. [6]
    "Информация о стадионе «Факел», Богданович - Реестр - Федерация хоккея с мячом России".
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