Biskamsha

Urban-type settlement Biskamscha Бискамжа Federal district Siberia republic Khakassia Rajon Askis Founded 1953 Urban-type settlement since 1961 population 1267 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 580  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 39045 Post Code 655730 License Plate 19th OKATO 95 208 565 Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 27 '  N , 89 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 27 '0 "  N , 89 ° 32' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Khakassia

Biskamscha ( Russian Бискамжа́ ) is an urban-type settlement in the Republic of Khakassia ( Russia ) with 1267 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is located in southern Siberia, in the western central part of Khakassia in the abakan mountains , which have the character of a low mountain range and are covered by taiga , a good 130 kilometers as the crow flies west-southwest of the republic capital Abakan . It is located near the mouth of the Biskamscha river of the same name in the Tusachsug, which in turn flows a few kilometers northwest into the upper reaches of the Tom River.

Biskamscha belongs to the Askis Rajon and is about 75 kilometers in a west-northwest direction from its administrative seat Askis .

history

The place was created in connection with the construction of the Novokuznetsk  - Abakan section of the South Siberian Railway in 1953 and was named after the river. After the completion of the section and the opening of the railway station, Biskamscha received the status of an urban-type settlement in 1961.

Population development

year	Residents
1970	2953
1979	2074
1989	1876
2002	1990
2010	1267

Note: census data

traffic

Most of the residents of the settlement are employed by the railroad. The section of the South Siberian Railway from Novokuznetsk to Abakan leading through Biskamscha (route kilometer 205) was opened in 1959 and electrified in 1964 with 25  kV 50  Hz alternating current . Here a 24 km long branch line branches off to the mining center Vershina Tjoi (station Tjoja ), which was opened in 1965 and electrified until 1969. A few kilometers east of Biskamscha, the main route to Abakan passes under the main ridge of the Abakan Mountains through a 2,400 m long tunnel .

Road connection exists over a pass along the railway branch line in the direction of Vershina Tjoi and from there down into the valley of the Tom in the direction of Novokuznetsk in the neighboring Oblast Kemerovo .

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. ↑ G. Afonina: Kratkie svedenija o razvitii otečestvennych železnych dorog s 1838 po 1990 g. MPS, Moscow 1995, p. 174 ( Brief information on the development of the national railways from 1838 to 1990 ; Russian).