Came on the Ob

city Arrived on Ob Камень-на-Оби coat of arms Federal district Siberia region Altai Urban district Came on the Ob Founded 1751 City since 1915 surface 57  km² population 43,888 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 770 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 120  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 38514 Post Code 65870x License Plate 22nd OKATO 01 410 Website came-na-obi.org Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 48 '  N , 81 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 48 '0 "  N , 81 ° 20' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Altai region

List of cities in Russia

Kamen am Ob ( Russian Камень-на-Оби / Kamen-na-Obi) is a city in the Altai region in southern Western Siberia ( Russia ) with 43,888 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 200 km northwest of the regional capital Barnaul on the left bank of the Ob . The steppes of the southwestern part of the West Siberian lowlands ( Kulunda steppe ) extend west of the city . From the northwest, the foothills of the Salairrücken reach the city and the Ob, which turns here to the north and breaks through the foothills. The rocks that came to light in the area of ​​the river gave the city its name (Russian came for stone or rock ).

The city of Kamen am Ob is administratively directly subordinate to the region and at the same time the administrative center of the Rajon Kamen .

At Kamen the railway line Omsk - Karassuk - Novoaltaisk (- Barnaul), also called Central Siberian Railway , crosses the Ob. There is a river port. The Kulunda Magistral Canal begins on the southeastern outskirts of the city .

history

The village of Kamen was founded in 1751 (according to other sources as early as 1670) and by the end of the 19th century developed into one of the most important villages for the grain trade in what was then Ujesds (district) Barnaul in the Tomsk governorate .

In 1915 (according to other sources not until 1925) the town was given town status. Since 1933, the addition on Ob ( -na-Obi ) has been an official part of the place name.

After the Second World War , the city was further developed as the center of an important agricultural area. In the mid-1960s, Kamen received a railway connection. The Kulunda Magistral Canal, which begins here, was built between 1973 and 1983 to irrigate the steppes west of the Ob, and in 1979 the largest grain silo in the Soviet Union beyond the Urals .

Population development

year	Residents
1926	22,982
1939	24,987
1959	30,135
1970	35,604
1979	40,018
1989	42,483
2002	44,375
2010	43,888

Note: census data

Culture and sights

The main attractions of the city are grouped along the three kilometers long today Lenin Street , which leads from the former market or bazaar square to the river port on the Ob.

On a hill here is the Church of the Epiphany (russ. Церковь Богоявления Господня / Zerkow Bogojawlenija Gospodnja, or shortly Богоявленский храм / Bogojawlenski chram). The pseudo-Russian style church was consecrated in 1902, used as a liquor factory since the 1930s and badly damaged, but returned to the Russian Orthodox Church after 1990 . It is currently being restored.

A number of residential buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries have also been preserved. These include the former homes of the merchants Chomutow, Vinokurow (the local history museum founded in 1920 is located there today), Pudowkin and Sorin.

A grain silo, called mastodon (Russian mastodont, after the extinct proboscis of the same name ), constructed by space pioneer Juri Kondratjuk in 1930 and erected without the use of nails , is said to have been the largest wooden grain silo in the world with a capacity of 13,000 tons 1990s meanwhile demolished.

A promenade that ends in a city park runs along the Ob.

economy

The most important branch of the economy is the food industry (meat and poultry, dairy products, spirits, fish, baked goods), as well as the furniture and textile industry and the construction industry.

sons and daughters of the town

• Ivan Pyrjew (1901–1968), film director

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

Commons : Kamen am Ob  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Russian)
• Came on mojgorod.ru (Russian)