Zadaka of the lost place Malaya Vishera in the Novgorod region

Zadaka of the lost place Malaya Vishera in the Novgorod region

From various parts of the globe, from time to time there are reports of the discovery of traces of relict hominids, better known as Bigfoot or Yeti. Russia, where there are many regions with dense forests and impenetrable swamps, was no exception. One of these places where, according to local residents, snow people have been repeatedly encountered for several decades, is a town in the Novgorod region - Malaya Vishera, located on the banks of the river of the same name in the territory of our homeland - Russia.

Researchers have collected hundreds of eyewitness accounts of encounters with mysterious humanoid creatures or, as local residents call them, “avdoshkas.” According to legend, once upon a time in one of the surrounding villages there lived a strange and quarrelsome woman named Avdotya. Unable to get along with her fellow villagers, Avdotya went to live in the forest, and a few years later she was seen more than once in the company of a huge creature overgrown with fur. The descendants of this strange couple were nicknamed “avdoshkas” - the children of Avdotya.

There were especially many reports about unusual inhabitants of the Malovishera forest in the 40s and 50s. During the period of post-war devastation, which devastated many settlements of the Novgorod region, the “avdoshki” felt at ease and were not afraid to go closer to the villages.

A significant surge of interest in the Malovishera snow people occurred in the 60-80s. They were studied by both specialist cryptozoologists and amateurs. One of those who managed to see a whole family of wild people with their own eyes was local journalist Oleg Ivanov. According to his description, they were two children, a male and a female, covered with brownish fur. The height of adult individuals exceeded two meters. Other eyewitnesses indicate similar signs of “avdoshek”.

Also, traces of bare feet were noticed more than once, the impressive length of the foot was more than 40 centimeters.

In the last twenty years, encounters with wild people in these places have practically ceased. Probably, the active development of the Malovishera forest forced the Bigfoot people to look for new habitats.

It is worth noting that the surroundings of Malaya Vishera are well known to researchers of anomalous phenomena, not only as the place of residence of Bigfoot. More than once, extraordinary light phenomena similar to a UFO have been observed near the Malovishera forest, and the narrow-gauge railway, built in the middle of the last century, is considered a mystical place where a ghost train sometimes appears.

Malaya Vishera

(Novgorod region)

OKATO code:
49220501
Founded:
1843
City since:
1921 City of district subordination (Malovishersky district, Novgorod region)
Center:
Malovishersky district
Telephone code (reference phone)

Deviation from Moscow time, hours:
0
Geographic latitude:
58°51′
Geographic longitude:
32°13′
Altitude above sea level, meters:
65 Sunrise and sunset times in the city of Malaya Vishera

Cultural institutions[ | ]

• [30] Municipal budgetary cultural institution “Inter-settlement library system of Malovishera district”
• Museum of School No. 1
• Malovishera Regional Museum of Local Lore

The museum has an exhibition hall, expositions on the history of the formation of Malaya Vishera, and memorable places of the Malovishera district. Municipal budgetary cultural institution. Intersettlement Methodological Center for Folk Art and Cultural and Leisure Activities (MBUK MMTSNT and KDD) and its branch RDK “Svetlana”.

Map

Malaya Vishera: photo from space (Google Maps) Malaya Vishera: photo from space (Microsoft Virtual Earth)

a brief description of

It is located on the swampy Priilmenskaya lowland, on the Malaya Vishera River (a tributary of the Volkhov). Railway station.

Territory (sq. km): 25

Information about the city of Malaya Vishera on the Russian Wikipedia site

Historical sketch

It arose in 1843 during the construction of the Nikolaev railway as a settlement at the Malaya Vishera station (opened in 1851). In 1860, a locomotive depot was built and one of the first technical schools in Russia was opened. Since 1871 the settlement.

Name by location on the river. Malaya Vishera, which after merging with Bolshaya Vishera forms the river. Vishera (right tributary of the Volkhov). Several etymologies of the hydronym have been proposed.

In 1896, the first telephone switch on Russian railways was installed at the station.

The town of Malaya Vishera since 1921

During the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45, the city was occupied by Nazi troops on October 24, 1941. It was liberated on November 20, 1941 during the Tikhvin operation.

Economy

In Malaya Vishera: factories - glass (electric vacuum glass, radio tubes), electromechanical. Wood harvesting and processing enterprises.

In the Malovishera region, grain crops, potatoes, vegetables, and perennial herbs are grown. They raise cattle, pigs, and sheep.

Deposits of limestone, marl, brick and fusible clays, glass sands. Peat and sapropel reserves.

Architecture, sights

The railway divides the city into 2 parts: the southern part is characterized by wooden one-story buildings, and the northern part is characterized by large-panel multi-story buildings.

In the village of Pekhovo, 40 km from Malaya Vishera, there is a wooden church from the 17th century.

In the villages of Znamenka, Posohovo, Kamenka there are estates from the 19th century.

Notes[ | ]

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3. Abdication of Nicholas II. Memoirs of eyewitnesses
4. Statistics of the Russian Empire. 1: Collection of information on Russia for 1884-1885. St. Petersburg, 1887, p. 20
5. Populated areas of the Russian Empire with 500 or more inhabitants, indicating the total population present in them and the number of inhabitants of the prevailing religions, according to the first general census of 1897 / Rep. ed. N. A. Troinitsky. - St. Petersburg, 1905, p. 126
6. ↑ 123
   Cities of the USSR / NKVD of the RSFSR, Stat. Department. - M., 1927
7. Bulletin of the Leningrad Regional Statistics Department. Vol. 20. 1928, April - June
8. ↑ 1234567891011
   People's encyclopedia "My City". Malaya Vishera
9. All-Union Population Census of 1937: General results. Collection of documents and materials - M., 2007, p. 68
10. RGAE, f. 1562, op. 336, no. 1248, pp. 83-96
11. TsGA SPb., f. 95, op. 6, no. 5, pp. 2—3
12. All-Union Population Census of 1959. The size of the urban population of the RSFSR, its territorial units, urban settlements and urban areas by gender (Russian). Demoscope Weekly. Access date: September 25, 2013. Archived April 28, 2013.
13. All-Union Population Census of 1970 The size of the urban population of the RSFSR, its territorial units, urban settlements and urban areas by gender. (Russian). Demoscope Weekly. Access date: September 25, 2013. Archived April 28, 2013.
14. All-Union Population Census of 1979 The size of the urban population of the RSFSR, its territorial units, urban settlements and urban areas by gender. (Russian). Demoscope Weekly. Access date: September 25, 2013. Archived April 28, 2013.
15. All-Union population census of 1989. Urban population (undefined)
    . Archived from the original on August 22, 2011.
16. All-Russian population census 2002. Volume. 1, table 4. Population of Russia, federal districts, constituent entities of the Russian Federation, districts, urban settlements, rural settlements - regional centers and rural settlements with a population of 3 thousand or more (unspecified)
    . Archived from the original on February 3, 2012.
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21. Table 33. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2014 (unspecified)
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28. taking into account the cities of Crimea
29. https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/bul_Chislen_nasel_MO-01-01-2021.rar Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (1.85 Mb, 07/30/2021)
30. Culture of the Malovishersky district (undefined)
    .

Population[ | ]

As of January 1, 2022, in terms of population, the city was in 908th place out of 1,116[28]cities of the Russian Federation[29].