Belogorsk

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city Belogorsk Белогорск flag coat of arms Federal district far East Oblast Amur Urban district Belogorsk mayor Stanislav Melyukov Founded 1860 Earlier names Alexandrowskoje (until 1926) Alexandrowsk-na-Tomi (until 1931) Krasnopartisansk (until 1936) Kuibyshevka-Vostochnaja (until 1957) City since 1926 surface 136  km² population 68,249 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 502 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 170  m Time zone UTC + 9 Telephone code (+7) 41641 Post Code 676850-676865 License Plate 28 OKATO 10 410 Website belogorck.ru Geographical location Coordinates 50 ° 55 ′  N , 128 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  N , 128 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Amur Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Belogorsk ( Russian Белого́рск ) is the second largest city in the Amur Oblast ( Russia ) with 68,249 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ). It is located on the Tom River , about 100 kilometers northeast of the city ​​and oblast capital of Blagoveshchensk on the Chinese border . Belogorsk is the administrative seat of the raion of the same name, but is not itself part of it, but is directly subordinate to the oblast as a district.

history

Belogorsk was founded in 1860 under the name Alexandrowskoje ( Алекса́ндровское ). The construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1913 led to the establishment of a train station, which helped the place to flourish. In 1926 the settlement was elevated to a city and was named Alexandrowsk-na-Tomi ( Алекса́ндровск-на-Томи́ ). In 1931 it was renamed Krasnopartisansk ( Краснопартиза́нск ) and in 1936 Kuibyshevka-Vostochnaja ( Ку́йбышевка-Восто́чная ), until the city was finally given its current name in 1957.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	33,697
1959	48,831
1970	56,877
1979	63,358
1989	73,435
2002	67,422
2010	68,249

Note : census data

At the 1989 census , 89.7% of the population were Russians , 6.1% Ukrainians , 1.2% Belarusians and 0.6% Tatars .

economy

The food industry is of great importance for the city, as is furniture, concrete and asphalt production.

culture and education

Belogorsk has a cinema, three cultural centers and five libraries. The city also has a business school, an art high school and three music schools for children.

sons and daughters of the town

• Swetlana Kljuka (* 1978), middle-distance runner
• Svetlana Cherkassova (* 1978), middle-distance runner
• Sergei Tschuchrai (* 1955), canoeist, three-time Olympic champion and three-time world champion

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 : Belogorsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Entry on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• Information about the city (Russian)