Anhero-Sudschensk

city Anzhero- Sudschensk Анжеро-Судженск flag coat of arms Federal district Siberia Oblast Kemerovo Urban district Anhero-Sudschensk head Vladimir Chernov Founded 1928 City since 1931 surface 119  km² population 76,646 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 644 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 230  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 38453 Post Code 652470-652491 License Plate 42, 142 OKATO 32 404 Website anzhero.ru Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 5 '  N , 86 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 5 '0 "  N , 86 ° 2' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Kemerovo Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Anzhero-Sudschensk ( Russian Анже́ро-Су́дженск ) is a city in the Kemerovo Oblast in Siberia ( Russia ) with 76,646 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010). It is located on the Trans-Siberian Railway (approximately 3600 km), almost 3000 km east of Moscow as the crow flies .

history

The place was created in 1928 by merging the two communities Anzherka (Анжерка) and Sudschenka (Судженка). Anhero-Sudschensk received city rights in 1931 and has a local museum .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	69.008
1959	115,628
1970	106.165
1979	105.114
1989	107,951
2002	86,480
2010	76,646

Note: census data

economy

The most important branches of industry are mining (hard coal), mechanical engineering and the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

In the early 1930s, numerous foreign miners who had come to the Soviet Union as economic emigrants, including some Germans mainly from the Ruhr area, worked in the mining area of ​​Anzhero-Sudschensk. A separate “colony” was set up in the city for these “guest workers”. Almost all of those who had not returned home by 1935/36 fell victim to the Stalinist purges .

sons and daughters of the town

• Anatolij Babko (1905–1968), Ukrainian-Soviet chemist
• Gerhard Benkowitz (1923–1955), resistance fighter
• Wiktor Sidjak (* 1943), four-time Olympic champion in saber fencing

See also

• Camp 7503/11 Anzhero-Sudzensk

literature

• Wilhelm Mensing: From the Ruhr to the GULag. Victims of Stalin's mass terror from the Ruhr area. Essen 2001

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 : Anzhero-Sudschensk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry at mojgorod.ru (Russian)