Arsenyev

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city
Arsenyev
Арсеньев
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Federal district far East
region Primorye
Urban district Arsenyev
mayor Alexander Alexejewitsch Dronin
Founded 1902
Earlier names Semyonovka
City since 1952
surface 39.4  km²
population 56,750 inhabitants
(as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density 1440 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center 170  m
Time zone UTC + 10
Telephone code (+7) 42361
Post Code 692330-692343
License Plate 25, 125
OKATO 05 403
Website www.arsenevmis.ru
Geographical location
Coordinates 44 ° 10 '  N , 133 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 10 '0 "  N , 133 ° 16' 0"  E
Arsenyev (Russia)
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Situation in Russia
Arsenyev (Primorye Region)
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Location in the Primorye region
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Arsenjew ( Russian Арсе́ньев ) is a city with 56,750 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the Primorye region in the Far East of Russia .

geography

View of Arsenyev from Obzornaya Mountain ("Lookout Mountain")

Arsenjew is located on the Arsenjewka , a tributary of the Ussuri , about 300 km northeast of the metropolis of Vladivostok and 60 km southeast of the nearest city Spassk-Dalni .

history

In 1902, the village of Semjonowka ( Семёновка ) was founded by Russian settlers in what is now the urban area . In 1938 Semjonowka merged with neighboring villages to form a so-called workers' settlement, which was given city status in 1952. At the same time the place in honor of the Russian was ethnologist and geographer Vladimir Arsenyev in (1872-1930) Arsenyev renamed. The scientist had opened up the region on his research trips. In 1972 the formerly called Daubiche river, which flows through the city, was renamed Arsenyevka .

Population development

year Residents
1939 10,746
1959 26,308
1970 47.273
1979 60.097
1989 70.032
2002 62,896
2010 56,750

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

Arsenyev is an important industrial location with the Progress helicopter factory (manufacturer of the Mil Mi-34 , Kamow Ka-50 , Kamow Ka-52 models ) and with mechanical engineering, wood and food production companies.

The city is home to a branch of the Far Eastern State Academy of Economics and Administration and a branch of the Far Eastern State Technical University. There is a regional road connection and a railway connection to Vladivostok via Ussuriysk .

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

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