Kimry

city Kimry Кимры flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Tver Urban district Kimry mayor Maxim Litvinov First mention 1546 City since 1917 surface 44  km² population 49,628 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1128 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 125  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48236 Post Code 17150x License Plate 69 OKATO 28 426 Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 52 '  N , 37 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 52 '0 "  N , 37 ° 21' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tver Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Assumption Church on the Volga near Kimry

Kimry ( Russian Кимры ) is a city with 49,628 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) and Rajon center in Tver Oblast in Russia .

Geography and climate

The city is located on the left and right banks of the Uglich reservoir of the Volga , about 200 km north of Moscow and 133 km east of the regional capital Tver . The closest cities are Dubna (17 km southwest of Kimry) and Taldom (18 km southeast), both located in neighboring Moscow Oblast .

The climate in and around Kimry is continentally temperate and comparable to the climate of the Moscow area. In comparison to Central and Western Europe, dry winters with temperatures between –10 and –20 ° C and moderately warm summers with 20–25 ° C are common. The annual rainfall is usually between 600 and 650 mm.

history

Kimry was first mentioned in 1547 as a fishing and craft village. The place name (until the 20th century Kimra instead of Kimry ) is a hydronym of the river of the same name, which may have come from the Finno-Ugric languages and flows into the Volga here.

Drama theater by Kimry

In the 16th and 17th centuries, Kimry alternately belonged to several aristocratic families close to the Tsar's court . It was not until the middle of the 19th century that the town became state property. In the 18th century, the shoe trade began to develop in Kimry, which expanded so far by the beginning of the 20th century that a shoe factory was established in the village in 1907. Later, in Soviet times , this was called the “Red Star” and among other things manufactured army boots.

The importance of the shoe trade for the city can also be seen on the city coat of arms of Kimry: There you can see a Russian ship floating on the Volga, which in the picture is stylized as a series of pairs of shoes.

In 1917 Kimry received city rights and in 1929 became the capital of the newly formed Kimry Rajon , which initially belonged to Moscow Oblast and then from 1935 to Tver Oblast.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	35,185
1959	41,243
1970	53,384
1979	57,760
1989	61,535
2002	53,650
2010	49,628

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

In addition to the shoe industry, which is still active today, there are textile factories, wood processing and mechanical engineering in Kimry. Due to the attractive landscape, tourism is also becoming increasingly important.

Kimry has with the station Sawjolowo , inter alia, with the Moscow Savyolovsky station , a railway terminal is directly connected. However, this is not in the city center, but in the Savjolowo district on the opposite (right) bank of the Volga. The two halves of the city are connected by a bridge over the Volga.

Twin cities

Kimry has had a town partnership with Kornwestheim in Baden-Württemberg since 1991 .

sons and daughters of the town

• Alexander Fadejew (1901–1956), writer
• Vladimir Vasilyev (1940–2012), ice hockey player and coach
• Pawel Gusterin (born 1972), historian and orientalist

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 : Kimry  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Unofficial website (Russian)
• Kimry on mojgorod.ru (Russian)