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Staraya Russa
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Staraya Russa is a historic town located in Novgorod Oblast in northwestern Russia. The town is notable for its mineral springs and has served as a spa destination, and it also holds cultural significance as a setting featured in works by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Руса
- Country
- Russia
- Population
- 27487
- Area
- 18.54
- Elevation
- 25
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Starorussky District
- Official website
- admgorod.strussa.net
- Image
- Staraya Russa asv2018-07 various09 SobornayaSq3.jpg
- Dialing code
- 81652
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- category for people born here
- Q8073928
- topic's main category
- Category:Staraya Russa
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Staraya Russa
- postal code
- 175200–175207
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Staraya Russa
- Commons gallery
- Старая Русса
- time of earliest written record
- 1167-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Staraya Russa (Russian: Старая Русса, IPA: [ˈstarəjə ˈrusːə]) is a town in Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Polist River, 99 kilometers (62 mi) south of Veliky Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. Its population has steadily decreased over the past years, going from 41,538 recorded in the 1989 Census to 35,511 in the 2002 Census to 31,809 in the 2010 Census.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Staraya Russa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.