Krasnobrodski

Urban-type settlement Krasnobrodski Краснобродский flag Federal district Siberia Oblast Kemerovo Urban district Krasnobrodski head Vladimir Saretnev First mention 1820s Earlier names Kamenny Brod (until 1931) Krasny Brod (1931–1953) Urban-type settlement since 1953 population 11,919 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 310  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) Post Code 652640-652641 License Plate 42, 142 OKATO 32 459 Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 9 '  N , 86 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 9 '30 "  N , 86 ° 26' 30"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Kemerovo Oblast

List of large settlements in Russia

Krasnobrodski ( Russian Краснобро́дский ) is an urban-type settlement in Kemerovo Oblast ( Russia ) with 11,919 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located on the western edge of the Kuznetsk Basin (Kuzbass), almost 140 km as the crow flies south of the Oblast capital Kemerowo on the upper reaches of the Krivoy Uskat, one of the headwaters of the Uskat that flows into the Tom . The city ​​of Kisseljowsk is 20 km southeast, Novokuznetsk is a good 60 km.

Krasnobrodsky forms one of the administrative Oblastverwaltung directly subordinate city district to which also the settlements Artyschta include (formerly urban type) and in the station together with Dubrovo 3,441 inhabitants. The total number of inhabitants is therefore 15,339 (2009).

history

A village called Kamenny Brod (“Stone Ford ”) on the site of today's settlement has been known since the 1820s. In 1931 it was renamed Krasny Brod (“ Red Ford”) for ideological reasons .

In 1947 the development of the first Kuzbass opencast mine began near the village ; the coal mining began in 1948. was a mining village, which in 1953 received the present name the status of an urban-type settlement and administratively the 30 km northwest town of Belovo was assumed.

As part of the administrative reform in Russia, Krasnobrodski was spun off into an independent urban district in 2006.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	11,658
1970	11,710
1979	11,770
1989	12,663
2002	11,859
2010	11,919

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

The main economic factor is hard coal mining in the Krasnobrodski opencast mine, which extends to the north and east of the settlement (joined with the Nowosergejewski opencast mine since 1991 ), which is now operated by the Kuzbassrasresugol AG (OAO) . In 2008 a good 6.5 million tons of coal were mined, making the open pit mine the company's third largest. There are also companies in the construction and building materials industry ( gravel ).

The nearest train station is Trudarmeiskaya about 5 km southwest. Artyschta, a good 10 km to the west and belonging to the city district, is an important railway junction with the large Artyschta-2 station and the smaller Artyschta-1 and Kuzbass . This is where the Novosibirsk  - Novokuznetsk line, completed in 1933, joins the western section of the "South Siberian Railway" from Barnaul ( Altaiskaya ), which was built between 1946 and 1951 . An alternative route to Novokuznetsk, which was completed in the 1980s, branches off to the east, bypassing the conurbation around Kisseljowsk and Prokopjewsk and opening up the southern eastern part of the Kuzbass. All routes are electrified .

The regional road Kemerowo - Leninsk-Kuznetsky  - Novokuznetsk, which has been built in sections to resemble a motorway and is newly routed, passes Krasnobrodski to the east.

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)
2. ↑ Krasnobrodski opencast mine on the website of the operator Kuzbassrasresugol (Russian)
3. ↑ Current production data on the website of Kuzbassrasresugol (Russian)

Web links

• Information portal of the Krasnobrodski district (Russian)