Fort Shevchenko

Fort Shevchenko Форт-Шевченко
coat of arms
Basic data
State :	Kazakhstan
Territory :	Mangghystau
Audany:	Tupqaraghan
Founded :	1846
Coordinates :	44 ° 31 '  N , 50 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 31 '0 "  N , 50 ° 16' 0"  E
Height :	-25  m
Area :	54.5  km²
Residents :	6,700 (Jan. 1, 2020)
Population density :	123 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	WKST ( UTC + 5 )
Telephone code :	(+7) 72938
Postal code :	130500
License plate :	12 (old: R)
Community type:	city
Location in Kazakhstan

Fort Shevchenko ( Kazakh and Russian Форт-Шевченко ) is a port city on the Caspian Sea in the Mangghystau region in Kazakhstan with 6700 inhabitants (2020).

geography

It is located on the westernmost tip of the Mangyschlak peninsula , Cape Tjub Karagan .

history

The city was founded in 1846 as the Novopetrovskoye Fortress ( Новопетровское ). In 1857 it was renamed Fort-Aleksandrowskij ( Форт-Александровский ). From 1850 to 1857 Taras Shevchenko (Ševčenko) was imprisoned in the fortress, which was renamed Fort Shevchenko after him in 1939 .

In 1899 the fortress and the surrounding settlement were granted city rights. On May 21, 1919 the naval battle of Fort Alexandrowsk took place in and in front of the harbor between units of the British Caspian Flotilla and the Caspian Flotilla , in which several ships and boats of the Red Workers 'and Peasants' Fleet were sunk or severely damaged.

The economy is dominated by fishing.

population

Population development
1897	1959	1970	1979	1989	1999	2009
895	11,393	9,485	3,363	3,476	3,624	4,888

See also

• List of cities in Kazakhstan

Web links

Commons : Fort Shevchenko  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Численность населения Республики Казахстан по полу в разрезе областей и столицы, столицы, столицы, анколицы, столицы, городоав, областей и столицы, анкония, горойцы, коники, городоав,. ( Excel ; 96 KB) stat.gov.kz, accessed on July 19, 2020 (Russian). 
2. ^ Kazakhstan: Cities and towns. pop-stat.mashke.org, accessed on August 5, 2019.