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City Bogdanovich
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A country Russia, Russia
Subject of the federation Sverdlovsk regionSverdlovsk region
Urban district Bogdanovich
Coordinates 56°47′00″ n. w. 62°03′00″ E. long / 56.78333° north w. 62.05000° E. d. / 56.78333; 62.05000 (G) [www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=56.78333&mlon=62.05000&zoom=12 (O)] (Z)Coordinates: 56°47′00″ N. w. 62°03′00″ E. long / 56.78333° north w. 62.05000° E. d. / 56.78333; 62.05000 (G) [www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=56.78333&mlon=62.05000&zoom=12 (O)] (I)
Chapter Moskvin Vladimir Alexandrovich
Based in 1885
City with 1947
Center height 160
Population ↘29,311[1] people (2016)
National composition Russians
Confessional composition Orthodox Christians
Names of residents Bogdanovichites, Bogdanovichets
Timezone UTC+5
Telephone code +7 34376
Postcode 623530
Vehicle code 66, 96, 196
OKATO code [classif.spb.ru/classificators/view/okt.php?st=A&kr=1&kod=65416 65 416]
Official site [www.gobogdanovich.ru/ ogdanovich.ru]
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Bogdanovich

- a city in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia, the center of the Bogdanovich urban district.

Content

  • 1 Geography
  • 2 History
  • 3 Population
  • 4 Economy 4.1 Transport
  • 4.2 Industry
  • 5 Education
  • 6 Attractions
  • 7 City leaders
      7.1 Chairmen of the executive committee of the district (city) Council
  • 7.2 First secretaries of the city committee (district committee) of the CPSU
  • 7.3 Heads of city administration
  • 8 People associated with the city
  • 9 Media
  • 10 Notes
  • 11 Links
  • Population[ | ]

    Population
    2002[18]2009[19]2010[20]2011[21]2012[22]2013[23]2014[24]
    18 042↗18 096↗47 027↘46 893↘46 572↘46 443↘46 217
    2015[25]2016[26]2017[27]2018[28]2019[29]2020[30]2021[6]
    ↘46 066↘45 989↘45 971↘45 879↘45 685↗45 969↘45 804

    Story

    In 1864-1865 there was a crop failure in the Perm province. On January 15, 1866, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia P. A. Valuev gave a written order to the official of special assignments under the minister, Colonel Evgeniy Bogdanovich, to resolve the issue of food needs. On March 23, 1866, Evgeniy Vasilyevich reported in a telegram from Yekaterinburg that a solution to the problem was possible by building a railway from the internal provinces to Yekaterinburg and further to Tyumen. In April 1868, Bogdanovich received permission from the Tsar for an expedition to these areas. In 1885, the newspaper “Ekaterinburg Week” wrote about the opening of the railway. Mr. Bogdanovich’s efforts culminated in the fact that the Overino junction station of the Ural Railway, founded in 1885, was named in his honor.

    Near the city, before the revolution, the Intercession women's community operated in Gryaznovsky, the center of which was the Intercession Church.

    In 1947, Bogdanovich received city status.

    How to get to Bogdanovich?

    From Yekaterinburg you need to get onto the Tyumen highway and follow it to this city. The road passes through Bogdanovich himself. The crossing, located on the outskirts of the city, often causes trouble for both local residents and those traveling along the Yekaterinburg-Tyumen highway. Large traffic jams often occur here. Distance from Yekaterinburg – 95 km.

    Pavel Raspopov

    Literature: Wikipedia History of the city of Bogdanovich Materials of the Bogdanovich Museum of Local Lore Rundkvist N., Zadorina O. Sverdlovsk region. Illustrated encyclopedia of local history

    Economy

    Transport

    A junction of railway lines to Yekaterinburg, Tyumen, Chelyabinsk, Serov, Kamensk-Uralsky. Train Station. Bus station on section P351 of the E22 highway

    Industry

    The city has a Bogdanovichi refractory plant, a sleeper impregnation plant, a meat processing plant, a dairy plant, a feed mill and a building materials plant. The Bogdanovich sleeper impregnation plant was founded in 1927. The plant is one of the largest enterprises in the Bogdanovichi district; its territory stretches for more than 2 kilometers. The plant is the only manufacturer of wooden sleepers on the Sverdlovsk Railway. A narrow-gauge railway operates on the territory of the plant.

    From 1973 to 2010, the Bogdanovich porcelain factory, the second industry enterprise in the Russian Federation in terms of production capacity, operated in the city. The plant produced porcelain products (traditional high-temperature porcelain) and products from low-temperature porcelain: plates, cups, glasses, teapots, tableware, tea and coffee sets, sets of tableware of various configurations. It was the only enterprise in Russia producing cordierite fire supplies for the porcelain industry. The plant ceased operation in 2010 due to bankruptcy.

    Physiographic characteristics[ | ]

    The territory of the district is 1498 square kilometers.

    In the east, the district borders on the Kamyshlovsky district, in the south - on the Kamensky urban district of the Sverdlovsk region and the Kataysky district of the Kurgan region, in the west - on the Beloyarsky and Asbestovsky urban districts, in the north - on the Sukhoi Log urban district.

    The main wealth is considered to be reserves of refractory clay and limestone.

    The geographical location and climatic conditions of the area make it possible to classify it as the territory of the lowland Trans-Urals.

    There are no big rivers or mountain peaks here.

    The largest rivers: Kunara and Bolshaya Kalinovka (both are no longer than 60 kilometers) flow into Pyshma.

    The most significant lake: Kurtuguz (1100 ha).

    Rocky hills are located along the banks of the Kunara northeast of the city[9].

    Attractions

    • Gorky Park
    • Alley of Friendship
    • Peace Square
    • Memorial sign to the poet Stepan Petrovich Shchipachev
    • Memorial to fellow countrymen who died during the Great Patriotic War (in Victory Park)
    • Kashin settlement
    • Monument to Hero of the Soviet Union Grigory Pavlovich Kunavin
    • “The sign of two rings” was installed at the wedding site of P. P. Bazhov and V. A. Ivanitskaya
    • Museum of Local Lore
    • Literary Museum of the poet S. P. Shchipachev
    • War memorial

    City leaders

    Chairmen of the executive committee of the district (city) Council

    • Shantarin Grigory Savvateevich (1924—?)
    • Antipin Pyotr Ivanovich (1944-1952)
    • Bykov Pyotr Alexandrovich (1952-1957)
    • Kudryavtsev Alexander Vasilievich (1957-1961)
    • Khomyakov Mikhail Ivanovich (1961-1962)
    • Sitnikov Mikhail Ivanovich (1962-1988)
    • Kyshtymov Sergey Leonidovich (1988-1991)

    First secretaries of the city committee (district committee) of the CPSU

    • Khomyakov Mikhail Ivanovich (1962-1985)
    • Kotyukh Anatoly Vasilievich (1985-1991)

    Heads of the city administration

    • Kyshtymov Sergey Leonidovich (1991-1992)
    • Ivanov Ludwig Grigorievich (1992-1996)
    • Brovin Vladimir Vasilievich (1996-2000)
    • Bykov Andrey Anatolyevich (2000—2012)
    • Moskvin Vladimir Alexandrovich (since 2012)

    People associated with the city

    • Golovina, Elena Viktorovna - ten-time world champion in biathlon.
    • Kravchenko, Viktor Andreevich - 49th commander of the Black Sea Fleet.
    • Krasnolobov, Vladimir Pavlovich - first secretary of the Sverdlovsk regional committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (since 2005).
    • Evgeny Kulikov is a speed skater, champion of the XII Olympic Games, world record holder.
    • Kunavin, Grigory Pavlovich - Hero of the Soviet Union.
    • Purgin, Kuzma Stepanovich - Hero of the Soviet Union.
    • Perepechin, Pyotr Martynovich - Hero of the Soviet Union.
    • Shchipachev, Stepan Petrovich - poet, laureate of two Stalin Prizes, member of the board of the Union of Writers of the USSR.
    • Sazhaev Mikhail Petrovich. Famous artist. Honorary citizen of the Bogdanovichi urban district.

    Ecological situation[ | ]

    The ecology of the city of Bogdanovich is burdened with a number of different harmful substances. The reasons for this are various industries. In the city of Bogdanovich there are such production facilities as: OJSC "Construction Materials Plant", Bogdanovichsky Mineral Wool Board Plant, Bogdanovichsky OJSC "Fireproofs", Bogdanovichsky Feed Mill. These enterprises, as well as harmful emissions from vehicles and the noise they produce, are to blame.

    Wastewater and surface water[ | ]

    On the territory of the Bogdanovichi urban district, groundwater quality indicators, such as: water hardness, , , exceed the MPC content according to SanPiN 2.1.4.1074-01.[42]

    At the Bogdanovich enterprises and the municipal unitary enterprise Bogdanovich "Vodokanal", modernization and reconstruction of biological wastewater treatment facilities are planned for 2022 - 2022.

    The main source of pollution of surface water bodies in the Bogdanovichsky GO is the Construction Materials Plant LLC.

    Pollution of surface water bodies in the territory of the city of Bogdanovich 2018-2019.

    [42]

    Business nameWastewater discharged, total
    (million cubic meters)
    Contaminated wastewater discharged (million cubic meters)
    2018201920182019
    LLC "Construction Materials Plant"4,003,984,003,98
    Bogdanovich OJSC "Fireproofs"0,520,540,520,54

    The largest water users of the Bogdanovichi GO are: MUP "Teplovodokanal" - 4.2 million cubic meters. m.

    Indicators of wastewater discharge into surface water bodies in urban areas in 2022

    [42]

    Name of municipalityWastewater discharged into surface water bodies (million cubic meters)
    Totalincluding contaminated
    GO Bogdanovich6,336,33

    Soils and land resources[ | ]

    Soil cover is the main reservoir of radionuclides. There is a potential danger of airborne transfer of man-made radionuclides into the territory of the Bogdanovichi GO, both from regularly operating nuclear fuel cycle facilities located in the Chelyabinsk region, and in the event of radiation accidents at them. The soils of the Bogdanovichi agricultural region were subject to radioactive contamination: the zone of the East Ural radioactive trace formed as a result of the 1957 accident at the Mayak Production Association, the zone of wind transfer of radioactive sludge from the shores of Lake. Karachay of the Chelyabinsk region into the territory of the Sverdlovsk region in 1967, an area of ​​radioactive fallout after the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.[42]

    Conservation and protection of forests[ | ]

    In 2022, a large forest fire with an area of ​​194.8 hectares was extinguished in the Bogdanovichi urban district.[42]

    Emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere[ | ]

    In 2022, compared to 2022, emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air increased: Bogdanovichsky OJSC Ogneupory - by 0.2 thousand tons (33.3%) due to an increase in operating hours of technological equipment; LLC "Construction Materials Plant" - by 0.4 thousand tons (by 44.4%).

    Dynamics of emissions from the enterprise

    [42]

    Business nameEmission to atmosphere
    (thousand tons)
    20182019
    OJSC "Construction Materials Plant"0,50,9

    mass media

    • Your Time - monthly glossy magazine for the whole family
    • TV-Bogdanovich - official television company of Bogdanovich
    • People's Word - municipal newspaper
    • Znamenka is a weekly independent newspaper.
    • Our Bogdanovich is an independent newspaper for the whole family
    • Lira-FM - local radio channel on frequency 104.3
    • "Chanson" is a local radio channel. Frequency 101.5. Retransmission as part of the Tyumen route network.
    • Klen is a local radio channel. Frequency 91.6

    Composition[ | ]

    The urban district and district include 40 settlements. Moreover, the urban district, in addition to the city, includes 13 rural territories, and the district, until October 1, 2022, included 14 territorial units (1 city and 13 village councils).[31]

    List of settlements
    LocalityType of settlementPopulationRural area of ​​the urban districtTerritorial unit of Bogdanovichsky district[32]
    1Aleshinavillage↗14[20]BaynovskayaBaynovsky village council
    2Bynesvillage↘2562[20]BaynovskayaBaynovsky village council
    3Barabavillage↘1153[20]BarabinskayaBarabinsky village council
    4Bileykavillage↗276[20]KunarskayaKunar village council
    5Bogdanovichcity, administrative center↗29 309[6]Bogdanovich city
    6Bykovavillage↗315[20]TygishskayaTygish village council
    7Verkhnyaya Poldnevayavillage↘161[20]BaynovskayaBaynovsky village council
    8Volkovskoevillage↘675[20]VolkovskayaVolkovsky village council
    9Garashkinskoevillage↘608[20]GarashkinskayaGarashkinsky village council
    10Gryaznovskayavillage↘104[20]GryaznovskayaGryaznovsky village council
    11Gryaznovskoevillage↘1486[20]GryaznovskayaGryaznovsky village council
    12Dubrovnyfarm↘0[20]GarashkinskayaGarashkinsky village council
    13Dubrovnyvillage↘14[20]ChernokorovskayaChernokorovsky village council
    14Ilyinskoevillage↘780[20]IlyinskayaIlyinsky village council
    15Kamennoozerskoyevillage↘533[20]KamenoozerskayaKamenoozersky village council
    16Kashinavillage↗147[20]ComeniusComenius Village Council
    17Komenkivillage↘900[20]ComeniusComenius Village Council
    18Kondratievavillage↗38[20]ComeniusComenius Village Council
    19Red Lighthousevillage↗228[20]GryaznovskayaGryaznovsky village council
    20Wadersvillage↗113[20]BarabinskayaBarabinsky village council
    21Kunarskoevillage↘733[20]KunarskayaKunar village council
    22Kurtuguzvillage↘0[20]KunarskayaKunar village council
    23Rayvillage↘28[20]TrinityTroitsky village council
    24Melekhinvillage↘81[20]KunarskayaKunar village council
    25Oktyabrinavillage↘117[20]BaynovskayaBaynovsky village council
    26Orlovavillage↘41[20]BarabinskayaBarabinsky village council
    27Parshinavillage↘103[20]ChernokorovskayaChernokorovsky village council
    28Half dayvillage↘1094[20]BaynovskayaBaynovsky village council
    29Popovkavillage↗11[20]ComeniusComenius Village Council
    30Prishchanovovillage↘432[20]ComeniusComenius Village Council
    31Raskatihavillage↘96[20]ChernokorovskayaChernokorovsky village council
    32Sosnovskyvillage↘14[20]TrinityTroitsky village council
    33Suvorovvillage↘98[20]GarashkinskayaSuvorsky village council
    34Trinityvillage↘1710[20]TrinityTroitsky village council
    35Tygishvillage↘943[20]TygishskayaTygish village council
    36Cherdancyvillage↗8[20]IlyinskayaIlyinsky village council
    37Chernokorovskoevillage↘576[20]ChernokorovskayaChernokorovsky village council
    38Chudovavillage↗12[20]GryaznovskayaGryaznovsky village council
    39Tweezersvillage↗4[20]VolkovskayaVolkovsky village council
    40Tweezersvillage↘149[20]BaynovskayaBaynovsky village council
    • On November 9, 2011, the village of Bileysky Fish Nursery was formed (on the territory of the Kunar village council)[33].

    abolished settlements

    • By decision of the Sverdlovsk Regional Executive Committee No. 265 of July 24, 1984, the following settlements were abolished: Andryushina (Garashkinsky Village Council), Kishkina and Moskvina (Ilyinsky Village Council), Komarov and Lyapustin (Troitsky Village Council), Makhneva (Tygishsky Village Council)[34].
    • On August 7, 1996, the village of Martovka (Ilyinsky village council) was abolished[35].
    • On November 27, 2001, the village of Zhukovo (Bainovsky village council) was abolished[36][37].
    • On November 22, 2004, the village of Podzhukovo (Bainovsky village council) was abolished[38][37].

    Notes

    1. 12
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    2. [demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus59_reg2.php 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. Retrieved September 25, 2013. [www.webcitation.org/6GDOghWC9 Archived from the original on April 28, 2013].
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      www.MojGorod.ru/sverdlov_obl/bogdanvich/index.html People's encyclopedia “My City”. Bogdanovich (city)
    4. [demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus70_reg2.php 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. Retrieved September 25, 2013. [www.webcitation.org/6GDOiMstp Archived from the original on April 28, 2013].
    5. [demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus79_reg2.php 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. Retrieved September 25, 2013. [www.webcitation.org/6GDOjhZ5L Archived from the original on April 28, 2013].
    6. [demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg2.php All-Union Population Census of 1989. Urban population]. [www.webcitation.org/617x0o0Pa Archived from the original on August 22, 2011].
    7. [www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls 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]. [www.webcitation.org/65AdCU0q3 Archived from the original on February 3, 2012].
    8. [www.gks.ru/bgd/regl/b08_14t/IssWWW.exe/Stg/ur/03-00.htm Administrative-territorial division of the Sverdlovsk region as of January 1, 2008]. Retrieved May 11, 2016. [www.webcitation.org/6hQQf5WLh Archived from the original on May 11, 2016].
    9. [www.gks.ru/bgd/regl/B09_109/IssWWW.exe/Stg/d01/tabl-21-09.xls Number of permanent population of the Russian Federation by cities, urban-type settlements and districts as of January 1, 2009]. Retrieved January 2, 2014. [www.webcitation.org/6MJmu0z1u Archived from the original on January 2, 2014].
    10. [sverdl.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/sverdl/resources/c081bf004cb2e2e8b07efb98f842dd0b/number and distribution of the population of the Sverdlovsk region.rar All-Russian population census 2010. Number and distribution of the population of the Sverdlovsk region]. Retrieved June 1, 2014. [www.webcitation.org/6Q0e0rzaI Archived from the original on June 1, 2014].
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    15. taking into account the cities of Crimea
    16. [www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2016/bul_dr/mun_obr2016.rar Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2016. Table “31. Population of cities and towns by federal districts and constituent entities of the Russian Federation as of January 1, 2016.” RAR archive (1.0 MB)]

    History[ | ]

    On August 15, 1924, the Bogdanovichsky district was formed as part of the Shadrinsky district of the Ural region with its center in the village of Troitskoye. In 1930, the administrative center was moved to the village of Bogdanovich, and the territory of the abolished Gryaznovsky district

    . On July 10, 1931, the Bogdanovichsky district was abolished with the inclusion of its territory in the Sukholozhsky district.

    On November 27, 1944, the Bogdanovichi district was re-established. It included the following territories:

    • from Kamyshlovsky district: Volkovsky, Volodinsky, Garashkinsky and Ilyinsky s/s, as well as a number of villages of Kalinovsky s/s.
    • from Sukholozhsky district: r.p. Bogdanovich, Baynovsky, Barabinsky, Bileysky, Gryaznovsky, Kamennoozersky, Kamensky, Kashinsky, Kulikovsky, Kunarsky, Lyapustinsky, Troitsky, Tygishsky, Chernokorovsky and Shchipachevsky s/s, as well as a number of villages of Melnichny s/s.

    In 1947, r.p. Boglanovic was transformed into a city of regional subordination. Bykovsky s/s was formed.

    In 1954, Beleysky, Bykovsky, Kashinsky, Kulikovsky, Lyapustinsky and Shchipachevsky s/s were abolished.

    On February 1, 1963, Bogdanovich was transformed into a city of regional subordination, and the Bogdanovichsky district was abolished. At the same time, its village councils were transferred to the Kamyshlovsky rural district. On January 13, 1965, the Bogdanovichsky district was restored again. In the same year, Suvorovsky s/s was transferred from Kamensky district to Bogdanovichsky[10].

    On November 22, 1966, the villages of the subsidiary farm of the fattening state farm, section No. 2 of the artificial insemination station and Asbestovsky section No. 3 of the Bazhenov state farm were renamed Luch, Krasny Mayak and Vishnevy, respectively [11] [12].

    In 1996, the city of Bogdanovich and the region were united into one municipal entity called Bogdanovichskoe

    .
    On November 10, 1996, the Bogdanovichi municipality was included in the regional register[13]. Subsequently, the municipal formation was renamed Bogdanovichsky District
    , but there is no data on the date of renaming.

    Since December 31, 2004, the Bogdanovichsky district was given the status of an urban district[14]. The city of Bogdanovich, previously classified as a city of regional subordination[15], was included in the corresponding administrative district[16].

    On January 1, 2006, the municipal formation Bogdanovichsky district was renamed the Bogdanovich urban district

    [17].

    Within the administrative-territorial structure of the region, the administrative-territorial unit Bogdanovichsky district

    continues to exist.

    Excerpt characterizing Bogdanovich (city)

    She went out to dinner with red eyes. Marya Dmitrievna, who knew how the prince received the Rostovs, pretended that she did not notice Natasha’s upset face and firmly and loudly joked at the table with the count and other guests. That evening the Rostovs went to the opera, for which Marya Dmitrievna got a ticket. Natasha did not want to go, but it was impossible to refuse Marya Dmitrievna’s affectionateness, exclusively intended for her. When she, dressed, went out into the hall, waiting for her father and looking in the large mirror, saw that she was good, very good, she became even more sad; but sad, sweet and loving. “My God, if only he were here; Then I would not have the same way as before, with some stupid timidity in front of something, but in a new, simple way, I would hug him, cling to him, force him to look at me with those searching, curious eyes with which he so often looked at me and then would make him laugh, as he laughed then, and his eyes - how I see those eyes! thought Natasha. - And what do I care about his father and sister: I love him alone, him, him, with this face and eyes, with his smile, masculine and at the same time childish... No, it’s better not to think about him, not to think, to forget, completely forget for this time. I can’t stand this waiting, I’m going to start crying,” and she moved away from the mirror, making an effort not to cry. - “And how can Sonya love Nikolinka so smoothly, so calmly, and wait so long and patiently”! she thought, looking at Sonya entering, also dressed, with a fan in her hands. “No, she’s completely different. I can't"! Natasha felt at that moment so softened and tender that it was not enough for her to love and know that she was loved: she needed now, now she needed to hug her loved one and speak and hear from him the words of love with which her heart was full. While she was riding in the carriage, sitting next to her father, and thoughtfully looking at the lights of the lanterns flashing in the frozen window, she felt even more in love and sadder and forgot with whom and where she was going. Having fallen into a line of carriages, the Rostovs' carriage slowly squealed in the snow and drove up to the theater. Natasha and Sonya hastily jumped out, picking up dresses; The count came out, supported by footmen, and between the ladies and men entering and those selling posters, all three went into the corridor of the benoir. The sounds of music could already be heard from behind the closed doors. “Nathalie, vos cheveux, [Natalie, your hair,” Sonya whispered. The steward politely and hastily slipped in front of the ladies and opened the door of the box. The music began to be heard brighter through the door, the illuminated rows of boxes with the bare shoulders and arms of the ladies, and the noisy stalls glittering with uniforms flashed. The lady who was entering the adjacent benoir looked at Natasha with a feminine, envious gaze. The curtain had not yet risen and the overture was playing. Natasha, straightening her dress, walked along with Sonya and sat down, looking around at the illuminated rows of opposite boxes. The feeling that she had not experienced for a long time that hundreds of eyes were looking at her bare arms and neck suddenly seized her both pleasantly and unpleasantly, evoking a whole swarm of memories, desires and worries corresponding to this feeling. Two remarkably pretty girls, Natasha and Sonya, with Count Ilya Andreich, who had not been seen in Moscow for a long time, attracted everyone’s attention. In addition, everyone vaguely knew about Natasha’s conspiracy with Prince Andrei, they knew that since then the Rostovs had lived in the village, and they looked with curiosity at the bride of one of the best grooms in Russia. Natasha became prettier in the village, as everyone told her, and that evening, thanks to her excited state, she was especially beautiful. She amazed with the fullness of life and beauty, combined with indifference to everything around her. Her black eyes looked at the crowd, not looking for anyone, and her thin, bare arm above the elbow, leaning on the velvet ramp, obviously unconsciously, in time with the overture, clenched and unclenched, crumpling the poster. “Look, here’s Alenina,” said Sonya, “it seems like she’s with her mother!” - Fathers! Mikhail Kirilych has grown even fatter,” said the old count. - Look! Our Anna Mikhailovna is in a state of flux! - Karagin, Julie and Boris are with them. The bride and groom are now visible. – Drubetskoy proposed! “Why, I found out today,” said Shinshin, who was entering the Rostovs’ box. Natasha looked in the direction in which her father was looking and saw Julie, who, with pearls on her thick red neck (Natasha knew, sprinkled with powder), was sitting with a happy look, next to her mother. Behind them, Boris’s smoothly combed, beautiful head could be seen with a smile, his ear tilted towards Julie’s mouth. He looked at the Rostovs from under his brows and, smiling, said something to his bride. “They talk about us, about me and him!” thought Natasha. “And he truly calms his bride’s jealousy of me: there is no need to worry! If only they knew how much I don’t care about any of them.” Anna Mikhailovna sat behind her in a green current, with a devoted will of God and a happy, festive face. In their box there was that atmosphere - the bride and groom that Natasha knew and loved so much. She turned away and suddenly everything that was humiliating in her morning visit came back to her. “What right does he have to not want to accept me into his kinship? Oh, it’s better not to think about it, not to think about it until he arrives!” She said to herself and began to look around at the familiar and unfamiliar faces in the stalls. In front of the stalls, in the very middle, leaning his back to the ramp, stood Dolokhov with a huge, combed-up shock of curly hair, in a Persian suit. He stood in full view of the theater, knowing that he was attracting the attention of the entire audience, as freely as if he were standing in his room. The most brilliant youth of Moscow stood crowded around him, and he apparently took precedence among them. Count Ilya Andreich, laughing, nudged the blushing Sonya, pointing her to her former admirer. - Did you recognize it? - he asked. “And where did he come from,” the count turned to Shinshin, “after all, he disappeared somewhere?” “Disappeared,” answered Shinshin. - He was in the Caucasus, and there he escaped, and, they say, he was a minister for some sovereign prince in Persia, he killed the Shah’s brother there: well, everyone is going crazy and the Moscow ladies are going crazy! Dolochoff le Persan, [The Persian Dolokhov,] and that’s it. Now we have no word without Dolokhov: they swear by him, they call him like a sterlet,” said Shinshin. - Dolokhov, and Anatol Kuragin - they drove all our ladies crazy. A tall, beautiful lady with a huge braid and very bare, white, full shoulders and neck, on which there was a double string of large pearls, entered the adjacent benoir, and sat down for a long time, rustling with her thick silk dress. Natasha involuntarily looked at this neck, shoulders, pearls, hairstyle and admired the beauty of the shoulders and pearls. While Natasha was peering at her for the second time, the lady looked back and, meeting her eyes with Count Ilya Andreich, nodded her head and smiled at him. It was Countess Bezukhova, Pierre's wife. Ilya Andreich, who knew everyone in the world, leaned over and spoke to her. - How long have you been here, Countess? - he spoke. “I’ll come, I’ll come, I’ll kiss your hand.” But I came here on business and brought my girls with me. They say Semenova’s performance is incomparable,” said Ilya Andreich. – Count Pyotr Kirillovich never forgot us. He is here?

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