Kirov (Kaluga)

city Kirov Киров coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Kaluga Rajon Kirov mayor Nikolai Sokolov Founded 1745 City since 1936 surface 35  km² population 31,882 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 911 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 200  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code +7 (48456) Post Code 249444 License Plate 40 OKATO 29 405 Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 5 ′  N , 34 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 5 ′ 0 ″  N , 34 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kaluga Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Kirov ( Russian Киров ) is a city in the Kaluga Oblast ( Russia ) with 31,882 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 160 km southwest of the Oblast capital Kaluga at the confluence of the Pessochnaja river into the Bolwa in the river system of the Dnieper .

Kirov is the administrative center of the Rajons of the same name .

history

City administration building

Kirov was in 1745 as a settlement Pessotschnja ( Песочня , after the river; name of Russian pessok for sand ) in connection with the construction of ironworks Pessotschenski Sawod .

In the 19th century, the current owner of the ironworks, Iwan Malzow, also had a faience factory built.

In 1925 the place was given the status of an urban-type settlement , and in 1936 city rights were granted under its current name in honor of Sergei Kirov, who was murdered in 1934 .

During the Second World War , Kirov was occupied by the German Wehrmacht on October 4, 1941 and recaptured on January 11, 1942 by the Western Front of the Red Army as part of the Rzhev-Vyazma operation .

In 1959, the settlement Fajansowy ( Фаянсовый ; with the status of an urban-type settlement since 1940) was incorporated at the railway station Fajansowaja in Kirow (both derived from Russian fajans for "faience").

Population development

year	Residents
1897	4,300
1939	15,313
1959	16,647 1
1970	29,355
1979	33,492
1989	35,962
2002	38,893
2010	31,882

Note: census data; ¹ and Fajansowy 6,956

Culture and sights

The Bolva near Kirov

In Kirov, the Church of the Mother of God Nativity ( церковь Рождества Богородицы / zerkow Roshdestva Bogorodizy) from the end of the 18th century and the Alexander Nevogo Church ( церковь Александра Невсerkow93. Alexandra.

Nearby, in the villages Prudki , Wysselzy , Nagornoje and others are Kurgane the vyatichi and krivichs from the 10th to 12th centuries.

Economy and Infrastructure

The most important companies in the city are emerging from the works of the 18th and 19th century farms Kirowski zavod for steel tanks and boilers and Kirowski stroifarfor , which today produces sanitary ceramics and tiles. There are also companies in the textile and food industries as well as in the construction industry.

The city lies at the intersection of the railway lines Vyazma - Bryansk and Sukhinichi - Roslavl, opened in 1934 and 1935 respectively . The city's station is called Fajansowaja and is located on the south-eastern outskirts of the formerly independent settlement Fajansowy.

By Kirov regional road leads R68 Bryansk Lyudinovo -Kirow-highway A130 .

Sons and daughters of the place

• Pyotr Demichev (1918-2010), politician
• Ekaterina Atalık (* 1982), Turkish-Russian chess player

Web links

Commons : Kirov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Kirov on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

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)