Staraya Russa

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Staraya Russa

Total population

28,043

Coordinates57.99°, 31.36°

Demographic figures from Rosstat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Staraya Russa is a town in Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Polist River, 99 kilometers (62 mi) south of Veliky Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. It serves as the administrative center of Starorussky District and is the third-largest settlement in the oblast, after Veliky Novgorod and Borovichi. Population: 27,487 (2021 census); 31,809 (2010 census); 35,511 (2002 census); 41,538 (1989 Soviet census).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Y

Yevgeniy Mironov

Soviet shot putter

N

Nikolai Dmitriyevich Yakovlev

Soviet artillery marshal (1898-1972)

L

Lyubov Mukhachyova

cross-country skier

N

Nikolay Antonov

P

Petr Arefyev

V

Vladimir Brodyuk

Hero of the Soviet Union (1920–1946)

V

Vasily

Russian priest (1870–1930s)

M. Vladislavlev

David Gendelev

Soviet historian (1920-2016)

Vladislav Glinka

Russian military historian (1903–1983)

Innocent

Russian priest and Eastern Orthodox bishop

Kiprian

V

Vyacheslav Marchenko

Soviet writer (1930-1996)

A

Aleksei Melnikov

Soviet major-general (1905-1964)

Maryana Naumova

Russian powerlifter

Vadym Novynskyi

Ukrainian businessman and politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Novgorod Oblast

• Shimsk
  27.9 mi away · pop. 3,610
• Pankovka
  35.5 mi away · pop. 9,515
• Veliky Novgorod
  36.8 mi away · pop. 223,191
• Soltsy
  39.5 mi away · pop. 8,675
• Demyansk
  47.1 mi away · pop. 4,306
• Kholm
  58.4 mi away · pop. 3,392
• Malaya Vishera
  66.6 mi away · pop. 10,371
• Valday
  69.2 mi away · pop. 14,074
• Okulovka
  75.4 mi away · pop. 10,011
• Chudovo
  78.8 mi away · pop. 14,056
• Borovichi
  96.6 mi away · pop. 49,071
• Pestovo
  166.4 mi away · pop. 14,842

Browse all places in Novgorod Oblast →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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