{{Short description|Town in Vologda Oblast, Russia}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Kharovsk |ru_name=Харовск |image_skyline=Kharovsk 1.jpg |image_caption=In Kharovsk |coordinates = {{coord|59|57|N|40|12|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=right |image_coa=Gerb-Harovsky-region.jpg |coa_caption= |image_flag= |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Vologda Oblast |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="VologdaO_admlist" /> |adm_district_jur=Kharovsky District |adm_district_jur_ref=<ref name="VologdaO_admlist" /> |adm_selsoviet_jur=Kharovsk |adm_selsoviet_type=Town of district significance |adm_selsoviet_jur_ref=<ref name="VologdaO_admlaw" /> |adm_ctr_of1=Kharovsky District |adm_ctr_of1_ref=<ref name="VologdaO_admlist" /> |adm_ctr_of2=town of district significance of Kharovsk |adm_ctr_of2_ref=<ref name="VologdaO_admlaw" /> |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="VologdaO_admlist" /> |inhabloc_type= |inhabloc_type_ref= |mun_district_jur=Kharovsky Municipal District |mun_district_jur_ref=<ref name="VologdaOKharovskyD_mun" /> |urban_settlement_jur=Kharovsk Urban Settlement |urban_settlement_jur_ref=<ref name="VologdaOKharovskyD_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of1=Kharovsky Municipal District |mun_admctr_of1_ref=<ref name="VologdaOKharovskyD_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of2=Kharovsk Urban Settlement |mun_admctr_of2_ref=<ref name="VologdaOKharovskyD_mun" /> |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=10079 |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census" /> |pop_density= |pop_density_as_of= |pop_density_ref= |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date=1903 |established_title= |established_date_ref=<ref name="gr" /> |current_cat_date=1954 |current_cat_date_ref=<ref name="VolArx" /> |postal_codes= |postal_codes_ref= |dialing_codes= |dialing_codes_ref= |website= }}
'''Kharovsk''' ({{langx|ru|Ха́ровск}}) is a town and the administrative center of Kharovsky District in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kubena River, {{convert|90|km|sp=us}} north of Vologda, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=10,079|p2002=11,460|p1989=13,083}}
==History== In 1894, the construction of the railway line between Vologda and Arkhangelsk started.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} It was decided that the railway should run over the shortest route rather than pass through existing settlements, and it was eventually built through the current location of Kharovsk.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} Kubino railway station, which was later renamed Leshchevo, was opened in this location in 1894; the station was renamed Kharovskaya in 1914.<ref name="VolEnc">{{cite book|last=Н. В. Солдатова|script-title=ru:Вологодская энциклопедия|url=http://www.booksite.ru/fulltext/sud/ako/vsk/aya/2.pdf|page=228|editor=Г. В. Судаков|access-date=November 22, 2013|year=2006|publisher=ВГПУ, Русь|location=Вологда|language=ru|isbn=5-87822-305-8}}</ref>
The settlement of '''Kharovskaya''' ({{lang|ru|Харовская}}), also known as '''Kharovsky''' ({{lang|ru|Харовский}}),<ref name="VolEnc" /> was founded in 1903 in relation with the construction of a glass factory.<ref name="gr">{{cite book|title=Энциклопедия Города России|year=2003|publisher=Большая Российская Энциклопедия|location=Moscow|isbn=5-7107-7399-9|pages=504–505}}</ref> In 1919, a saw mill was built.<ref name="gr" /> Kharovsky belonged to Kadnikovsky Uyezd in Vologda Governorate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.booksite.ru/trade/main/trade19/25.htm|script-title=ru:О первых торговых и промышленных заведениях станции Харовской|year=2004|publisher=Государственный архив Вологодской области|language=ru|access-date=27 November 2013}}</ref>
On July 15, 1929, the uyezds were abolished, the governorates merged into Northern Krai, and Kharovsky District was established.<ref name="VolArx">{{cite web|url=http://portal.rusarchives.ru/guide/voanpi/126sia.shtml|script-title=ru:Справка об изменениях административно-территориального устройства и сети партийных и комсомольских органов на территории Вологодской области (1917-1991)|publisher=Архивы России|language=ru|access-date=October 17, 2011|archive-date=September 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917021817/http://portal.rusarchives.ru/guide/voanpi/126sia.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1932, Kharovskaya, the administrative center of the district, was granted work settlement status.<ref name="VolEnc"/> Construction of a number of industrial enterprises followed, including a milk factory.<ref name="gr" /> In 1954, Kharovskaya was granted town status and given its present name.<ref name="VolArx" />
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kharovsk serves as the administrative center of Kharovsky District.<ref name="VologdaO_admlist">Resolution #178</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Kharovsky District as the '''town of district significance of Kharovsk'''.<ref name="VologdaO_admlaw">Law #371-OZ</ref> As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Kharovsk is incorporated within Kharovsky Municipal District as '''Kharovsk Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="VologdaOKharovskyD_mun">Law #1127-OD</ref>
==Economy== ===Industry=== Kharovsk hosts timber industry and food industry enterprises.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haradm.ru/ekonomika/prom/ |script-title=ru:Предприятия и организации Харовского муниципального района |publisher=Администрация Харовского муниципального района |language=ru |access-date=October 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502231955/http://haradm.ru/ekonomika/prom/ |archive-date=May 2, 2008 }}</ref>
===Transportation=== Kharovsk is located on the railway connecting Vologda and Arkhangelsk, which crosses the district from the south to the north, and is served by Kharovskaya railway station.
Roads connect Kharovsk with Syamzha in the east and Sokol in the south.
==Culture and recreation== The only museum in Kharovsk is the Kharovsk Museum of Art and History which was founded in 1967 and reopened in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museum.ru/M2888 |script-title=ru:Харовский историко-художественный музей |publisher=Российская сеть культурного наследия |language=ru |access-date=November 22, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007154746/http://www.museum.ru/M2888 |archive-date=October 7, 2013 }}</ref>
==Sports== One of the races of the Motocross Cup of Russia is held in July every year close to Kharovsk.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mx-sport.ru/info/p2_articleid/448 |script-title=ru:Информация |publisher=MX-SPORT.RU |language=ru |access-date=October 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203045321/http://mx-sport.ru/info/p2_articleid/448 |archive-date=February 3, 2011 }}</ref>
==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|vlg|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|vlg|adm|list}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|vlg|mun|list|kharovsky}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} *[http://www.haradm.ru/ Official website of Kharovsk] {{in lang|ru}} *[https://harovsk.jsprav.ru/ Kharovsk Business Directory] {{in lang|ru}}
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Category:Cities and towns in Vologda Oblast Category:Populated places established in 1903 Category:Kadnikovsky Uyezd Category:Populated places in Kharovsky District Category:Former urban-type settlements of Vologda Oblast