Ishim

This article covers the West Siberian city of Ishim; for the river of the same name see Ischim (river) .

city Ishim Ishim flag coat of arms Federal district Ural Oblast Tyumen Urban district Ishim mayor Fyodor Shishkin (Шишкин Федор Борисович) Founded 1687 City since 1782 surface 46  km² population 65,243 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1418 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 80  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 34551 Post Code 62775x License Plate 72 OKATO 71 405 Website ishim.tl.ru Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 7 ′  N , 69 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 56 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  N , 69 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Tyumen Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Ischim ( Russian Иши́м ; scientific transliteration : Išim ) is a Russian city ​​in the West Siberian Oblast Tyumen with 65,243 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Geographical location

The city is located around 300 kilometers southeast of the regional capital Tyumen on the Ishim River and directly on the route of the Trans-Siberian Railway ( kilometer 2428 ). Ischim became the end point of the route in 2002 when the European route 22 was extended into the Asian part of the Russian Federation.

climate

The city has climatic conditions typical for Siberia. In winter the air temperature reaches down to −48 ° C; in summer, however, sometimes up to 42 ° C. The exits of the houses can be blocked in heavy snow and lock the population in. A Buran wind can occur in winter as well as in summer and possibly cause damage. The climatic conditions can temporarily paralyze the city's transport and electricity network. Melting snow in the spring and weeks of rain in the summer cause u. a. for large floods.

history

Ishim was founded in the second half of the 17th century as a trading post Korkina sloboda (Коркина слобода) on the Ishim River. In 1782 the settlement was expanded into a city on the instructions of Catherine the Great . It was given city rights and its current name. During the Russian Civil War , Ischim was the center of the Siberian peasant uprising in 1921. During the Second World War , several plants from European Russia were relocated to the city.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	7.153
1939	30,976
1959	47,793
1970	56,162
1979	62,522
1989	66,373
2002	67,757
2010	65,243
2015	65 289

Note: census data

Culture and sights

Apparition Cathedral (1775-1814) is a cultural monument of national importance and an architectural monument of Siberian Baroque .

The cityscape of Ischim is characterized by multi-storey log houses. Communist monuments, such as those of Lenin , can be found in many places within the city. A large part of the population owns their own dachas or gardens outside the city . Ischim has a beach on the river of the same name, where people bathe in summer. The modern city in Siberia offers discos, concert halls, cinemas, video stores, museums, theaters and cultural centers.

Economy and Infrastructure

Ishim railway station

Ischim is a center of the textile and food industry. Meat products are processed in the "Mjasokombinat", sweets are made in the confectionery factory and several bakeries provide baked goods. The Ischimer brewery produces several types of beer and drinks .

There are about 13 elementary and secondary schools, technical colleges , among others for education, medicine or agriculture, as well as branches of some Tyumen universities.

The city's unemployment rate is very low, and in contrast to the Soviet era, when there was a shortage of goods, you can now buy anything in the city's countless shops.

The Trans-Siberian Railway runs through the city from Moscow to Beijing . Chinese traders, who regularly stop at Ishim station on their trip to Moscow, sell clothes and electronics from the train. They are mostly cheaper plagiarism.

Ischim is the eastern end of European route 22 .

media

• Local TV channel "Ишим ТВ" (Ischim TV)
• Media services: "Штурман Медиа", "Ишим ТВ".
• Radio: "Аэлита", "Красная Армия", "Шансон", "Авторадио", "Русское радио", "Радио 7".
• Newspapers: "Ишимский купец", "Ишимский плацдарм", "Ишимский азарт", "Интерес".
• Ischimer edition of the Pravda newspaper "Ишимская правда"

sons and daughters of the town

• Nikolai Anikin (1932–2009), cross-country skier and Olympic champion
• Boris Schachlin (1932–2008), gymnast and Olympic champion
• Yegor Silin (* 1988), racing cyclist

Town twinning

• Grand Forks in North Dakota , USA

mayor

• Alexander Rhein ( Russian-German ), 1991–2007
• Sergei Putmin, 2007–2012
• Fyodor Schischkin, since 2012

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)
2. ↑ Ischimer Brewery
3. ↑ News about the brewery
4. ↑ Schools
5. ^ State Pedagogical Institute - PP Jerschow
6. ↑ University of Medicine
7. ^ College of Agriculture
8. ↑ Official website of the TV station Ischim TV
9. ^ Media in Ishim
10. ^ Radio in Ishim
11. ↑ Newspapers in Ishim
12. ^ "Ishimskaya Pravda" newspaper

Web links

Commons : Ischim  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information portal on Ishim (Russian)
• Ishim on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• Information about the city (German)