Peno was founded in the 1900s as a settlement to serve the railway station. It was located inOstashkovsky Uyezd ofTver Governorate. From 1924, the settlement of Peno was made a center of avolost. In 1926, Peno was granted urban-type settlement status.[9]
On 1 October 1929, governorates and uyezds were abolished, and Penovsky District with the administrative center in the settlement of Peno was established. It belonged toVelikiye Luki Okrug ofWestern Oblast.[10][11] On August 1, 1930, the okrugs were abolished, and the districts were subordinated directly to the oblast. On January 29, 1935Kalinin Oblast was established, and Ostashkovsky District was transferred to Kalinin Oblast.[11][12] During World War II, Peno was occupied by German troops.[10] In February 1963, during the abortive administrative reform byNikita Khrushchev,Kirovsky and Penovsky Districts were merged into Ostashkovsky District. On December 27, 1973, Penovsky District was re-established. In 1990, Kalinin Oblast was renamed Tver Oblast.[12]
There are enterprises of timber, construction, and food industries in Peno. Formerly, timber industry provided the major part of the GDP of the district, however, currently it experiences a deep crisis.[13]
In Peno, the tomb ofLiza Chaikina byNikolai Tomsky in Peno, as well as the central square where she was executed, are classified as cultural and historical heritage of federal significance.[14]
^abВоробьёв, М. В. (1993). Г. В. Туфанова (ed.).Административно-территориальное деление Смоленской области (in Russian). Государственный архив Смоленской области. pp. 118–133.
Законодательное Собрание Тверской области. Закон №34-ЗО от 17 апреля 2006 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Тверской области», в ред. Закона №66-ЗО от 1 октября 2014 г. «О внесении изменения в статью 18 Закона Тверской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Тверской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Тверские ведомости", №17 (специальный выпуск), 19 апреля 2006 г. (Legislative Assembly of Tver Oblast. Law #34-ZO of April 17, 2006On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Tver Oblast, as amended by the Law #66-ZO of October 1, 2014On Amending Article 18 of the Law of Tver Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Tver Oblast". Effective as of the official publication date.).
Законодательное Собрание Тверской области. Закон №41-ЗО от 28 февраля 2005 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований, входящих в состав территории муниципального образования Тверской области "Пеновский район", и наделении их статусом городского, сельского поселения». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Тверские ведомости", №10, 11–17 марта 2005 г. (Legislative Assembly of Tver Oblast. Law #41-ZO of February 28, 2005On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations Comprised by the Territory of the Municipal Formation of "Penovsky District" and on Granting Them the Status of Urban, Rural Settlements. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
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