Apsheronsk

city Apsheronsk Апшеронск flag coat of arms Federal district Southern Russia region Krasnodar Rajon Apsheronsk mayor Andrei Yevgenyevich Kravchenko Founded 1863 City since 1947 surface 28  km² population 40,225 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1437 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 200  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86152 Post Code 35269x License Plate 23, 93, 123 OKATO 03 205 501 Geographical location Coordinates 44 ° 28 '  N , 39 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 28 '0 "  N , 39 ° 43' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Krasnodar Territory

List of cities in Russia

Apscheronsk ( Russian Апшеро́нск ) is a city with 40,225 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia . It is located on the Pschecha river (river system of the Kuban ), about 100 km southeast of the subject capital Krasnodar . The nearest city is Chadyshenk, about 20 km west of Apsheronsk.

history

The place was founded in 1863, originally as a settlement for members of the so-called Apscheron regiment of the Imperial Russian Army . The name of the regiment, from which today's city takes its name, is derived from the name of the Abşeron peninsula (Russian spelling Апшеро́н / Apscheron ) in today's Azerbaijan , which was among other things the target of the Persia campaign of Peter the Great in 1722/23 .

In 1947 the previous Staniza Apscheronskaja ( Апшеро́нская ) received city rights and at the same time its current name. Today Apsheronsk is the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

The Apsheronsk war cemetery, inaugurated on September 6, 2008, is to become the central collective cemetery for all German soldiers who fell in World War II in the Caucasus and in the area of ​​the former Kuban bridgehead . The 3.1 hectare cemetery is about twelve kilometers from the village. The Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge has laid over 6,600 dead there so far. About 30,000 can be buried on the site.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	22,525
1959	29,837
1970	32,867
1979	33,324
1989	34,505
2002	39,608
2010	40,225

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

Forestry, agriculture and the food industry dominate the city's economic life. There are also plans to develop the area around Apsheronsk as a winter sports resort.

The city has a passenger station and a direct road connection to the M4 and M29 highways . There is also a 60 km long narrow-gauge railway that connects Apsheronsk with several places in the Rajon.

sons and daughters of the town

• Vladimir Schischelow (* 1979), football player

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)
2. ↑ Apscheronsk war cemetery on the website of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge

Web links

• Official website of the Krasnodar Territory
• Apscheronsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)