Isjum

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Isjum
Ізюм
Isjum coat of arms
Isjum (Ukraine)
Isjum
Isjum
Basic data
Oblast : Kharkiv Oblast
Rajon : District-free city
Height : 67 m
Area : 41.0 km²
Residents : 48,368 (2018)
Population density : 1,180 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes : 64300
Area code : +380 4736
Geographic location : 49 ° 13 '  N , 37 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 12 '46 "  N , 37 ° 15' 25"  E
KOATUU : 6310400000
Administrative structure : 1 city
Mayor : Valery Marchenko
Address: площа Центральна 1
64300 м. Ізюм
Website : http://city-izyum.gov.ua/
Statistical information
Isjum (Kharkiv Oblast)
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Isjum ( Ukrainian Ізюм ; Russian Изюм ) is an independent city in the eastern Ukrainian Oblast of Kharkiv with 48,000 inhabitants (2018).

Girls high school in the city
Street in Isjum
The Siversky Donets near Isjum

geography

The city is located in the historical region of Sloboda-Ukraine on the bank of the Siverskyi Donets . It is the center of the Rajon of the same name, 125 km southeast of Kharkiv on the M 03 trunk road , a section of the European route 40 .

history

The city was first mentioned in 1571 . The name Isjum comes from the name of the Isjumez river and an important ford (Isjumfurt) in the Middle Ages, which was located on the strategically important connection between Moscow and the Crimea . In the 17th and 18th centuries the city was a location of the Cossack regiment (fortified "Isjum Line" against the Crimean Tatars) and in the 19th century the city of Isjum was the administrative center of the Ujesd of the same name in the Kharkov governorate .

The city was occupied by Wehrmacht troops from June 23, 1942 to February 5, 1943 and the scene of heavy fighting on the Eastern Front.

Economy and Transport

From an economic point of view, mechanical engineering, the optical industry and furniture production are particularly important in industry. The city is also an important traffic junction, the Kharkiv – Horlivka railway has a train station in town.

Population development

1897 1923 1926 1939 1959 1970 1979 1989 2001 2010 2018
13,108 9.414 9,490 34,859 37,595 51,603 60,516 64,334 56,114 52,821 48,368

Source:

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org
  2. ↑ City history ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Ukrainian)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / city-izyum.gov.ua
  3. ↑ Denys Kulakov , transfermarkt.com
  4. ↑ Denis Kulakov , soccerway.com