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city Kirschach Киржач flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Vladimir Rajon Cherry match Founded 14th Century City since 1778 surface 21  km² population 29,965 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1427 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 135  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49237 Post Code 601010, 601012 License Plate 33 OKATO 17 230 501 Website www.kirzh.chat.ru Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 9 '  N , 38 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 9 '0 "  N , 38 ° 52' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Vladimir Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Kirschatsch ( Russian Киржач ) is a city in the Vladimir Oblast ( Russia ) with 29,965 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 125 km west of the Oblast capital Vladimir am Kirschatsch , a left tributary of the Klyazma in the river system of the Volga .

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

history

The place emerged as a craft and trading settlement (Sloboda) around a monastery founded in the 14th century (according to various sources in 1332 on the instructions of Prince Ivan Danilovich of Moscow , or Sergius von Radonezh ). The designation performed according to the same flow, derived from Mordvinian word for the left ( Moksha кяржи / kjarschi; ersjanisch керш / Kersh).

The original monastery was closed in 1764; In 1778 Kirschatsch received town charter.

In the 19th century the city was known for silk weaving and wood carving.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	4,851
1939	11,596
1959	18,137
1970	21,561
1979	24,122
1989	25,431
2002	22,704
2010	29,965

Note: census data

Culture and sights

In the city a number of buildings has been preserved from the 16th to the 17th century, including the ensemble of the Annunciation Monastery ( Благовещенский монастырь / Blagoveshchensky monastyr) with Annunciation Cathedral ( Благовещенский собор / Blagoveshchensky Sobor) and the Church of the Redeemer ( Спасская церковь / Spasskaja zerkow) from 1656.

Kirschatsch owns a history and art museum .

In the village of Novosjolowo , about 20 kilometers from Kirschatsch, an obelisk was erected in 1975 on the spot where the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and his flight trainer Vladimir Seryogin had a fatal accident in 1968 with a MiG-15 .

Economy and Infrastructure

Kirschatsch railway station

In Kirschatsch there is a work by the Turkish Arçelik A.Ş. for household appliances (washing machines) and entertainment electronics (televisions), a factory for vehicle electrics and companies in the textile, food and furniture industries.

The city lies on the railway line Alexandrov / Strunino - Orekhovo-Zuyevo , the northeastern part of the Great Moscow railway ring .

sons and daughters of the town

• Wladimir Below (* 1984), chess master
• Sergei Bessonov (1892–1941), politician

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 : Kirschatsch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Russian)
• Rajon Administration website (Russian)
• Kirschatsch on mojgorod.ru (Russian)