Gornjak (Altai Region)

city Gornjak Горняк coat of arms Federal district Siberia region Altai Rajon Lokot mayor Viktor Lapin Founded 1942 City since 1969 surface 27  km² population 13,918 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 515 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 270  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 38586 Post Code 658420-658424 License Plate 22nd OKATO 01 225 501 Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 0 ′  N , 81 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 81 ° 28 ′ 0 ″  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Altai region

List of cities in Russia

Gornjak ( Russian Горняк ) is a city in the Altai region in southern Western Siberia ( Russia ) with 13,918 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the northwestern foothills of the Altai ( Kolywankamm ), in the steppe areas near the border with Kazakhstan, about 360 km southwest of the regional capital Barnaul . The Solotucha , a left tributary of the Alei, flows through the city .

The town of Gornjak is the administrative center of Lokot Raion .

Gornjak is on the railway line Lokot - Öskemen - Ridder or Syrjanowsk (station Newerowskaja ). The line is operated by the Kazakh State Railroad ( Kazakhstan Temir Scholy ) , although it leads about 70 kilometers over Russian territory , as it mainly opens up the area of Eastern Kazakhstan .

history

The village of Solotucha had existed in the place of today's town since the 18th century . Ores were mined here for the first time from 1751 to the middle of the 19th century ( Solotucha mine ). In 1939 mining was resumed and the village developed into a mining settlement. In 1942 the current name (Russian for miners ) was given, in 1946 the place was given the status of an urban-type settlement and in 1969 it was given city rights.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	13,866
1970	16,643
1979	15,967
1989	15,833
2002	15,779
2010	13,918

Note : census data

Culture and sights

In Gornjak there is a small local museum with a focus on the mining history of the area. Various remains of earlier mining from the 18th to 19th centuries have been preserved in the Rajon , such as the silver smelter (1782–1892) and copper smelter (1727–1896) in the village of Lokot.

Also near Lokot and the village of Sowetski Put a complex of settlement remains and Kurganen from the 2nd to. 1st millennium BC Discovered.

economy

The economy is based on mining and processing (enrichment) of the extracted copper , zinc , lead and tin ores ( Altaipolimetall ). There is also a food industry based on the agricultural products produced in the Rajon.

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

• Unofficial city portal (Russian)
• Gornjak on mojgorod.ru (Russian)