Smila

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Smila
Сміла
Coat of arms of Smila
Smila (Ukraine)
Smila
Smila
Basic data
Oblast : Cherkasy Oblast
Rajon : District-free city
Height : 73 m
Area : 39.80 km²
Residents : 68,384 (January 1, 2004)
Population density : 1,718 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes : 20700
Area code : +380 4733
Geographic location : 49 ° 13 ′  N , 31 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  N , 31 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  E
KOATUU : 7110500000
Administrative structure : 1 city , 1 village
Mayor : Andrij Kolesnyk
Address: вул. Леніна 37
37400 м. Сміла
Website : http://city.smila.com
Statistical information
Smila (Cherkassy Oblast)
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Smila ( Ukrainian Сміла ; Russian Смела Smela ) is an independent city in the central Ukrainian Cherkassy Oblast . It is located on the left bank of the Tjasmyn River and is the administrative seat of the Smila Rajon of the same name . The majority of Smila is inhabited by Ukrainians (2001: 89.6%), Russians (8.7%) make up the second largest ethnic group.

Pokrovsky Cathedral

geography

Smila is located south of a more than 200 km² moor area called the Irdyner Swamp , which extends almost to the Kremenchuk reservoir and is drained by the Irdyn . On the eastern edge of the city is the White Lake, which has two inlets and the Tjasmyn as an outlet. The rivers Hnylyj Taschlyk and Sriblyanka flow into the Tyasmyn here.

history

The place was first mentioned in the 16th century and was initially part of Poland or the Ukrainian Cossack state . In 1773 Smila received Magdeburg city rights . After the city came to the Russian Empire in 1795, the city's industrial development began in the 1830s. Count Alexej Alexejewitsch Bobrinskoj (Russian Алексей Алексеевич Бобринской ), the grandson of Catherine II of Russia , who founded a sugar factory in 1838 and a mechanical workshop in 1840, played an important role . The economic development increased with the connection to the railway network in 1876. In the first half of the 20th century the development of the city was severely hampered by the two world wars and the famine of 1932 . Only after the reconstruction was Smila able to experience an upswing again. However, this changed with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent economic crisis. Industrial production fell by over 70% between 1990 and 2000. In parallel, Smila lost more than 10% of the population. Since 1996 the city has been twinned with the US city of Newton , Iowa and with Rzhev .

Economy and Transport

The economic focus is on mechanical engineering , the food industry is also important. Aluminum ore deposits are mined near the city . Smila is one of the most important railway hubs in Ukraine. The railway lines Kiev - Dnipro and Odessa - Russia / Belarus intersect in it .

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Smila  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Bernhard Karsten, Heinrich Dechen: Archives for Mineralogy, Geognosy, Mining and Metallurgy, Volume 6, 1833, p. 293