Kalatsch on the Don

city Kalatsch on Don Калач-на-Дону coat of arms Federal district Southern Russia Oblast Volgograd Rajon Kalatsch Founded 1708 City since 1951 surface 18  km² population 26,910 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1495 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 40  m Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 84472 Post Code 40450x License Plate 34, 134 OKATO 18 216 501 Geographical location Coordinates 48 ° 41 '  N , 43 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 41 '0 "  N , 43 ° 32' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Volgograd Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Kalatsch am Don ( Russian Кала́ч-на-Дону́ ) is a city in the Volgograd region in Russia with 26,910 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

location

Kalatsch am Don is about 85 kilometers west of the regional capital, Volgograd . The nearest town, Surowikino, is around 50 km away. Along with Volgodonsk, Kalatsch am Don is one of the two port cities on the Zimlyansk reservoir on the lower Don and is located about nine kilometers upstream from the junction of the reservoir into the Volga-Don Canal .

history

The place originated in 1708 as a small Cossack settlement called Kalachevsky . The place name Kalatsch is synonymous in Russian with "river loop", as the river bed of the Don made a sharp curve in this area until it was dammed. In 1863 Kalatsch was connected to the Russian railway network with the construction of a line to Volgograd (then: Tsaritsyn).

In the war against the Soviet Union in 1941–1945 , the area around Kalatsch, which was relatively close to the Stalingrad battlefield , was highly competitive. During the German advance between July 25 and August 11, 1942 Kalatsch was completely destroyed in the Kesselschlacht near Kalatsch . On November 22, 1942, the Red Army succeeded in uniting the front southeast of Kalatsch and thus encircling the German 6th Army near Stalingrad. To commemorate this crucial union of the fronts , the Monument Union of Fronts was erected in Kalach , designed by the renowned sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich .

1951 received Kalach municipal rights and has since been on-Don Kalach called to confusion with the eponymous town of Kalach in the Voronezh Oblast ruled out.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	7,046
1959	16,676
1970	20,795
1979	22,836
1989	22,979
2002	26,882
2010	26,910

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

As a river port city, Kalatsch am Don has a shipyard and a mineral oil warehouse. There is also metal processing, furniture and food industries in the city.

The most important trunk road connection to and from Kalatsch am Don is the M21 route . The city can also be reached by ship and train.

Further educational institutions

• Branch of the Volgograd State University

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

• Entry about Kalatsch on Don on mojgorod.ru (Russian)