Belgorod

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city Belgorod Белгород flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Belgorod Urban district Belgorod head Sergei Boschenov Founded 1596 City since 1596 surface 153  km² population 356,402 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 2329 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 130  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 4722 Post Code 308000-308036 License Plate 31 OKATO 14 401 Website beladm.ru Geographical location Coordinates 50 ° 36 ′  N , 36 ° 36 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  N , 36 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Belgorod Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Belgorod ( Russian Бе́лгород for White City , also Bjelgorod ; Ukrainian Бє́лгород / Bjelhorod or Бі́лгород / Bilhorod ) is a city in the European part of Russia .

Location and climate

Belgorod is the capital of Belgorod Oblast near the Ukrainian border. The city has 356,402 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010). It is located on the upper reaches of the Seversky Donets , around 570 kilometers south of Moscow , about halfway between Kharkiv (Ukraine) and Kursk (Russia). It got its name from the limestone and chalk cliffs on which it is built.

Belgorod
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     52   -5 -11     40   -3 -10     36   2 -5     46   13 3     48   21st 9     67   24 13     72   25th 14th     53   24 13     49   19th 8th     40   11 3     52   3 -3     50   -2 -7 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: Roshydromet

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Belgorod Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) −4.8 −3.3 1.9 12.6 20.7 23.6 25.1 24.3 18.6 11.0 2.7 −1.8 O 11 Min. Temperature (° C) −11.1 −9.6 −4.9 3.2 9.4 12.6 14.3 13.3 8.4 3.1 −2.5 −6.9 O 2.5 Precipitation ( mm ) 52 40 36 46 48 67 72 53 49 40 52 50 Σ 605 Rainy days ( d ) 10 9 8th 7th 7th 8th 9 7th 7th 7th 10 11 Σ 100 Source: Roshydromet

history

Belgorod

Belgorod was first mentioned in a document in 1237. According to archaeological finds, a settlement had existed since the 10th century, which at that time belonged to the Kievan Rus . The actual founding year is seen in 1596, when Belgorod was expanded into a fortress. The city belonged to the southern line of defense of the Russian tsarism against the Crimean Tatars . The Belgorod Line extended from the Volga via Voronezh- on- Don to eastern Ukraine . With the victory over the Crimean Khanate in 1785, Belgorod lost its fortress status.

The construction of the Kursk - Charkow railway line (1869) then significantly boosted the city's economic development. From the end of 1917 Belgorod belonged to the territory of the independent Ukrainian People's Republic , from April 1918 to the Ukrainian State , a (de facto) German puppet state under Pavlo Skoropadskyj . After his overthrow, the city was captured by the Red Army on December 20, 1918 and joined the Russian SFSR . For a short time, however, the provisional "Workers 'and Peasants' Government of Ukraine" under Georgi Pyatakov had its seat in Belgorod .

From October 25, 1941 to August 5, 1943 the city was occupied by the German Wehrmacht . Before the German invasion, many residents had fled to the east, so that the city only had about 20,000 inhabitants. From 1942 onwards, thousands of remaining residents of working age were deported to Germany. On February 5, 1942, partisans managed to briefly retake the city. In August 1943, Belgorod was again the scene of fierce fighting during the Belgorod-Kharkov Operation of the Red Army. Over 90% of the city was destroyed. At the time of the liberation, on August 5, 1943, there were fewer than 700 people in Belgorod.

1954 Belgorod was the capital of the neighboring oblasts from parts of the Kursk and Voronezh newly formed Belgorod Oblast .

Today the city is the economic and administrative center of the region and the seat of an archbishop .

Population development

year	Residents
1897	26,564
1939	34,359
1959	72,278
1970	151,336
1979	239.814
1989	300,408
2002	337.030
2010	356,402
2013	365.135

Note : census data

City structure

Belgorod airport

City District (Gorodskoi Okrug)	Russian name	Resident January 1, 2006
Sapadny ( Western )	Западный	200.024
Vostochny ( Eastern )	Восточный	144.218

Source: State Statistical Office of the Russian Federation

Attractions

• Diorama Museum “Kursk Battle. Belgorod Region ” on World War II, tanks exhibition in the outdoor area
• Landeskundemuseum
• Exhibition museum
• Church of the Holy Matrona of Moscow

Further educational institutions

Trinity Cathedral (1912)

• University of Cooperative Education Belgorod
• Belgorod Institute of the Cooperative
• Institute of Economy and Administration Belgorod
• Belgorod Legal Institute of the Ministry of Interior of Russia
• Agricultural Institute Belgorod
• Belgorod State Agricultural Academy
• Belgorod State Technological Academy for Building Materials
• Belgorod State University
• State Pedagogical M. S. Olminski Institute Belgorod
• Technological I. A. Grischmanow Institute Belgorod for building materials
• Faculty of the All Union Remote Institute of Finance and Economics Belgorod
• Branch of the International Slavic G.R. Derschawin University
• Branch of Moscow International University for Business and Information Technologies
• Institute of Engineering, Management, International Attestation and Law Belgorod
• Institute for Entrepreneurship and Culture Belgorod

Town twinning

Belgorod has been twinned with the German city of Herne since 1990 . There are also partnerships with the English city of Wakefield , the Polish city of Opole and the Ukrainian city of Vyshhorod .

Sports

The city is represented by the successor club FK Energomasch Belgorod, founded in 2014, in place of the dissolved soccer club FK Salyut Belgorod .

The HK Belgorod ice hockey club takes part in MHL B games

The men's volleyball club VK Lokomotiv-Belogorje has been playing at the top of the first Russian league for years and is also successful in the European Cup, so that in 2003, 2004 and 2014 the Volleyball Champions League was won.

economy

Belgorod has become the retail hub for the region. There are several larger shopping centers in Belgorod, including the RIO shopping and leisure center not far from Belgorod Airport ( IATA code : EGO, ICAO code : UUOB) and, since 2010, the Citimall shopping center . Agriculture is also important, as Belgorod is located in the fertile black earth region.

traffic

Belgorod is connected to the Russian capital Moscow by the M2 Krym highway .

sons and daughters of the town

• Nikolai Strachow (1828-1896), philosopher and publicist
• Vasily Garbusow (1911–1985), Soviet Finance Minister (1960–1985)
• Dimitrijs Braznikovs (* 1967), Latvian handball goalkeeper
• Valentin Novikow (* 1974), orienteer
• Roman Kuchtinow (* 1975), ice hockey player
• Alexei Rastworzew (* 1978), handball player
• Swetlana Chorkina (* 1979), politician, former gymnast
• Konstantin Prichodchenko (* 1972), marksman
• Yulia Zagoruychenko (* 1981), professional dancer
• Yevgeny Bumagin (* 1982), ice hockey player
• Leonid Nowikow (* 1984), orienteer
• Alexander Belenow (* 1986), football goalkeeper
• Andrei Lutai (* 1986), figure skater
• Jelena Sokolowa (* 1986), long jumper
• Alexei Schwed (* 1988), basketball player
• Natalja Sujewa (* 1988), rhythmic gymnast and Olympic champion
• Yevgeny Tishchenko (* 1991), boxer
• Tatjana Genrich (* 1993), Russian model with German roots and the Queen of Europe 2016

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. ↑ Russia in figures ( English ) Russian Federation: Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 24, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Belgorod  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Belgorod  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Official website of the city administration (Russian)
• Report on Belgorod
• Belgorod on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• Partnership Association Belgorod / Herne