Yaroslavl
city in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia
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Summary
Yaroslavl is a city or town[1]. Yaroslavl ranks in the top 3% of city or town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,354 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Award received: Order of the Red Banner of Labour[3], Order of the October Revolution[4]
- Member of: Organization of World Heritage Cities[5]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Yaroslavl Oblast[6]
- Country: Russia[7]
- Located in or next to body of water: Volga[8], Kotorosl[9]
- Head of government: Vladimir Sleptsov[10], Vladimir Mikhailovich Volkov[11], Молчанов, Артём Владимирович[12]
- Continent: Europe[13]
- Instance of: big city[14], city of oblast significance[15], urban okrug in Russia[16]
- Founder: Yaroslav the Wise[17]
- Named after: Yaroslav the Wise[18]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Leninsky District, Yaroslavl[19], Dzerzhinsky District[20], Zavolzhsky City District, Yaroslavl[21], Kirovsky District[22], Krasnoperekopsky District[23], Frunzenskiy District, Yaroslavl[24]
- Flag: Coat of arms of Yaroslavl[25]
- Twinned administrative body: Palermo[26], Kassel[27], Hanau[28], Poitiers[29], Burlington[30], Coimbra[31], Jyväskylä[32], Kaliningrad[33], Exeter[34], Severodvinsk[35], Burgas[36]
- Postal code: 150000–150066[37]
- Commons category: Yaroslavl[38]
- Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[39]
- Local dialing code: 4852[40]
- Has part(s): Subdivisions de Iaroslavl[41]
- Inception: 1010[42]
- Official website: https://city-yaroslavl.ru/[43]
- Topic's main category: Category:Yaroslavl[44]
- Commons gallery: Ярославль[45]
- Population: 591,486[46], 606,703[47], 608,079[48], 608,722[49], 577,279[50], 570,824[51], 623,000[52], 567,443[53]
- Time of earliest written record: 1071[54]
- Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[55], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[56], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[57], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[58], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[59], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[60], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[61], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[62]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Yaroslavl include 15212 Yaroslavlʹ[63], an asteroid[64].
Why It Matters
Yaroslavl has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] Yaroslavl is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]
Entities named for Yaroslavl include 15212 Yaroslavlʹ[63], an asteroid[64].
FAQs
What awards did Yaroslavl receive?
Honors received include Order of the Red Banner of Labour[3] and Order of the October Revolution[4].