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Gus-Khrustalny
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Gus-Khrustalny is a city located in Vladimir Oblast in western Russia, organized as a municipal formation. The city is historically significant as a major center of Russian glassmaking and crystal production, which gave it its name ("gus" referring to geese, and "khrustalny" meaning crystal).
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Within Vinony's link graph, Gus-Khrustalny is referenced by 266 other articles, and connects out to administrative centre, Federal State Statistics Service and 2010 Russian census.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It sits within the topics Cities and towns in Vladimir Oblast, Golden Ring of Russia and Melenkovsky Uyezd.
Its subject is documented across 52 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Historical city of Russia
- Official name
- Гусь-Хрустальный
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Gus-Khrustalny District
- Population
- 48649
- Area
- 43
- Elevation
- 130
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- gusadmin.ru
- Image
- Georgievsky Sobor.jpg
- Dialing code
- 49241
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- Commons category
- Gus-Khrustalny
- postal code
- 601501–601509
- inception
- 1756-01-01
- category for people born here
- Category:People from Gus-Chrustalnyj
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Gus-Khrustalny
- topic's main category
- Category:Gus-Khrustalny
- time of earliest written record
- 1756-00-00
- heritage designation
- cultural heritage site in Russia
- nickname
- Вторая Кущёвка
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Encyclopedic overview
Gus-Khrustalny (Russian: Гусь-Хруста́льный) is a town in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the Gus River (a tributary of the Oka River) 63 kilometers (39 mi) south of Vladimir, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 51,552 (2021 census); 60,784 (2010 census); 67,121 (2002 census); 76,360 (1989 Soviet census); 65,000 (1970); 40,000 (1939); 17,900 (1926).
Etymology
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