Kurganinsk

city Kurganinsk Курганинск flag coat of arms Federal district Southern Russia region Krasnodar Rajon Kurganinsk mayor Vladimir Ivchenko Founded 1853 City since 1961 surface 30  km² population 47,970 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1599 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 165  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86147 Post Code 35243x License Plate 23, 93, 123 OKATO 03 227 501 Website www.admkurganinsk.ru Geographical location Coordinates 44 ° 54 '  N , 40 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 54 '0 "  N , 40 ° 35' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Krasnodar Territory

List of cities in Russia

Kurganinsk ( Russian Курганинск ) is a city in the Krasnodar region ( Russia ) with 47,970 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the northern Caucasus foothills about 130 km east of the regional capital Krasnodar on the right bank of the Laba , a left tributary of the Kuban . The Laba forms the border to the autonomous republic of Adygeja .

Kurganinsk is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

The city is located on the Armavir - Tuapse railway line , which opened on this section in 1910 , from which a branch line branches off via Labinsk to Schedok or Psebai . The city's station is called Kurgannaja .

history

The place was founded in 1853 by the Cuban Cossacks as Staniza Kurgannaja . The name refers to the larger number of Kurgan in the area.

In 1961, the city was given its current name.

In June 2002 Kurganinsk was affected by a severe flood, in which 800 houses were destroyed, 4,500 were damaged.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	12,202
1959	24,266
1970	34,815
1979	37,559
1989	40,763
2002	46,618
2010	47,970

Note: census data

Culture and sights

In Kurganinsk, the Church of the Assumption ( Вознесенская церковь / Voznesenskaja zerkow) has been preserved from 1906 to 1916. The city has a municipal museum with an art gallery.

economy

The economy of Kurganinsk as the center of an agricultural area is characterized by the food industry (including sugar factory , canning factory , large dairy ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)

Web links

Commons : Kurganinsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Kurganinsk District Administration website (Russian)
• Kurganinsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)