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Galich

town in Kostroma Oblast, Russia
City City or Town Q134375

Facts

18 properties

Identity

Instance of
city or town
Inception
1159[10]
Official website
www.admgalich.ru[11]
Native label
Галич[36]

Location

Country
Russia, Russian Empire, Soviet Union, Tsardom of Russia[2][3][4][5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 58.383°, 42.350°
Located in or next to body of water
Lake Galichskoe[6]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Galich Urban Okrug, Galichsky District, Galichsky Uyezd[1]

Population and size

Area
+17[39]
Elevation above sea level
+130[38]
Population
12k (5.6k–22k, n=35)[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 5,900 · 5,600 · 6,200 · 7,400 · 8,900 GeoNames 18,594 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code
49437[9]
Postal code
157202[8]
More facts +5
Capital of
Galichsky District, Dmitriyevsky, Galich Urban Okrug[33][34][35]
Described by source
Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Meyer’s Universum, Einundzwanzigster Band[27][28][29][30][31][32]
Different from
Galich[37]
Flag
flag of Galich[7]
Time of earliest written record
1237[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Galich en Russia Galich ar غاليتش cs Galič de Galitsch es Galich es Gálich fa گالیچ، روسیه fi Galitš fr Galitch he גאליץ' hu Galics ja ガーリチ ko 갈리치 nl Galitsj pl Galicz ro Galici ro Galici, Rusia ru Галич tr Galiç
🔖 Identifiers · 17
VIAF cluster ID
137255034
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n84079665
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Square in Galich 2.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
7147
Freebase ID
/m/02_cgm
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2907710
GeoNames ID
562161
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
3803645, 2341664
INaturalist place ID
42196
J9U entity ID
987007562378505171
OKATO ID
34408000000
OKTMO ID
34708000001
Show all 17 identifiers +5
OpenWeatherMap city ID
562161
Topic's main category
Category:Galich
Who's on First ID
102002591
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhhqcvdKFr4qqH3fwpkjC
Yale LUX ID
place/e2d4b179-fd41-44e3-8fee-0148219bf5f2

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🔗 Connections
People born here 6
Fyodor Uspensky, Abraham of Rostov, Feodosy Krasovsky, Grigorij Pelsjemskij, Michail Makarowitsch Saschin, Ivan Vasilyevich Godnev
Country 4
Russia, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
Capital of 1
Galichsky District
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Galichsky District
Located in time zone 1
UTC+03:00
People who died here 1
Dmitry Krasny
← Capital 1
Galichsky District
← FactGrid item ID 1
Saint-Sulpice-d'Excideuil
← Headquarters location 1
Galich Eparchy
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Related Entities

Russia Russian Empire Tsardom of Russia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . OKTMO. 179/2016.. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [1] ↑ . OKTMO. 179/2016.. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Q126974811. wikidata.org.
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  14. [14] ↑ . Q126974811. wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Q126974811. wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Q126974811. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Q126974811. wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Q126683186. wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Q126974811. wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Q126683348. wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Q126683464. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Q126683566. wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Q126974811. wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . OKTMO. 179/2016.. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . OKTMO. 179/2016.. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . OKTMO. 179/2016.. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #49170: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 17w ago · Andrei Stroe · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in or next to body of water → Lake Galichskoe
    "Created claim: Located in or next to body of water: Lake Galichskoe"
  3. 18w ago · Finiksizpepla · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → 5,900, 5,600, 6,200 +32
    "Created claim: Population: 12,358"
  4. 19w ago · Obscuraa · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    "Removed claim: Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron"
  5. 25w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital of → Galichsky District, Dmitriyevsky, Galich Urban Okrug
    Described by source → Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    Coordinate location → 58.383°, 42.350°
    Category of associated people → Wikidata item
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: Added ur:گالچ، روس"
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