Boron (Russia)

city Boron Бор coat of arms Federal district Volga Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Rajon boron mayor Alexander Feodorov First mention 13th Century City since 1938 surface 42  km² population 78,058 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1859 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 75  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83159 Post Code 60644x License Plate 52, 152 OKATO 22 412 Website www.borcity.ru Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 21 '  N , 44 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 21 '0 "  N , 44 ° 5' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Bor ( Russian Бор ) is a city in Russia . It has 78,058 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) and is located in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast , east of Nizhny Novgorod on the opposite bank of the Volga .

history

The place was first mentioned as a suburb of Nizhny Novgorod in the 13th century. Originally it was called Weslomskaja Slobodka and was located one kilometer south of its current location. The village has been called Bor since the 14th century - an old Slavic name that means "coniferous forest" and reminds of the wooded surroundings of the place. Bor has had city status since 1938. Today Bor is also the center of one of the Oblast Rajons .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	25,120
1959	42,866
1970	55,412
1979	62,579
1989	64,512
2002	61,525
2010	78.058

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

Bor Local History Museum

Bor's economic life is closely linked to neighboring Nizhny Novgorod; many of the local factories belong to Nizhny Novgorod companies. The most important Borer companies include a shipyard, a glass factory, wood processing and sawmills, food and textile factories.

Bor is connected to Nizhny Novgorod by an automobile bridge over the Volga and in this way also has a connection to the Russian M7 highway . The city also has a train station that is connected to the Trans-Siberian Railway via a branch line .

Since February 9, 2012, Bor has been connected to Nizhny Novgorod via the 3,661 m long Volga cable car Nizhny Novgorod , which overcomes the Volga with its longest span of 900 m between two 82 m high supports.

sons and daughters of the town

• Eduard Rossel (* 1937), politician, governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast
• Vyacheslav Sudow (* 1942), pilot and cosmonaut
• Eduard Samarin (* 1987), Paralympic swimmer

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. ↑ Website of the cable car operator NNKD (Russian)
3. ↑ Eduard Samarin at infostradasports.com (English)

Web links

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

• Bor in the Internet encyclopedia mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• Unofficial website (Russian)