Solvychegodsk

city Solvychegodsk Сольвычегодск coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Arkhangelsk Rajon Kotlas First mention 1492 Earlier names Usolye, Usolsk City since 1796 surface 8  km² population 2460 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 308 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 70  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81837 Post Code 165330 License Plate 29 OKATO 11 227 504 Geographical location Coordinates 61 ° 20 '  N , 46 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 61 ° 20 '0 "  N , 46 ° 55' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Arkhangelsk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Solvychegodsk in 1793

Solvychegodsk ( Russian Сольвычего́дск ) is a small town in northwestern Russia . It belongs to the Arkhangelsk Oblast and has 2460 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 480 km southeast of the Oblast capital Arkhangelsk on the right bank of the Wytschegda , a right tributary of the Northern Dvina .

Solvychegodsk belongs to the Kotlas Raion and is 15 kilometers away from the Raion administrative center.

The climate is subarctic continental, with long cold winters and short cool summers. The average temperature in January is –14 degrees, in July +17 degrees Celsius. The mean annual precipitation is 550 mm.

history

The city probably originated in the 14th century and was first mentioned in 1492 under the name 'Usolje' or 'Usolsk' (Russian: "у соли" , German: "at the salt"), because of its location on the nearby salt lakes.

The Stroganov family of merchants in particular had a major influence on the development of the city. On the one hand, the Stroganows founded the first salt pans at the beginning of the 16th century , which existed until the beginning of the 18th century. On the other hand, they influenced other areas of the city and built churches and the first workshops for handicrafts. The city grew steadily through the salt production and trade. From the 16th to 17th centuries, Solvychegodsk was an important handicraft and cultural center of northern Russia. The city was particularly known for its painted enamel.

In 1708 it received city rights (renewed in 1796). After 1796 Solvychegodsk became part of the Vologda governorate and the capital of a Ujesd . In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Solvychegodsk was also a place of political exile , for example from 1908–1910 for Josef Stalin .

Solvychegodsk has been a health resort since 1923. In 1937 it became part of Arkhangelsk Oblast.

Population development

The following overview shows the development of the population of Solvychegodsk.

year	Residents
1897	1,788
1926	2,100
1939	3,018
1959	3,545
1970	3,851
1979	4,094
1989	4,004
2002	2,843
2010	2460

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Economy and Transport

Solvychegodsk is known as a balneotherapeutic health resort. It houses sanatoriums, thermal baths and medicinal baths, in the vicinity of which there are numerous mineral and medicinal mud springs.

Both in Kotlas and in the nearby Korjaschma there are railway stations that can be reached via a regular bus service. There is also a ferry service to the city of Kotlas.

Sons and Daughters of the City

• Simon von Soiga (? - 1562), saint of the Russian Orthodox Church
• Alexei Soskin (1761–1822), local historian
• Nikolai Ostolopow (1783–1833), Russian poet and translator
• Ivan Chaminow (1817–1884), merchant and benefactor
• Nikolai Baskakow (1905–1995), ethnologist and philologist, Turkologist
• Lieselotte Kattwinkel (1915–1993), German writer, translator and photographer
• Pyotr Feofilov (1915–1980), optician

Web links

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

• Official website of the city administration (Russian)
• Solvychegodsk at mojgorod.ru (Russian)

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 of State Statistics of the Russian Federation); Čislennost 'naselenija po municipal'nym obrazovanijam i naselennym punktam Archangel'skoj oblasti, vključaja Neneckij avtonomnyj okru Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 Goda (population number of municipal structure and places the Arkhangelsk including the Autonomous circles Nenets results of the All-Russian census 2010.) Table (Download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of Arkhangelsk Oblast)