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Borovichi (Russian: Боровичи́) is the second largest town in Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Msta River in the northern spurs of the Valdai Hills, 194 kilometers (121 mi) east of Veliky Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 53,690. [4]
Borovichsky District (Russian: Боровичский райо́н) is an administrative [1] and municipal [6] district (), one of the twenty-one in Novgorod Oblast, Russia.It is located in the east of the oblast and borders with Khvoyninsky District in the north, Moshenskoy District in the east, Udomelsky District of Tver Oblast in the southeast, Bologovsky District of Tver Oblast in the ...
Between autumn of 1941 and spring of 1944, during World War II, western parts of the current area of Novgorod Oblast, including the city of Novgorod, were occupied by German troops. Novgorod Oblast was an area of long and fierce battles, such as, for example, the Demyansk Pocket , or the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive in 1944, when the Soviet ...
The Fourth Army was created in August 1939 in the Belorussian Special Military District from the Bobruisk Army Group as an independent army. [1] In September 1939, the Fourth Army took part in the Soviet invasion of Poland commanded by the future Marshal of Soviet Union V.I. Chuykov, the defender of Stalingrad.
On June 25, 1928, Chudovo was granted urban-type settlement status; [12] town status was granted on July 20, 1937. [4] On July 23, 1930 the okrugs were abolished and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast. [12] During World War II, between August 20, 1941, and January 29, 1944, Chudovo was occupied by German troops. On July 5 ...
Valdaysky District (Russian: Валда́йский райо́н) is an administrative [1] and municipal [6] district (), one of the twenty-one in Novgorod Oblast, Russia.It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Okulovsky District in the north, Bologovsky District of Tver Oblast in the east, the territory of the closed administrative-territorial formation of Ozyorny of ...
Borovichi (Russian: Боровичи) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Urban localities. Borovichi, a town of oblast significance in Novgorod Oblast; Rural localities. Borovichi, Kurgan Oblast, a selo in Bakharevsky Selsoviet of Safakulevsky District of Kurgan Oblast
Okulovsky District (Russian: Оку́ловский райо́н) is an administrative [1] and municipal [7] district (), one of the twenty-one in Novgorod Oblast, Russia.It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Lyubytinsky District in the northeast, Borovichsky District in the east, Bologovsky District of Tver Oblast in the southeast, Valdaysky District in the southwest ...