En Name: | Roshal |
Ru Name: | Рошаль |
Coordinates: | 55.6667°N 92°W |
Map Label Position: | left |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Roshal (Moscow oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Moscow Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | January 2013 |
Adm City Jur: | Roshal Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction |
Adm Ctr Of: | Roshal Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun Data As Of: | February 2010 |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Roshal Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of: | Roshal Urban Okrug |
Pop 2010Census: | 21272 |
Established Date: | 1916 |
Current Cat Date: | 1940 |
Date: | March 2012 |
Roshal (ru|Роша́ль) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Voymega River 156km (97miles) east of Moscow. Population:
Roshal was founded in 1916 as a settlement of Krestov Brod (Russian: Крестов Брод). It was renamed Roshal in 1917 in honor of a Bolshevik Semyon Roshal (1896–1917) and granted town status in 1940.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Roshal Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, Roshal Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Roshal Urban Okrug.[2]