Arsamas

This article describes the Russian city of Arzamas. For the Russian literary society, see Arsamas (literature) .

city Arsamas Арзамас flag coat of arms Federal district Volga Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Urban district Arsamas mayor Tatiana Yuryevna Parusova Founded 1578 City since 1719 surface 32  km² population 106,362 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 3324 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 150  m Official language russian , russian Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83147 Post Code 607220-607233 License Plate 52, 152 OKATO 22 403 Website www.arzamas.org Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 24 '  N , 43 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 24 '0 "  N , 43 ° 49' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Arsamas ( Russian Арзама́с ) is a Russian city ​​in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast . With 106,362 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) it is the third largest city in the oblast.

Arsamas is located on the Tjoscha , a right tributary of the Oka , 112 km south of the metropolis of Nizhny Novgorod . The closest town is Perewos , which is 51 km northeast of Arsamas.

history

Resurrection Cathedral

The city was first mentioned as a fortress in the second half of the 16th century. In the 17th century, the place developed the fastest economically because it was near important trade routes. In 1719 Arsamas received city rights and in 1779 became a county seat.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, a number of church buildings were erected in Arsamas, not a few of which have been preserved to this day. For this reason, the downtown area of ​​Arzamas is considered to be one of the most magnificent among Russian cities of comparable size. Among other things, there is the Church of the Nativity of Christ ( Церковь Рождества Христова ) built in 1845 by the famous architect Konstantin Thon in the city .

On June 4, 1988, Arzamas hit the headlines when a train laden with explosives exploded in the city. The Arsamas railway accident claimed 91 lives.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	10,592
1939	25,784
1959	41,518
1970	67,459
1979	93,251
1989	108,951
2002	109,432
2010	106,362

Note: census data

economy

Mainly handicrafts, leather and weaving industries, manufacture of spare parts for the automobile industry and manufacture of medical products are operated. Today, Arsamas is one of the leading industrial cities in the area.

The Russian vehicle manufacturer GAZ operates a plant in Arsamas.

Further educational institutions

• Branch of the Lobachevsky University in Nizhny Novgorod
• Branch of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
• Arsamas Polytechnic Institute (Branch of Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University)
• Branch of the Russian State Fern Agricultural University

Personalities

• Michail Rajewski (1811–1884), Russian Orthodox archpriest and head of the embassy church in Vienna, was born in Arsamas
• Vasily Perow (1834–1882), painter and one of the founding members of the Peredwischniki , studied at Alexander Stupin's art school in Arsamas
• Sergius I (1867–1944), 12th Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, was born in Arsamas
• Leonid Obolensky (1902–1991), cameraman, film director and actor, was born in Arsamas
• Arkadi Gaidar (1904–1941), youth writer, grew up in Arsamas
• Marina Orlowa (* 1980), philologist, was born in Arsamas
• Alexander Serebryakov (* 1987), road cyclist
• Yekaterina Poistogowa (* 1991), middle-distance runner, was born in Arsamas

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 : Arsamas  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Arsamas on mojgorod.ru (Russian)