Guryevsk (Kemerovo)

city Guryevsk Gurevsk flag coat of arms Federal district Siberia Oblast Kemerovo Rajon Guryevsk mayor Yuri Nessov Founded 1815 City since 1938 surface 91  km² population 24,817 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 273 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 230  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 38463 Post Code 652780-652785 License Plate 42, 142 OKATO 32 413 Website http://www.admgurievsk.ru/ Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 17 '  N , 85 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 17 '0 "  N , 85 ° 57' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Kemerovo Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Gurjewsk ( Russian Гурьевск ) is a city in Kemerovo Oblast ( Russia ) with 24,817 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the west of the central part of the Kuzbass , in the foreland of the Salair ridge about 200 km south of the oblast capital Kemerovo and 30 km southwest of Belove on the river Maly Batschat . The climate is continental.

The city of Guryevsk is the administrative center of the raion of the same name . The city of Salair with 8,999 and two villages with a total of 196 inhabitants are subordinate to the city, so that the total population of the administrative unit "City of Gurjewsk" is 34,734 (2009 calculation).

Guryevsk is connected to Belove on the Yurga - Novokuznetsk route and to Salair via a railway line opened in 1926 (freight traffic only) .

history

Guryevsk was established in 1815 in connection with the construction of a silver smelter , which was put into operation on November 15, 1816. In 1826 the factory was converted into an ironworks (production of cast iron ), which was initially in operation until 1908. The plant and settlement were named after the then (1810–1823) Russian Finance Minister Dmitri Gurjew , who was also responsible for the Altai mining district . After the Russian Civil War , the plant resumed production. In 1938 the place received city rights.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	1,300
1939	22,939
1959	30,448
1979	25,570
1989	28,152
2002	27,381
2010	24,817

Note: Census data (1897 rounded)

Culture and sights

There is a local museum in Guryevsk.

economy

The city's economy is shaped by the Gurjewsk Metallurgical Plant (Гурьевский металлургический завод / Gurjewski metallurgitscheski zavod).

sons and daughters of the town

• Anna Samochina (1963-2010), actress

See also

• List of cities in Kemerovo Oblast

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 : Guryevsk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Russian)
• Gurjewsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)