Blagoveshchenka (Altai region)

Urban-type settlement Blagoveshchenka Благовещенка Federal district Siberia region Altai Rajon Blagoveshchenka (Altai region) Founded 1908 Urban-type settlement since 1961 population 11,626 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 110  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 38564 Post Code 658670-658672 License Plate 22nd OKATO 01 205 551 Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 50 ′  N , 79 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  N , 79 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Altai region

List of large settlements in Russia

Blagoveschenka ( Russian Благовещенка ) is an urban-type settlement in the Altai region in southern Western Siberia ( Russia ) with 11,626 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is in the Kulunda steppe , in the southeast of the West Siberian lowlands , about 270 kilometers west of the regional capital Barnaul . A few kilometers northwest of the settlement is the Kulundasee , southwest the smaller, very salty Kutschuksee .

Blagoveschenka is the administrative center of the Blagoveschenka Rajon of the same name .

history

The place was created in 1908 (according to other information in 1907) in connection with the settlement and reclamation of the Kulunda steppe. The name is from the Russian Blagoweschtschenije for the Annunciation .

The population grew strongly, especially after the opening of the Barnaul – Kulunda railway line in 1953 (on to Pavlodar , now Kazakhstan ) and with the construction of a chemical plant based on the sulphate salts of Lake Kuchuk near the nearby settlement of Stepnoje Osero .

In 1961 Blagoveshchenka received urban-type settlement status .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	2,818
1959	8,604
1970	15,695
1979	18,876
1989	13,600
2002	12,416
2010	11,626

Note : census data

Economy and Infrastructure

Blagoveshchenka is the center of an important agricultural area; there are various companies in the food industry.

The railway line Barnaul – Kulunda – Pavlodar (station name Novoblagoweschenka ) and the road from Barnaul via Rebricha or from Kamen am Ob through the central part of the Kulunda steppe to Kulunda run through the village .

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

• Blagoveshchenka Raion and Settlement on the Altai Region Administration website (Russian)