Fatesch

city Fatesch Фатеж coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Kursk Rajon Fatesch Founded 17th century City since 1779 surface 5  km² population 5404 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1081 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 200  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 47144 Post Code 307100 License Plate 46 OKATO 38 244 501 Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 5 '  N , 35 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 5 '0 "  N , 35 ° 52' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kursk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Fatesch ( Russian Фатеж ) is a small town in the Kursk Oblast ( Russia ) with 5404 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 45 km north of the Oblast capital Kursk on the river Ussoscha, which flows into the Swapa in the river system of the Dnieper .

Fatesch, the smallest town in Kursk Oblast, is the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

history

Fatesch was founded as a village in the 17th century.

On May 23, 1779 the town charter was granted as the administrative center of a district (Ujesds), whereupon the place developed into a local trading center for agricultural products until the 19th century.

During the Second World War , Fatesch was occupied by the German Wehrmacht on October 22, 1941 and recaptured on February 7, 1943 by troops of the Brjansk Front of the Red Army as they advanced on Maloarchangelsk and Sevsk .

Population development

year	Residents
1897	6034
1926	2700
1939	3417
1959	3318
1970	4779
1979	4648
1989	5712
2002	5710
2010	5404

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Economy and Infrastructure

A street in Fatesch

In Fatesch there are small businesses in the food and textile industries.

The city is located on the M2 Moscow – Kursk – Belgorod trunk road - Ukrainian border and on to Kharkiv (part of European route 95 ).

Personalities

• Alexander Baikow (1870–1946), metallurgist, chemist and university professor
• Georgi Swiridow (1915–1998), composer

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)

Web links

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

• Fatesch on mojgorod.ru (Russian)