Jasnogorsk

This article deals with the city of Yasnogorsk near Tula; for urban-type settlement in the Transbaikalia region, see Jasnogorsk (Transbaikalia) .

city yasnogorsk Ясногорск coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Tula Rajon Jasnogorsk First mention 15th century Earlier names Laptewo (until 1965) City since 1958 surface 13  km² population 16,795 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1292 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 240  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48766 Post Code 301030-301032 License Plate 71 OKATO 70 250 501 Website www.yasnogorsk.org Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 29 ′  N , 37 ° 42 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  N , 37 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tula Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Jasnogorsk ( Russian Ясногорск ) is a city in Russia in the Tula Oblast . It is located on the Waschana River , a right tributary of the Oka , around 35 kilometers north of the oblast capital Tula and 160 km south of Moscow . Jasnogorsk is the administrative center of the raion of the same name (district) and has 16,795 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

history

Yasnogorsk railway station

The city of Yasnogorsk is mentioned for the first time in written documents from the 15th century, at that time as a settlement called Laptewo , which was probably named after a local lord with the family name Laptew. In 1867 Laptewo gained some importance in the construction of the railway line from Moscow to Tula and further south to Kursk ; a train station was built here, which subsequently also served as a transshipment point for timber transport. In the 1880s, the merchant Ippolit Golowin founded a factory here to manufacture agricultural machinery. It was not until 1958, however, that Laptewo officially became a town and in 1965 it was finally given the “melodious” name of Jasnogorsk - literally translated as “cheerful town”.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	4,748
1959	12,520
1970	18,482
1979	20,957
1989	21,292
2002	18,588
2010	16,795

Note: census data

Infrastructure

In today's Jasnogorsk, the machine factory, which emerged from the Golovins plant, is the most important industrial enterprise. The city is characterized by more rural, predominantly wooden buildings. The station of Yasnogorsk with the reception building from the 19th century is a stop for local trains from Moscow, Serpukhov and Tula.

sons and daughters of the town

• Sergei Borissow (* 1983), track cyclist

Web links

Commons : Jasnogorsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of Yasnogorsk Raion (Russian)
• Jasnogorsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

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)