Ilski

Urban-type settlement Ilski Ильский flag Federal district Southern Russia region Krasnodar Rajon Severskaya Founded 1863 Urban-type settlement since 1947 population 23,781 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 80  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86166 Post Code 353230 License Plate 23, 93, 123 OKATO 03 243 555 Geographical location Coordinates 44 ° 51 '  N , 38 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 51 '0 "  N , 38 ° 33' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Krasnodar Territory

List of large settlements in Russia

Ilski ( Russian И́льский ) is an urban-type settlement in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar with 23,781 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located on the northwestern edge of the Greater Caucasus about 40 kilometers southwest of the regional capital Krasnodar on the river Il in the catchment area of ​​the Kuban . The intensely agriculturally used Kuban lowlands extend north of the village , while the wooded foothills of the Caucasus rise immediately to the south.

Ilski belongs to Severskaya Rajon , whose administrative center, Stanitsa Severskaya, is about ten kilometers to the east.

history

The place was founded in 1863 as Stanitsa Ilskaya of the Kuban Cossacks . It was named after the river and was the first in the area southwest of Krasnodar, what was then Jekaterinodar. In the same year crude oil was discovered nearby . In 1866 the first oil well was drilled west of the town on the territory of today's Russia.

In 1947 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement as Ilski in connection with the expansion of the base for oil production in the area .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	7,822
1959	17,086
1970	18,177
1979	18,560
1989	19,077
2002	22,323
2010	23,781

Note: census data

Culture and sights

In Ilski there is a church built between 1871 and 1873.

South of the town, there are several significant storage locations medium Stone Age bison and mammoth hunters, the first in 1898 by French archaeologists discovered Joseph de Baye (1853-1931).

Economy and Infrastructure

Since 1952 there has been a plant in Ilski for clay and barite additives for deep well drilling fluids . There are also companies in the building materials and wood industries and the food industry.

The settlement lies on the railway line Tichorezk - Krasnodar - Novorossiysk (station name Ilskaja ), which was opened in 1888 .

The A146 Krasnodar – Krymsk – Novorossiysk road runs through Ilski .

See also

• Administrative division of the Krasnodar Territory

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

• Severskaya district administration website (Russian; with information about Ilski)