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Zagorsk (Russia)

LC control no.n 81005175
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingZagorsk (Russia)
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Geographic subdivision usageRussia (Federation)--Zagorsk
Variant(s)Zagorsk (R.S.F.S.R.)
Sagorsk (Russia)
See alsoSergiev Posad (Russia)
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Found inBGN gaz., USSR: (Zagorsk, popl. 56°18ʹN, 38°08ʹE; previous name: Sergiyevskiy posad)
RSFSR, admin.-terr. delenie, 1986: p. 279 (Zagorsk, established 1782 and known historically as Sergievskiĭ Posad. Offically confirmed as a city in 1925, renamed Zagorsk in 1930)
Bolʹsh. sov. ėnt︠s︡ikl., 2nd ed: v. 5, p. 271 (Zagorsk (historically known as Sergievskiĭ Posad and from 1919-1930 as Sergiev); renamed in honor of V.M. Zagorskiĭ in 1930)
Pospelov, E.M. Imena gorodov--vchera i segodnii︠a︡ (1917-1992), 1993: p. 133-34 (Name changed from Zagorsk back to Sergiev Posad in Sept. 1991)
Not found inNat. Geogr. Soc. Russia and newly independent nations of former USSR [MAP] 1993: (Sergiyev Posad in Russia); LC data base, 06-25-93 (hdg.: Sergievskiĭ Posad (Russia))