Gukowo

city Gukowo Гуково flag coat of arms Federal district Southern Russia Oblast Rostov Urban district Gukowo mayor Boris Trofimov Founded 1878 City since 1955 surface 37  km² population 67,278 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1818 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 255  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86361 Post Code 347870-347881 License Plate 61, 161 OKATO 60 415 Website gukovo.donland.ru Geographical location Coordinates 48 ° 3 '  N , 39 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 3 '0 "  N , 39 ° 56' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Rostov Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Gukowo ( Russian Гуково ) is a Russian city ​​in the Rostov Oblast in the Federal District of Southern Russia with 67,278 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the northwest of the oblast, just under 100 km north of its capital Rostov-on-Don , near the border with Ukraine and around 15 km west of the Rostov – Moscow railway line .

history

The settlement was founded in 1878 as the center of the farms and farms in the area and soon after became the center of coal mining in the area. The place has grown with the coal mining, so that today the suburbs are several kilometers from the center. In 1955 Gukowo received city rights.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	8,837
1959	52,969
1970	65.105
1979	68,080
1989	67,336
2002	66,648
2010	67.278

Note: census data

Culture

In addition to the general education schools, there are two vocational schools, a lyceum, a mining university and an institute for economics and law. There are also two city newspapers, the Prowinzija and the Shakhtyorskaya Nedelja as well as the two television and radio companies Nika and Helios , as well as the only mining museum of its kind in the European part of Russia. Races for the Russian Rally Championship are held here every year.

economy

The main branch of industry is still coal mining today. The extracted anthracite coal is largely exported. In addition, the food industry and wood processing companies have formed. In 2006, 368 commercial and industrial companies were registered. For several years now, the area from the lower reaches of the Don to the Sea of ​​Azov has been developed for tourism.

sons and daughters of the town

• Viktor Romanko (* 1953), accordionist
• Maxim Turow (* 1979), chess master
• Rem Digga (* 1987), rap musician and beatmaker

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

• Official website of the city administration (Russian)
• Gukowo on mojgorod.ru (Russian)