Lyskovsky District

Lyskovsky District ( _ru. Лысковский район) is an administrative district (raion) in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Itsadministrative center is the town of Lyskovo.

Geography

Lyskovsky District is located on both sides of the Volga River, about 90 km to the east of
Nizhny Novgorod.

The district is divided into 15 administrative units: the town administration (Lyskovo),
urban-type settlement administration (Makarievo), and 13 villageadministrations, which include 98 villages.

The area of the district is 2134 square kilometers.

Demographics

Population of the district is 43,800, of which 24,200 live in the town of Lyskovo(2002 Census).

History

In the days of Russian Empire, the territory of today's Lyskovo district wasmostly within the Makariev Uyezd of Nizhny Novgorod Guberniya. The officialcenter of the uyezd was in the town of Makariev (today's urban-type settlementof Makarievo) on the northern bank of the Volga, next to the ancient
Makariev Monastery.Until the fire of 1816, Makariev was the home to the annual Makariev Fair.

However, the administrative offices of the uyezd were located in the village of Lyskovo, which, being located on the southern bank of the Volga, was conveniently served by the Kazan Post Road.

In 1925, a few years after the Bolshevik Revolution, the old Makaryev Uyezd was reorganized intothe Lyskovo District.

Economy

Lyskovo brewery and vegetable canning plant are well known in the region.

References

[http://www.zsno.ru/?id=956 The Legislative Assmbly of Nizhny Novgorod Region: Lyskovsky Disrtrict] ru icon