Elektrostal

city Elektrostal Электроста́ль flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Moscow Urban district Elektrostal mayor Andrei Sukhanov Founded 1916 Earlier names Satishye City since 1938 surface 50  km² population 155,196 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 3104 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 150  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49657 Post Code 144000-144012 License Plate 50, 90, 150, 190, 750 OKATO 46 490 Website www.electrostal.ru Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 48 ′  N , 38 ° 27 ′  E Coordinates: 55 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  N , 38 ° 27 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Moscow Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Elektrostal ( Russian Электроста́ль ) is a major Russian city ​​in Moscow Oblast . It is located 52 kilometers east of Moscow and has 155,196 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

history

Elektrostal was founded in 1916 when industrialist Nikolai Wtorov was building a metallurgical factory . Until 1928 the place was called Satishye (Затишье, i.e. calm ). In 1938, Elektrostal was granted city rights.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	42,607
1959	96,922
1970	123.127
1979	139.272
1989	152.463
2002	146.294
2010	155.196

Note: census data

coat of arms

Blazon (according to resolution no. 75/29 of the Council of the Chamber of Deputies of Elektrostal of December 5, 1996): In red the figure of Hephaestus in a golden dress, with a golden headband and sandals, with both hands with a black hammer on a golden anvil on the right pounding, from which two golden flashes rise, bound by two intersecting thin elongated orbits of a golden atom .

economy

Ice rink in Elektrostal and home ground of the Kristall Elektrostal ice hockey club

As the name suggests, Elektrostal is a center of the steel industry , which was located here shortly after the October Revolution . During the Second World War in 1941, in view of the German invasion, more heavy industrial plants were evacuated from the Ukraine here.

To this day, Elektrostal is an industrial city with heavy and chemical industry and a uranium enrichment plant . Elektrostal is also the end point of the 1150 kV three-phase line coming from the Ekibastus power plant . This line should the existing of all currently undergoing the commercial operation of high-voltage lines that designed for the highest transmission voltage power transmission system to be. However, it is currently only operated with 400 kV.

In the vicinity of Elektrostal, the Russian radio also operates a transmission system for medium wave with a transmission power of up to 1,200 kilowatts. The reception of this station is in principle also possible in Germany during the night.

education

Elektrostal is the seat of a branch of the Moscow State Institute for Steel and Alloys.

traffic

Elektrostal is connected to the Russian capital Moscow via the M7 Volga trunk road .

Sports

The Kristall Elektrostal ice hockey club plays in the Pervaya League . The city is represented in field hockey by the Dinamo Elektrostal association.

Town twinning

Elektrostal lists the following twelve partner cities :

city	country	since
Benxi	Liaoning, People's Republic of China	2011
Danyang, Zhenjiang	Jiangsu, People's Republic of China	2012
Kramatorsk	Donetsk, Ukraine
Kruševac	Rasina, Serbia	2012
Niš	Serbia	2008
Navapolatsk	Vitebsk, Belarus	2011
Pernik	Bulgaria	2004
Polatsk	Vitebsk, Belarus
Rostov	Yaroslavl, Russia	2013
Shucheng, Lu'an	Anhui, People's Republic of China	2010
Sosnovy Bor	Leningrad, Russia	2007
Strumica	Macedonia	2013

sons and daughters of the town

• Viktor Prjaschnikow (1933–2008), ice hockey player
• Yuri Paramoshkin (born 1937), ice hockey player
• Sergei Donskoi (* 1968), politician
• Alexei Kudaschow (* 1971), ice hockey player
• Vitaly Proshkin (* 1976), ice hockey player
• Sergei Arekajew (* 1978), ice hockey player
• Aljaksej Baranau (* 1980), Russian-Belarusian ice hockey player
• Alexander Suglobow (* 1982), ice hockey player
• Igor Ignatuschkin (* 1984), ice hockey player
• Ilya Krikunow (* 1984), ice hockey player
• Dmitri Samarin (* 1984), ice hockey player
• Alexei Schkotow (* 1984), ice hockey player
• Andrej Karau (* 1985), Belarusian ice hockey player
• Anastassija Posdnjakowa (* 1985), water diver
• Jauhen Kawyrschin (* 1986), Russian-Belarusian ice hockey player
• Vladimir Sharkov (* 1988), ice hockey player
• Darja Korobowa (* 1989), synchronized swimmer
• Alexander Wassiljew (* 1989), ice hockey player
• Alexei Kornew (* 1991), biathlete
• Dmitri Schikin (* 1991), ice hockey goalkeeper
• Darja Gowor (* 1995), water diver

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. ↑ translated from: Герб Электростали (coat of arms of Elektrostal) , Russian Wikipedia, version of August 17, 2012.
3. ↑ Города побратимы. Retrieved October 19, 2017 . 

Web links

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

• Official website of the city (Russian)
• Elektrostal on mojgorod.ru (Russian)