Buinsk (Tatarstan)

city Buinsk Буинск ( Russian ) Буа ( Tatar ) coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Tatarstan Rajon Buinsk mayor Rafael Abuzyarov Founded 1691 City since 1780 surface 14  km² population 20,352 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1454 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 80  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 84374 Post Code 422430-422433 License Plate 16, 116 OKATO 92 412 Website buinsk.tatar.ru Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 58 ′  N , 48 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  N , 48 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tatarstan

List of cities in Russia

Buinsk ( Russian Буинск ; Tatar Буа Bua ) is a city in the Republic of Tatarstan ( Russia ) with 20,352 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 140 km southwest of the republic capital Kazan on the Karla , a left tributary of the Swijaga, which flows into the Volga . The city should not be confused with the urban-type settlement of the same name, Buinsk, in the neighboring republic of Chuvashia .

Buinsk is administratively directly subordinate to the republic and at the same time the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

The city lies on the railway line (Kasan-) sviyazhsk - Ulyanovsk - Syzran - Saratov - Volgograd (Station Bua ), who during World War II, built in 1942 so-called Volga castling .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document around 1700 (information between 1691 and 1703) and received city rights in 1780. The place name is derived from the Tatar word for defense .

Population development

year	Residents
1897	4.213
1926	4,730
1939	5,902
1959	9,021
1970	14,852
1979	15,610
1989	16,800
2002	19,736
2010	20,352

Note: census data

Culture and sights

In Buinsk there is the restored Trinity Church ( Троицкая церковь Troitskaja Zerkow ) and a mosque. There has been a local history museum since 1994.

economy

Buinsk is the center of the food and luxury food industry (dairy, sugar factory, yeast, meat; tobacco). There are also equipment manufacturing and textile industries here.

sons and daughters of the town

• Alexander Kasankin (1900–1955), Lieutenant General
• Wladimir Trussenjow (1931–2001), discus thrower

Web links

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

• City and Rajon Administration website (Russian)
• Buinsk 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. ↑ Казанкин Александр Федорович , structure.mil.ru (Russian)
3. ↑ Казанкин Александр Фёдорович , desantura.ru (Russian)