Balesino

Urban-type settlement Balesino Балезино Federal district Volga republic Udmurtia Rajon Balesino head Pavel Konkov Founded 1897 Urban-type settlement since 1938 population 16,121 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 140  m Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 34166 Post Code 427550-427553 License Plate 18th OKATO 94 204 551 Geographical location Coordinates 57 ° 59 '  N , 53 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 57 ° 59 '0 "  N , 53 ° 0' 30"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Udmurtia

List of large settlements in Russia

Balesino ( Russian Балезино́ ) is an urban-type settlement in the Udmurt Republic ( Russia ) with 16,121 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is a good 150 kilometers (as the crow flies) north of the republic capital Izhevsk on the left bank of the Vyatka tributary, Chepza .

Balesino is the administrative center of the Balesino Rajons of the same name .

history

The settlement of Balesino was established at the end of the 19th century in connection with the construction of the Perm - Vyatka - Kotlas railway . The railway station and the settlement around it were named after the older village of the same name, which is a few kilometers north (downstream) on the far right bank of the Tschepza. The year of foundation is 1897; the entire railway line opened in 1899 and later became part of the main line of the Trans-Siberian Railway .

In 1938 urban-type settlement status was given.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	4,545
1959	11,808
1970	14,507
1979	16,374
1989	18,492
2002	16,804
2010	16,121

Note: census data

Culture and sights

Since 2000 it has had a small local museum in Balesino. There are various archaeological sites in the area; Churches (Nowowolkowo, Kammennoje Sadelje) and mosques (Padera, Kestym) from the 19th and early 20th centuries have been preserved in several surrounding villages.

Economy and Infrastructure

Balesino train station

Balesino is an important station on the main line of the Trans-Siberian Railway (route kilometers 1192 from Moscow ). Here all trains have a longer stop to change locomotives, as the section coming from the west and operated by the Gorkier Railway with 25 kV 50 Hz alternating current ends here; the route to the east in the direction of Perm and Yekaterinburg is electrified with 3000  V direct current (operated by the Sverdlovsk Railway from km 1220 ; however, its locomotives run to Balesino). A good twenty kilometers to the east, near Pibanschur , the cross-connection branches off via Izhevsk to Agrys on the parallel route Moscow- Kazan- Ekaterinburg, for which Balesino is also a separation station .

In addition to rail transport companies, there are companies in the timber and construction industries and light industry in Balesino.

West of the settlement, the regional road leads R321 of Glasow after Igra past when connection to the M7 -Zweigstrecke Kazan Izhevsk-Perm is.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Website ( Memento of the original from July 8, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the State Council of the Udmurt Republic (Russian)  
2. ↑ ^{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)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Balesino on the website of the Geographical Institute of the RAN (Russian)
4. ↑ Local History Museum of Balesino Raion at museum.ru (Russian)

Web links

Commons : Balesino  - collection of images, videos and audio files