Malaya Vishera

Coordinates: 58°51′N 32°13′E / 58.85°N 32.217°E / 58.85; 32.217

Malaya Vishera (Russian: Ма́лая Ви́шера) is a town and the administrative center of Malovishersky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Population: 12,461 (2010 Census preliminary results);^[1] 14,182 (2002 Census);^[2] 15,647 (1989 Census).^[3]

The town's name originates from the river of the same name which flows into the Vishera River. It was founded in 1843, as the construction of the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway (opened in 1851) passing through the modern town started. Town status was granted to it in 1921. The M10 highway passes 40 kilometers (25 mi) west of the town.

Railway station

Malaya Vishera in the 1860s

Malaya Vishera railway station

A train depot was opened here in 1860. Many long-distance trains (including Moscow-St. Petersburg) stop at this railway station. The station is also an important terminus of the regional suburban trains from Bologoye, Saint Petersburg, and Veliky Novgorod.

References

1. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2010). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved 2011-04-25. 
2. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "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)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
3. ^ "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.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved 2010-03-23.