Lyudinovo (Russian: Люди́ново) is a town and the administrative center of Lyudinovsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the shores of Lake Lompad formed by a dam on the Nepolot River, 188 kilometers (117 mi) southwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 35,874.[7]

Lyudinovo
Людиново
Lake Lompad quay in Lyudinovo
Lake Lompad quay in Lyudinovo
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Lyudinovo is located in Russia
Lyudinovo
Lyudinovo
Location of Lyudinovo
Lyudinovo is located in Kaluga Oblast
Lyudinovo
Lyudinovo
Lyudinovo (Kaluga Oblast)
Coordinates: 53°52′N 34°26′E / 53.867°N 34.433°E / 53.867; 34.433
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKaluga Oblast[1]
Administrative districtLyudinovsky District[1]
First mentioned1626[2]
Town status since1938
Elevation
180 m (590 ft)
Population
 • Total
40,530
 • Capital ofLyudinovsky District[1]
 • Municipal districtLyudinovsky Municipal District[4]
 • Urban settlementLyudinovo Urban Settlement[4]
 • Capital ofLyudinovsky Municipal District,[4] Lyudinovo Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
249400–249403, 249405, 249406
OKTMO ID29620101001
Websiteadmludinovo.ru
Lyudinovo population
2021 Census35,874[7]
2010 Census40,530[3]
2002 Census41,829[8]
1989 Census43,696[9]
1979 Census39,812[10]

History

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The village of Lyudinovo was first mentioned in 1626.[2]

At the beginning of the 18th century, a Russian industrialist from Ural, Evdokim Demidov, ordered two dams to be built on the Nepolot river. Two reservoirs were created: upper (Lyudinovskoye) and lower (Sukremlskoye). An iron foundry was built near the Sukremlskoye reservoir in 1738. Ironworks near Lyudinovsky reservoir were built in 1745. Nowadays Lyudinovsky Lokomotive Plant located there.

Ivan Akimovich Mal’tsov bought the metallurgy works from the Demidov family, and his son, Sergei Mal'tsov was responsible for developing the area into a centre of industrial production. In 1841 the first Russian rails for Nikolaevskaya railway were produced here. In 1857-1858 these works produced vessels for Russian Black Sea Fleet and river vessels. First Russian steamers were built here in 1858.

In 1866-1867 first Russian open hearth furnace were built in Lyudinovo ironworks.

First Russian commercial steam locomotive was built here in 1879. The peak of the industrial boom was here in 1875-1885 when the government ordered a lot of locomotives and train carriages from the local factories.

In 1890-1894 the first Russian locomobile factory was built.

As a heavy industrialised area Lyudinovo joined the Communist Revolution in 1917. All industries were nationalized in 1918. In 1922 locomotive plant to resume locomotive and locomobile production.

 
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In 1938 the workers settlement of Lyudinovo was granted a town status.

World War II

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During World War II, Lyudinovo was under German occupation from October 4, 1941, to January 9, 1942, and again from January 17, 1942, to September 9, 1943.

During the German operation Typhoon, the whole territory of Lyudinovo raion was occupied by 4 October 1941. However three months later it was briefly re-occupied by Soviet forces during the Moscow counteroffensive.[11]

On 17 January 1942, the Germans started a counterattack. They suddenly attacked the main column of 1088th Infantry Regiment on march by aviation and tanks. Soviet column was attacked directly on the road and the heavy snow didn't give the truck drivers any chance for maneuvering. Uncontrolled retreat began, most of the heavy weapons were lost. At the same time one of the bombs dropped by Luftwaffe struck a Soviet headquarters in the town. All communications were disrupted, and most of the Soviet units became uncontrollable. There was no any organised defence of the town, only several villages near Lyudinovo were still defended by the Soviet forces. During the night of 17, January the last Soviet units left Lyudinovo and retreated several kilometers north where commander of the division Col. Gartsev ordered to establish new defensive line.[11]

During whole summer 1942 Germans tried to advance but they failed to break the Soviet defensive lines. However all Soviet attempts to counterattack also remained fruitless. At the end of July, Soviet 123 independent rifle brigade was encircled near Krutoye and destroyed. Only 53 soldiers and officers made it through the German lines. All Soviet attempts to break the encirclement failed.[11]

Local resistance movement under command of 16 years old Alexey Semyonovich Shumavtsov made many successful missions such as blowing up the bridge, power plant, fuel depot and a lot of enemy trucks. This movement was named "Lyudinovo underground Komsomol group" and it consisted of youth. They made a lot of reconnaissance missions, collected information about Germans forces movements near the frontline, their fortifications, ammo and fuel depots and send this information to partisans and Soviet aviation.[12] In January 1942 Alexey Shumavtsov was ordered to collect the information about the German defences north-west from Lyudinovo. His operation was successful and all the information was given to the Soviet command.[13] At the end of 1942, local traitor who worked together with Alexey Shumavtsov in locomobile factory found out the group and reported to Germans about them. In October 1942, most of the group members were arrested. They were tortured by Gestapo during the interrogation. Germans wanted to get information about local partisan detachment and their families. All of the group members were silent. On 10 November 1942 after multiple tortures they were shot on the outskirts of the town. The fate of the group members after arrest was unknown until Dmitry Ivanov - the former local Hilfspolizei investigator, was identified and arrested in Paveletsky railway terminal in Moscow in 1956. He was responsible for tortures and shootings of the resistance members and civilians. During the investigation fate of the group was finally revealed.[14] On 10, October 1957 Shumavtsov and his comrades were posthumously awarded by Soviet decorations.

There were also a lot of partisan units, Bytoshskaya partisan brigade and at least six squads of OMSBON NKVD special troops as well as scouts and saboteurs.[11]

On 23 February 1943 Soviets began a new advance. They reached only limited success.[11]

All spring and summer 1943 the front was quite. Only local clashes took place in the area.[11]

At the end of August 1943 the Soviet forces started a new strike. The 50th Army advanced from Kirov to the south, 3rd Army towards Lyudinovo and Zhukovka. On 2 September the 17th rifle division began its offensive towards Lyudinovo. On the morning of 9 September Soviet forces entered the eastern outskirts of Lyudinovo following the chaotic German retreat. Clashes inside the town lasted until 16, September when the last German soldiers retreated or surrendered. On the next day, 17 September, the whole territory of present-day Kaluga Oblast was liberated.[11]

On 16 February 1944 State Defense Committee decided to make a huge investment in Lyudinovo Locomotive Plant to help its reconstruction.

On 5 June 1944 Kaluga oblast was created. Lyudinovsky raion was incorporated in this region.

Post-war history

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In 1963 the town was granted a district significance status.

From 28, April to 2, May 1986 the town was affected by radioactive cloud from Chernobyl. Since 18, December 1997 Lyudinovo have been included in Chernobyl affected towns list. Residents of the town have privileged socio-economic status. In 1812 fierce fighting was there in the second half of the year over Tobacco and Ecstasy on streets

Administrative and municipal status

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Within the framework of administrative divisions, Lyudinovo serves as the administrative center of Lyudinovsky District, to which it is directly subordinated.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Lyudinovo, together with one rural locality (the village of Kolotovka), is incorporated within Lyudinovsky Municipal District as Lyudinovo Urban Settlement.[4]

Transport

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There are two railway stations in the town. Both of them have suburb train connection with Bryansk and Fayansovaya. Station Lyudinovo-2 also has long range train connection with Moscow and international train connection with Belarus(Moscow-Gomel train).

Highway Р-68 connect the town with Bryansk and Kirov.

Local bus station has bus connection to Kaluga, Bryansk and other cities of nearby regions.

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 29 220», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 29 220, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  2. ^ a b "General Information" (in Russian). Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ^ a b c d e Law #354-OZ
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  8. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). 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] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  9. ^ 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]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  10. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g "Жаркие бои в районе Людинова".
  12. ^ "Сайт "Молодая Гвардия". Справка о подвиге людиновских комсомольцев-подпольщиков".
  13. ^ "Сайт "Молодая Гвардия". Игорь Голосовский "Это было в Людиново"".
  14. ^ "Сайт "Молодая Гвардия". НАМ НЕ ЗАБЫТЬ ВАС РЕБЯТА. (сборник) Лев Самойлов, Борис Скорбин. ВЫСОКИЕ КОСТРЫ".

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  • Законодательное Собрание Калужской области. Закон №354-ОЗ от 4 октября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований, расположенных на территории административно-территориальных единиц "Барятинский район", "Куйбышевский район", "Людиновский район", "Мещовский район", "Спас-Деменский район", "Ульяновский район" и наделении их статусом городского поселения, сельского поселения, муниципального района», в ред. Закона №694-ОЗ от 27 февраля 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Калужской области "Об установлении границ муниципальных образований, расположенных на территории административно-территориальных единиц "Барятинский район", "Куйбышевский район", "Людиновский район", "Мещовский район", "Спас-Деменский район", "Ульяновский район" и наделении их статусом городского поселения, сельского поселения, муниципального района"». Вступил в силу после вступления в силу Закона Калужской области "Об изменении статуса посёлков, расположенных на территории административно-территориальных единиц "Барятинский район", "Куйбышевский район", "Людиновский район", "Мещовский район", "Спас-Деменский район", "Ульяновский район" Калужской области", но не ранее чем через десять дней после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Весть", №229–300, 9 октября 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of Kaluga Oblast. Law #354-OZ of October 4, 2004 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations Located on the Territory of the Administrative-Territorial Units of "Baryatinsky District", "Kuybyshevsky District", "Lyudinovsky District", "Meshchovsky District", "Spas-Demensky District", "Ulyanovsky District", and on Granting Them the Status of an Urban Settlement, Rural Settlement, Municipal District, as amended by the Law #694-OZ of February 27, 2015 On Amending the Law of Kaluga Oblast "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations Located on the Territory of the Administrative-Territorial Units of "Baryatinsky District", "Kuybyshevsky District", "Lyudinovsky District", "Meshchovsky District", "Spas-Demensky District", "Ulyanovsky District", and on Granting Them the Status of an Urban Settlement, Rural Settlement, Municipal District". Effective as of after the Law of Kaluga Oblast "On Changing the Status of the Settlements Located on the Territory of the Administrative-Territorial Units of "Baryatinsky District", "Kuybyshevsky District", "Lyudinovsky District", "Meshchovsky District", "Spas-Demensky District", "Ulyanovsky District" of Kaluga Oblast" takes effect, but no earlier than after ten days since the official publication have passed.).
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