Borisoglebsk

city Borisoglebsk Борисоглебск flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Voronezh Urban district Borisoglebsk mayor Nadezhda Kachanova Founded 1698 City since 1779 surface 42  km² population 65,585 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1562 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 100  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 47354 Post Code 397160-397172 License Plate 36, 136 OKATO 20 410 Website adminborisoglebsk.ru Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 22 '  N , 42 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 22 '0 "  N , 42 ° 5' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Voronezh Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Borissoglebsk ( Russian Борисоглебск ) is a Russian city ​​and Rajon -center in Voronezh Oblast . With 65,585 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) it is the second largest city in the area after Voronezh .

geography

The city is located on the southern edge of the Oka-Don plain along the Moscow - Volgograd railway line , about 240 km east of Voronezh and about 600 km southeast of Moscow. The Chopjor tributary Worona flows through Borisoglebsk . The nearest cities are Poworino (21 km southeast of Borisoglebsk) and Novochopjorsk (43 km southwest). The administrative borders of the Voronezh Oblast to the Oblasts of Tambov , Saratov and Volgograd also run near Borisoglebsk .

history

Borisoglebsk emerged from a fortress that had been built to protect against Tatars . According to the prevailing opinion of the local historians, the foundation took place in 1698, according to another hypothesis as early as 1646. Initially, the village was called Pavlovskaya krepost (" Pawel Fortress"). In 1704, however, it was renamed Borisoglebsk after the first church in the town was built here and consecrated to the Orthodox saints Boris and Gleb .

In 1700, with the approval of Tsar Peter the Great , the construction of a shipyard began in Borisoglebsk , where the wood, which was abundant in the area, was later used in shipbuilding for the navy. The location near the Chopjor River was favorable for this; The ships joined the fleet on the Sea of ​​Azov via the Don .

From the 1710s Borisoglebsk lost its military importance. Instead, trade flourished there, with agricultural goods being shipped over the Chopjor to other Russian regions. At the end of the 18th century, the city had a population of around 2,000. In the 1870s, Borisoglebsk, which received town charter as early as 1779, opened the first industrial operations, and the place was also connected to the Russian railway network.

On January 16, 1906, Maria Alexandrovna Spiridonova carried out an attack on the lieutenant governor of Tambov at the city's train station.

In 1923 a military aviation school was founded in Borisoglebsk, whose students later included well-known pilots such as Valeri Tschkalow , Viktor Talalichin and Alexander Ruzkoi .

Population development

year	Residents
1897	22.309
1926	39,788
1939	52,876
1959	54,415
1970	63,733
1979	67,621
1989	72,338
2002	69,392
2010	65,585

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

Today Borisoglebsk is the center of a wheat-growing area with administrative and educational facilities. The construction of tools, the manufacture of spare parts for agricultural machines, the food and textile industries are important for the city's economy.

With its location near the R298 and R22 highways , Borisoglebsk is a traffic junction. There is also a train station in the city with connections u. a. to Volgograd or to Lipetsk .

Twin cities

Since 1994 Borissoglebsk has had a town partnership with Delmenhorst in Lower Saxony, Germany , and with Blansko , Czech Republic .  

sons and daughters of the town

• Mitrofan Nedelin (1902–1960), chief marshal of the artillery
• Darja Rogosina (* 1996), triathlete
• Abram Sluzkin (1891–1950), physicist
• Raphael Soyer (1899–1987), American painter, draftsman and lithographer

See also

• List of cities in Voronezh Oblast

Web links

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

• City Council website (Russian)
• Borissohlebsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

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. ↑ Борисоглебск :: Наши партнеры . Accessed December 31, 2015.