Kalininsk

city Kalininsk Калининск coat of arms Federal district Volga Oblast Saratov Rajon Kalininsk Founded 1680 Earlier names Balanda (until 1962) City since 1962 surface 23  km² population 16,441 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 715 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 150  m Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 84549 Post Code 412480-412484 License Plate 64, 164 OKATO 63 221 501 Website www.kalininsk.ru Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 30 ′  N , 44 ° 27 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 44 ° 27 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Saratov Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Kalininsk ( Russian Калининск ) is a city in the Russian Oblast of Saratov with 16,441 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

location

Kalininsk is located in a steppe area on the Balanda River , a tributary of the Medveditsa , 121 km west of the regional capital Saratov . The closest town is Atkarsk , 55 km to the northeast. Kalininsk is connected to Atkarsk by a railway line at which it has a terminus. In addition, the R298 trunk road runs through Kalininsk.

history

Kalininsk was founded as a village called Balanda in 1680 by Ukrainian settlers, which is why a relatively large number of ethnic Ukrainians live here (around 12% of the city's population). In the 18th century, the village belonged to the Sheremetev family, known in Russia . Their former country house near Kalininsk has been preserved to this day as a historical and architectural monument.

In 1939 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement. In 1962 it got city rights and was renamed Kalininsk. It was named after the politician Mikhail Kalinin , in whose honor a number of places (including Kalinin and Kaliningrad ) were named or renamed during the Soviet era .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	13,020
1959	13,243
1970	16,311
1979	18,553
1989	19,347
2002	18,855
2010	16,441

Note: census data

economy

The industry is represented in Kalininsk with only a few factories, including a brick factory, a rubber factory and some food factories.

Personalities

• Mikhail Alexejew (1918–2007), writer
• Iwan Bardin (1883–1960), professor of metallurgy, member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences

See also

• List of cities in Saratov Oblast

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

• Kalininsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)