{{Short description|Town in Oryol Oblast, Russia}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2012}} {{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Novosil |ru_name=Новосиль |image_skyline= |image_caption= |coordinates = {{coord|52|58|N|37|03|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=right |image_coa=Novosil COA (Tula Governorate) (1778).png |coa_caption= |image_flag=Flag of Novosil (Oryol oblast).png |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=[[Oryol Oblast]] |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="OryolO_adm" /> |adm_district_jur=[[Novosilsky District]] |adm_district_jur_ref=<ref name="OryolO_adm" /> |adm_selsoviet_jur=Novosil |adm_selsoviet_type=[[Town of district significance]] |adm_selsoviet_jur_ref=<ref name="OryolO_adm" /> |adm_ctr_of1=Novosilsky District |adm_ctr_of1_ref=<ref name="OryolO_adm" /> |adm_ctr_of2=town of district significance of Novosil |adm_ctr_of2_ref=<ref name="OryolO_adm" /> |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="OryolO_adm" /> |inhabloc_type= |inhabloc_type_ref= |mun_district_jur=Novosilsky Municipal District |mun_district_jur_ref=<ref name="OryolONovosilskyD_mun" /> |urban_settlement_jur=Novosil Urban Settlement |urban_settlement_jur_ref=<ref name="OryolONovosilskyD_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of1=Novosilsky Municipal District |mun_admctr_of1_ref=<ref name="OryolONovosilskyD_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of2=Novosil Urban Settlement |mun_admctr_of2_ref=<ref name="OKTMO">{{OKTMO reference|54 643 101}}</ref> |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_of_what= |area_as_of= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=3658 |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=1155 |established_title=First mentioned |established_date_ref= |current_cat_date=1777 |current_cat_date_ref= |postal_codes=303500 |dialing_codes= |dialing_codes_ref= |website= }} '''Novosil''' ({{langx|ru|Новоси́ль}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] and the [[administrative center]] of [[Novosilsky District]] in [[Oryol Oblast]], [[Russia]], located on the right bank of the [[Zusha River]] {{convert|70|km|sp=us}} east of [[Oryol]], the administrative center of the [[oblast]]. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=3,658|p2002=4,017|p1989=4,198}}
==History== [[File:RU_COA_Novosilsky_X,_124.jpg|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|Olgovichi branch]] of the [[Rurik dynasty]] during the [[Middle Ages]].<ref>[http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/russia/rurik5.html#OS Rurikids 5]</ref> Town rights were granted to Novosil in 1777.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://sanstv.ru/dict/%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB | title=Novosil Search results | language=ru | website=sanstv.ru}}</ref> During [[World War II]], Novosil was occupied by the [[Wehrmacht|German Army]] from November 13 to December 27, 1941.
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], Novosil serves as the [[administrative center]] of [[Novosilsky District]].<ref name="OryolO_adm">Law #522-OZ</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Novosilsky District as the '''[[town of district significance]] of Novosil'''.<ref name="OryolO_adm" /> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the town of district significance of Novosil is incorporated within Novosilsky Municipal District as '''Novosil Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="OryolONovosilskyD_mun">Law #425-OZ</ref>
==Notable people == <!-- Please only include people who have a biography article in Wikipedia --> *[[Maya Dmitrievna Koveshnikova]] (1926–2013), landscape painter *[[Slava Polunin]] (born 1950), performance artist
==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|orl|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|orl|mun|list|novosilsky}}
{{Oryol Oblast}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Cities and towns in Oryol Oblast]] [[Category:Novosilsky Uyezd]] [[Category:Rus' towns]]