Glazov (Udmurtia)

city Glasow Глазов ( Russian ) Глаз ( Udmurt ) flag coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Udmurtia Urban district Glazov mayor Vladimir Pereschein First mention 1678 City since 1780 surface 69  km² population 95,854 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1389 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 150  m Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 34141 Post Code 427620-427631 License Plate 18th OKATO 94 420 Website www.glazov-gov.ru Geographical location Coordinates 58 ° 8 '  N , 52 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 58 ° 8 '0 "  N , 52 ° 39' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Udmurtia

List of cities in Russia

Glasow ( Russian Глазов , udmurtisch Глаз / Glas) is a city with 95,854 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the republic of Udmurtia in Russia .

It lies on the Trans-Siberian Railway (kilometer 1163) and on the Chepza River . The distance to Moscow is about 1160 km and to the republic capital Izhevsk 180 km. The ancestors of the former Soviet head of state Mikhail Gorbachev on his mother's side lived in Glazov for a long time as unfree farmers.

history

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The place was first mentioned in writing in 1678, at that time as the village Glasowo, which got its name from a local noble family with the family name Glasow.

In 1780 Glazov received city status as part of a regional reform and was awarded to the province of Vyatka . At that time, however, the place did not even have 1000 inhabitants and was still considered an extremely insignificant and remote city for a long time. For this reason it was also used as a place of exile . The well-known author Vladimir Korolenko also lived there in political exile in the 1880s.

At the end of the 19th century a railway line was laid through the city, which later became part of the Trans-Siberian Railway . This led to the development of agricultural trade in Glazov in the early 20th century. The first industry did not develop here until the Soviet era .

In the late 20th century, Glazov was expanded mainly with new residential areas made of prefabricated buildings. The old town, which was built according to a general plan from the 1780s and also includes a number of traditional wooden houses, has also been preserved to this day.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	3,509
1939	16,459
1959	59,012
1970	68,348
1979	81,144
1989	104,072
2002	100,894
2010	95,854

Note: census data

economy

The main industrial enterprise in Glazov today is the Tschepezki Mechanitscheski Sawod , which specializes in processing raw materials for the production of nuclear reactors, among other things. The city also has mechanical engineering, building materials and chemical industries, a furniture and a feed factory.

Further educational institutions

• Branch of the Izhevsk State Technical University
• State Pedagogical Institute Glazov

sons and daughters of the town

• Mikhail Schuljatikow (1845–1893), revolutionary and shipping specialist
• Alexander Tscharuschnikow (1852–1913), publisher
• Olga Knipper (1868–1959), actress, wife of Anton Chekhov
• Vyacheslav Nagowitsyn (* 1956), politician
• Konstantin Astrachanzew (* 1967), ice hockey player
• Alexei Tschupin (* 1972), ice hockey player
• Dmytro Zyrul (* 1979), Ukrainian ice hockey player
• Ivan Lekomzew (* 1985), ice hockey player
• Jevgenijus Šuklinas (* 1985), Lithuanian canoeist
• Alexej Baumgärtner (* 1988), German speed skater
• Jelena Jefajewa (* 1989), figure skater
• Nikolai Kazakovtsev (* 1990), ice hockey player
• Jelisaveta Tuktamysheva (* 1996), figure skater

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 : Glasow  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Glasow on mojgorod.ru (Russian)