Mosalsk
title: "Mosalsk" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-kaluga-oblast", "mosalsky-uyezd"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosalsk" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| en_name | Mosalsk |
| ru_name | Мосальск |
| image_skyline | Мосальск. Никольский собор (1818)..JPG |
| image_caption | St. Nicholas Cathedral |
| coordinates | |
| map_label_position | right |
| image_coa | Coat of Arms of Mosalsk (Kaluga oblast).png |
| federal_subject | Kaluga Oblast |
| federal_subject_ref | |
| adm_district_jur | Mosalsky District |
| adm_district_jur_ref | |
| adm_ctr_of | Mosalsky District |
| adm_ctr_of_ref | |
| inhabloc_cat | Town |
| inhabloc_cat_ref | |
| mun_district_jur | Mosalsky Municipal District |
| mun_district_jur_ref | |
| urban_settlement_jur | Mosalsk Urban Settlement |
| urban_settlement_jur_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of1 | Mosalsky Municipal District |
| mun_admctr_of1_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of2 | Mosalsk Urban Settlement |
| mun_admctr_of2_ref | |
| area_km2 | 7.93 |
| area_km2_ref | |
| pop_2010census | 4288 |
| pop_2010census_ref | |
| established_date | 1231 |
| established_title | First mentioned |
| current_cat_date | 1776 |
| postal_codes | 249930 |
| dialing_codes | 48452 |
| :: |
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History
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|title=Historical affiliations |fontsize=85% |quote=Alex K Grundwald flags 1410-03.svg Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1407–1493 Lob flag moskovskiy.svg Grand Duchy of Moscow 1493–1547 Flag of Oryol (variant).svg Tsardom of Russia 1547–1721 Russian Empire 1721–1917 Russia Russian Republic 1917 Flag of Russian SFSR (1918-1937).svg Soviet Russia 1917–1922 Soviet Union 1922–1991 Russian Federation 1991–present First attested in 1231 as Masalsk (Масальск), it became the center of one of the Upper Oka Principalities in the 14th century. After Ivan III annexed the principality to the Grand Duchy of Moscow in 1493, local princes emigrated either to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (where they became known as Princes Massalski) or to Moscow (where they were known as Princes Koltsov-Mosalsky). Mosalsk was granted town status within Kaluga Governorate in 1776.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mosalsk serves as the administrative center of Mosalsky District, to which it is directly subordinated. As a municipal division, the town of Mosalsk is incorporated within Mosalsky Municipal District as Mosalsk Urban Settlement.
Architecture
The town's main landmark is St. Nicholas Cathedral (1818).
Notable people
The town was the birthplace of Professor Alexander Ivanovich Chuprov.
References
Notes
Sources
References
- "Мосальск, Мосальский район".
- {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
- {{OKATO reference. 29 229
- Law #7-OZ
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