Konosha

Urban-type settlement Konosha Konosha Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Arkhangelsk Rajon Konoschski Founded 1898 Urban-type settlement since 1931 population 12,432 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81858 Post Code 164010-164011 License Plate 29 OKATO 11 222 551 Geographical location Coordinates 60 ° 58 ′  N , 40 ° 14 ′  E Coordinates: 60 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  N , 40 ° 14 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Arkhangelsk Oblast

List of large settlements in Russia

Konosha ( Russian Коноша ) is an urban-type settlement in northwestern Russia . It belongs to the Arkhangelsk Oblast and has 12,432 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Konosha is located in the southwest of the Arkhangelsk Oblast, a good 400 kilometers south of the Oblast capital Arkhangelsk . The nearest town, Welsk , is about 100 km east of Konosha.

The settlement is the administrative center of the 8459 km² Konoschski rajon of the same name .

history

Konosha was established in 1898 as a railway station in connection with the construction of the railway towards Arkhangelsk. The place was named after the river of the same name, whose name is of Czech origin. In 1931 Konoscha received the status of an urban-type settlement and in 1935 became the center of the newly founded Konoschski rajon. Due to Konosha's position as an administrative center, the settlement grew rapidly in the following years. Among other things, a polyclinic, a power plant and numerous new residential buildings were built here in addition to administrative buildings. Within a few years, Konosha's population increased from 2,400 in 1935 to 12,000 in 1940. During the Great Patriotic War , the Pechora railway was built by Konoscha , which was supposed to function primarily as a supply route for the Russian troops. Most of the construction of the line was carried out by forced laborers from the nearby Gulag "NORTHERN DWINA-ITL".

Population development

The following overview shows the development of the population of Konosha.

year	Residents
1939	11,964
1959	13,769
1970	13,312
1979	15,327
1989	17.143
2002	12,873
2010	12,432

Note: census data

Railway station in Konosha

Infrastructure

Konosha is an important railway junction. In 1898 the Yaroslavl - Vologda - Arkhangelsk railway line was passed through the area where the town is today, and a station was built, and on October 22, 1898, train services opened. The line was initially narrow-gauge ( Cape gauge 1067 mm), but was converted to Russian broad gauge by the First World War . During the Second World War, Konosha was chosen as the starting point for the route via Kotlas to Vorkuta , the so-called Pechora Railway . Today the place has two larger train stations, Konoscha I (route km 706 from Moscow ) and Konoscha II in the six kilometers northeast of Konoshoserski .

economy

Konosha's economy relies largely on rail transport. Other branches of industry are forestry companies, the wood industry, a vehicle transport company and the food industry.

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 of State Statistics of the Russian Federation); Čislennost 'naselenija po municipal'nym obrazovanijam i naselennym punktam Archangel'skoj oblasti, vključaja Neneckij avtonomnyj okru Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 Goda (population number of municipal structure and places the Arkhangelsk including the Autonomous circles Nenets results of the All-Russian census 2010.) Table (Download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of Arkhangelsk Oblast)
2. ↑ History Konoschas on pomorland.info ; Reviewed March 31, 2010
3. ↑ Information on the official website of the Konoschski rajon ; Reviewed March 31, 2010
4. ^ History of the Rajon on the official website of the Konoschski rajon ; Reviewed March 31, 2010
5. ↑ Article about the “NORTHERN DWINA-ITL” on gulag.memorial.de ; Reviewed March 31, 2010

Web links

Commons : Konoscha  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information about the city and the Konosha district on pomorland.ru