Konakovo

city Konakowo Конаково flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Tver Rajon Konakovo Founded 1806 City since 1937 surface 39  km² population 41,291 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1059 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 130  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48242 Post Code 17125x License Plate 69 OKATO 28 230 501 Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 42 '  N , 36 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 42 '0 "  N , 36 ° 46' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tver Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Konakowo ( Russian Конако́во ) is a city with 41,291 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in Russia . It is located on the southern bank of the Ivankovo ​​reservoir of the Volga , around 120 km northwest of Moscow and 82 km southeast of the regional capital Tver .

history

The place has been known since 1806 as a village called Kuznetsovo ( Кузнецово ). It gained significant importance at the end of the 1820s when a porcelain and faience factory was built here. Over the years, the production of this factory gained a good reputation in other regions of Russia, which has made Kuznetsovo supraregional. In 1929 the settlement was renamed Konakowo in honor of a revolutionary named Porfiri Konakow , and in 1937 it was given city status.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	11,949
1959	13,705
1970	29,545
1979	36,828
1989	42,522
2002	42,335
2010	41,291

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

Konakovskaya GRES

Probably the best-known company in the city is the Konakovskaya GRES thermal power plant northeast of the town center. It was built in 1969 and today belongs to the regional energy supply company Enel OGK-5 , which was spun off from the state energy company Unified Energy System in 2004. In addition, there is still a factory for faience dishes in Konakowo, which grew out of the old porcelain and faience factory. Other industrial companies in Konakovo are a building materials and tool factory.

Konakowo has a landing stage on the Ivankowoer reservoir, thus on the upper reaches of the Volga between Tver and Dubna . There is also a railway connection through a branch line that branches off from the Saint Petersburg – Moscow railway line.

sons and daughters of the town

• Pyotr Pospelow (1898–1979), Soviet 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 : Konakowo  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Unofficial web portal of the city (Russian)
• Konakowo on mojgorod.ru (Russian)