Bugulma

city Bugulma Бугульма ( Russian ) Бөгелмә ( Tatar ) coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Tatarstan Rajon Bugulma mayor Nail Magdeev First mention 1736 City since 1781 surface 28  km² population 89,204 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 3186 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 300  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 85594 Post Code 423230-423243 License Plate 16, 116 OKATO 92 410 Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 32 '  N , 52 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 32 '0 "  N , 52 ° 47' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tatarstan

List of cities in Russia

Bugulma ( Russian Бугульма ; Tatar Бөгелмә Bögelmä ) is a city with 89,204 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the Republic of Tatarstan, which belongs to Russia .

geography

Bugulma is located in the southeast of Tatarstan at the confluence of the Bugulminka and Sai rivers from the Volga river system . The distance from Bugulma to the republic capital Kazan is 333 kilometers to the northwest. Closest cities are Leninogorsk (21 km west) and Bawly (33 km southeast).

history

Bugulma was first mentioned as a village in 1736. The place name is an old Tatar toponym that literally means " river loop ". In the 18th century, former farmers and soldiers from central Russia settled in Bugulma, which at that time was used as one of the guard posts on the way from European Russia to the newly won territories of Siberia . During the Pugachev peasant uprising in 1773, the site of the tsarist army served as one of the bases in the fight against the rebels.

In 1781 Bugulma received town charter and initially belonged to the Ufa governorate , and from 1806 to the Orenburg governorate . Thanks to the favorable road connections to Ufa, Orenburg and Kazan, trade was able to develop here, so that regular fairs were held in Bugulma in the 19th century. In 1851 Bugulma was assigned to the Samara Governorate .

At the beginning of the 20th century, Bugulma had around 7500 inhabitants and around 20 industrial companies, including ten brick factories . In 1911 the city got a railway connection and in 1937 its own airport .

In the middle of the 20th century the first oil fields were developed in the area around Bugulma , whereby the city developed into a center of oil production over the next few decades. In 1979 the city had around 80,500 inhabitants.

On November 26, 1991, Bugulma hit the headlines when an Antonov passenger plane crashed while approaching the airport , killing all 41 passengers.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	7,581
1926	14.302
1939	24,887
1959	60,980
1970	72,449
1979	80,460
1989	89,589
2002	93.014
2010	89.204

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

As the base of an important oil production area , Bugulma is also the headquarters of a research institute for oil production, which is operated by the Tatneft energy company . Another important branch of industry in the city is mechanical engineering, especially the manufacture of oil extraction systems. There are also food, textile, furniture and porcelain factories in Bugulma.

The regional road R239 gives Bugulma a direct connection to Almetyevsk and the Russian M5 trunk road . The city also has a train station and an airport.

Persons connected to Bugulma

sons and daughters of the town

• Olga Wassiljewa (* 1960), church historian, university professor and politician
• Olga Danilowa (* 1970), cross-country skier
• Sergei Ryschikow (* 1974), cosmonaut
• Alsou (* 1983), pop singer
• Svetlana Schimkowa (* 1983), weightlifter

Other personalities

• Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923), Czech writer; was appointed city commander in Bugulma by the Revolutionary Soviet during the Russian Civil War in 1918

Web links

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

• City Portal (Russian)
• Bugulma 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. ↑ Jaroslav Hašek: Commander in Bugulma. In: Der Urschwejk: and other things from old Europe and the new Russia. German publishing house, Stuttgart 1999.