En Name: | Vichuga |
Ru Name: | Вичуга |
Coordinates: | 57.2°N 96°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat_of_Arms_of_Vichuga.png |
Federal Subject: | Ivanovo Oblast |
Adm City Jur: | Town of Vichuga |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Vichugsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Town of Vichuga |
Adm Ctr Of2 Ref: | |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Vichuga Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Vichuga Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Vichugsky Municipal District |
Pop 2010Census: | 37583 |
Established Date: | 1504 |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Postal Codes: | 155330–155334, 155339 |
Dialing Codes: | 49354 |
Website: | http://www.vichuga37.ru/ |
Vichuga (Russian: Ви́чуга) is a town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, located 65km (40miles) northeast of Ivanovo. Population: 53,000 (1970).
Vichuga was first mentioned as a volost in the will of Ivan III in 1504. Marshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky was born in Novaya Golchikha, now part of Vichuga, on 30 September 1895.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Vichuga serves as the administrative center of Vichugsky District,[1] even though it is not a part of it.[2] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the Town of Vichuga—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the Town of Vichuga is incorporated as Vichuga Urban Okrug.[3]