Georgievsk

city Georgievsk Георгиевск flag coat of arms Federal district North Caucasus region Stavropol Urban district Georgievsk head Alexander Manakov Founded 1777 City since 1786 surface 25  km² population 72,153 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 2886 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 300  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86551 Post Code 357820-357831 License Plate 26, 126 OKATO 07 407 Website www.georgievsk.ru Geographical location Coordinates 44 ° 9 '  N , 43 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 9 '0 "  N , 43 ° 28' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Stavropol Territory

List of cities in Russia

Georgievsk ( Russian Георгиевск ) is a district town with 72,153 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the North Caucasian region of Stavropol in Russia .

geography

The city is located on the left bank of the Podkumok , a tributary of the Kuma , 210 kilometers southeast of Stavropol , the capital of the Kraj of the same name . The closest cities are Novopavlovsk (24 km southeast of Georgievsk) and Mineralnye Vody (27 km west).

The Georgievsk Metropolitan Region is the second largest in the Caucasian Mineral Water Region, which forms a conurbation with 1.1 million inhabitants in the center of the Northern Caucasus .

history

Georgievsk was founded in 1777 as a fortress on the so-called Azov - Mozdok defense line. The place was named after Saint George , who traditionally symbolizes victory in Russia. The fortress also became known through the so-called Treaty of Georgievsk from 1783, with which the Russian Empire secured an improved foreign policy position in the Caucasus region.

In 1786 Georgievsk received city status and was the capital of the Caucasian Governorate from 1802 to 1822 until its dissolution. In the course of the 19th century, trade developed in the city, so that up to three annual markets were held. After the October Revolution , trade largely lost its importance and gave way to the first industrial companies in the 1920s.

During the Second World War , Georgievsk was under the control of the German Wehrmacht from August 1942 until the North Caucasian Operation in January 1943 .

After the war, the Soviet POW camp 147 existed in the city for German POWs from World War II .

Population development

year	Residents
1876	3,345
1897	12,115
1939	31,578
1959	35,135
1970	44,243
1979	53,635
1989	62,926
2002	70,575
2010	72,153

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

Today the city is one of the industrial centers of the Stavropol region with a highly developed food industry, mechanical engineering and light industry. Among other things, the equipment for crude oil processing is manufactured here.

Georgievsk lies on a railroad crossing with connections to Mineralnye Vody , Prochladny , Budyonnowsk and Neslobnaya .

Educational institutions

• Branch of the Rostov State Economic Academy
• Branch of the Stavropol State Technical University
• Branch of Taganrog State Radio Technical University
• University Institute of the South Russian State Technical University

sons and daughters of the town

• Sergei Sjusin (1911–1994), Rear Admiral
• Leonid Majorow (1941–2019), Colonel General
• Vladimir Vladimirov (* 1975), politician; Governor of the Stavropol Territory
• Viktor Panchenko (born 1963), football player
• Swetlana Moskalenko (* 1986), opera singer

Web links

Commons : Georgievsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• City Council website (Russian)
• Georgievsk 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)
2. ↑ Maschke, Erich (ed.): On the history of the German prisoners of war of the Second World War. Verlag Ernst and Werner Gieseking, Bielefeld 1962–1977.
3. ↑ Зюзин Сергей Дмитриевич , warheroes.ru (Russian)
4. ↑ Майоров Леонид Сергеевич , biograph.ru (Russian)
5. ↑ Биография Губернатора Ставропольского края - Владимирова Владимира Владимировича , gubernator.stavkray.ru (Russian)
6. ↑ Панченко Виктор Вячеславович , footballfacts.ru (Russian)