Kaspiysk

city Kaspiysk Kaspiisk coat of arms Federal district North Caucasus republic Dagestan Urban district Kaspiysk mayor Jamaludin Omarowitsch Omarow Founded 1932 Earlier names Dwigatelstroi City since 1947 surface 33  km² population 100,129 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 3034 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 0  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 87246 Post Code 368300-368305 License Plate 05 OKATO 82 420 Website www.kaspiysk.org Geographical location Coordinates 42 ° 53 '  N , 47 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 53 '0 "  N , 47 ° 38' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Dagestan

List of cities in Russia

Kaspijsk ( Russian Каспи́йск ), before 1947 Dwigatelstroi ( Двигательстрой ) is a city in the Republic of Dagestan, which belongs to Russia . The city is located 18 km southeast of the republic capital Makhachkala on the west coast of the Caspian Sea . Kaspiysk has 100,129 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010), making it the fourth largest city in Dagestan.

history

Kaspiysk was founded in 1932 and is one of the younger places in Dagestan. The place originally existed as a workers' settlement called Dwigatelstroi , which literally means something like "engine construction". This settlement was built to meet the needs of an engine factory that was built at the same time, which was originally supposed to primarily produce diesel engines for shipbuilding, but was quickly converted into an important armaments manufacturer in the Second World War , which soon broke out .

In 1947, two years after the end of the war, the settlement was given city status and the name Kaspijsk based on its location on the Caspian Sea. In the post-war period, Kaspiysk continued to develop into an industrial location and workers' suburb of Makhachkalas. The population was around 25,200 in 1959 and 49,400 in 1979.

In the 1990s and 2000s, Kaspiysk hit the headlines several times in connection with the first and second Chechnya wars: on November 16, 1996, 68 people were killed in an explosive attack apparently by Chechen terrorists on a predominantly military house in Kaspiysk , and on May 9, 2002, a Victory Day parade attack left 43 dead.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	18,874
1959	25.178
1970	38,990
1979	49,382
1989	60,069
2002	77,650
2010	100.129

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

The most important industrial companies in the city include the engine factory, which was founded in 1932 and is now called Dagdisel , a precision mechanics factory , as well as a brickworks and a stone processing factory .

There is a sea ​​port in the north of the city . Via Makhachkala there is a connection to the R217 trunk road and to the railway.

sons and daughters of the town

• Leonid Michelson (* 1955), entrepreneur
• Gaidarbek Gaidarbekow (* 1976), boxer
• Mahamed Aryphadschyjeu (* 1977), boxer
• Chabib Allachwerdiew (* 1982), boxer
• Samira Rachmanowa (* 1985), wrestler
• Albert Selimow (* 1986), boxer
• Magomed Omarow (* 1989), boxer

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)
2. ↑ http://www.rian.ru/history/20061116/55683149.html
3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 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. 

Web links

• Kaspiysk City Council (Russian)
• Kaspijsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)