Novosil
Sign in to saveNovosil () is a town and the administrative center of Novosilsky District in Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Zusha River east of Oryol, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Novosil
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Новосиль
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Novosil COA (Tula Governorate) (1778).png
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag of Novosil (Oryol oblast).png
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Oryol Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Novosilsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Novosil
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
- Town of district significance
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
- Novosilsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2
- town of district significance of Novosil
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Novosilsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Novosil Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Novosilsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Novosil Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 3658
- Russian inhabited locality.established_date
- 1155
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Novosil () is a town and the administrative center of Novosilsky District in Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Zusha River east of Oryol, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
==History== thumb|left|Coat of arms of Novosilsky family (1836), an old Russian nobility claiming descent from [[Rurik dynasty]] It was first mentioned in 1155 as a fortress called Itil and was the seat of the Olgovichi branch of the Rurik dynasty during the Middle Ages. Town rights were granted to Novosil in 1777. During World War II, Novosil was occupied by the German Army from November 13 to December 27, 1941.