Gavrilov Jam

city Gavrilov-Jam Гаврилов-Ям flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Yaroslavl Rajon Gavrilov Jam head Valery Popov First mention 1545 City since 1938 surface 11  km² population 17,791 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1617 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 100  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48534 Post Code 152240, 152241 License Plate 76 OKATO 78 212 501 Website adm.yar.ru Geographical location Coordinates 57 ° 18 '  N , 39 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 57 ° 18 '0 "  N , 39 ° 51' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Yaroslavl Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Gawrilow-Jam ( Russian Гаврилов-Ям ) is a city in Yaroslavl Oblast ( Russia ) with 17,791 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 45 km south of the Oblast capital Yaroslavl on the Kotorosl , a right tributary of the Volga .

Gavrilow-Jam is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

The city is the end of a 20 km long railway line branching off the Trans-Siberian Railway near Semibratowo north of Rostov .

history

Nicholas Church in Gavrilov-Jam

Stagecoach Museum ( Jamschtschik )

The place was first mentioned in 1545 as a settlement of Gavrilowo on the lands of the Trinity Monastery of Sergiev Posad 7 kilometers from the Rostov- Suzdal tract (the tract was referred to as military, post and trade highways in ancient Russia). The name is derived from Gavriil , popularly Gavrila , Russian for Gabriel .

In 1580 the place is called Gawrilowski Jam , which indicates the presence of a Jam , which in the Russian relay horse enclosure for post stations or the stations themselves were designated. Later the place was called Gavrilow-Jamskaja sloboda , since the end of the 18th century Gavrilow-Jam .

On August 5, 1922, the place received the status of an urban-type settlement and on December 26, 1938 city rights.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	18,567
1959	21,314
1970	20,751
1979	20,687
1989	21,353
2002	19,105
2010	17,791

Note: census data

economy

In addition to a linen weaving mill , which was founded in 1872, there are two machine factories, a printing works, as well as companies in the building materials and food industries.

One of the machine factories is AGAT , founded in 1968 , today a public limited company , which u. a. Manufactures assemblies for aircraft engines.

Web links

Commons : Gawrilow-Jam  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Russian)
• Gavrilow-Yam 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)