Desnogorsk

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city
Desnogorsk
Десногорск
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Federal district Central Russia
Oblast Smolensk
Urban district Desnogorsk
mayor Mikhail Khobotov
Founded 1974
City since 1989
surface 63  km²
population 29,677 inhabitants
(as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density 471 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center 200  m
Time zone UTC + 3
Telephone code (+7) 48153
Post Code 216400, 216401
License Plate 67
OKATO 66 410
Website www.desnogorsk.ru
Geographical location
Coordinates 54 ° 9 '  N , 33 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 9 '0 "  N , 33 ° 17' 0"  E
Desnogorsk (European Russia)
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Location in the western part of Russia
Desnogorsk (Smolensk Oblast)
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Location in Smolensk Oblast
List of cities in Russia

Desnogorsk ( Russian Десногорск ) is a city in Smolensk Oblast ( Russia ) with 29,677 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Smolensk nuclear power plant

The city is located in the south of the Smolensk Heights about 150 km southeast of the Oblast capital Smolensk on the right bank of the Desna , a left tributary of the Dnepr . The river is dammed up here to form the 42 km² Desnogorsk reservoir .

Desnogorsk is administratively directly subordinate to the oblast .

A few kilometers to the south, the A101 highway from Moscow to the Belarusian border passes the city.

history

Desnogorsk emerged from the 1960s in connection with the construction of the Smolensk nuclear power plant three kilometers away , received urban-type settlement status on February 26, 1974 and town charter in 1989.

Population development

year Residents
1979 9,830
1989 32,302
2002 32,070
2010 29,677

Note: census data

Culture and sights

33 kilometers from Desnogorsk is the former country residence Novospasskoye of the composer Mikhail Glinka , today a museum.

economy

The town-building company is the Smolensk nuclear power plant operated by Rosenergoatom , as well as companies in the construction and food industries.

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)

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