Gorodets

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Gorodets is an ancient Russian town on the Volga River, known as one of the oldest settlements in the Nizhny Novgorod region and historically significant as a medieval trading and craft center.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gorodets canonical 4
Городец 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf Gorodetsky District ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
distanceFrom about 60 km northwest of Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ
economyBasedOn crafts ⓘ
food industry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
foundedInCentury 12th century ⓘ
foundedInYearApprox 1152 ⓘ
founder Yuri Dolgorukiy ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle merchant houses of 19th century ⓘ
traditional wooden architecture ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritageStatus historic town ⓘ
hasDialingCode +7 83161 ⓘ
hasEthnographicSignificance center of Volga folk culture ⓘ
hasMuseum Gingerbread Museum ⓘ
Gorodets Museum of Local Lore ⓘ
Museum of Gorodets Painting ⓘ
Museum of Samovars ⓘ
hasPopulationApprox 30000 ⓘ
hasPostalCodeRange 606500–6065xx ⓘ
hasRiverPort Volga River port facilities ⓘ
hasStatus town of district significance ⓘ
hasTransportConnection regional roads to Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ
historicalRegion Rus ⓘ
historicalRole craft center ⓘ
medieval trading center ⓘ
isInEasternPartOf European Russia ⓘ
isOneOfOldestSettlementsIn Nizhny Novgorod region ⓘ
knownFor Gorodets painting ⓘ
gingerbread production ⓘ
traditional crafts ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
locatedIn Nizhny Novgorod Oblast ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Moscow Time ⓘ
locatedOnBank left bank of the Volga River ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Volga River ⓘ
majorReligion Russian Orthodoxy ⓘ
partOf Volga Federal District ⓘ
region Nizhny Novgorod region ⓘ
touristAttractionType open-air museum town ⓘ
wasFortifiedSettlement true ⓘ
wasImportantInPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yuri II of Vladimir → founded → Gorodets ⓘ
Александр Невский → deathPlace → Городец ⓘ
linked to: Gorodets
Alexander Nevsky → deathPlace → Gorodets ⓘ
Alexander Nevsky → placeOfDeath → Gorodets ⓘ
subject linked to: Orthodox saint Alexander Nevsky