Krasnovishersk

city Krasnovishersk Красновишерск Federal district Volga region Perm Rajon Krasnovishersk mayor Nikolai Novikov Founded 1894 City since 1942 surface 24  km² population 16,099 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 671 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 130  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 34243 Post Code 618590-618593 License Plate 59, 81, 159 OKATO 57 226 501 Geographical location Coordinates 60 ° 24 '  N , 57 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 60 ° 24 '0 "  N , 57 ° 4' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Perm region

List of cities in Russia

Krasnovishersk ( Russian Красновишерск ) is a city in the Perm region ( Russia ) with 16,099 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

View of the city from the helicopter

The city is located on the western flank of the Northern Urals about 315 km north of the regional capital Perm on the left bank of the Wischera , a left tributary of the Kama .

Krasnovishersk is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

The nearest railway station is about 100 kilometers south in Solikamsk . The city has a river port: the Wischera is navigable up to here.

history

In place of today's city, an ironworks was built between 1894 and 1897 near the village of Wischaicha by the Russian-French Volga-Wischera AG .

In 1929 the construction of a cellulose plant began. A camp for political prisoners had existed in Krasnovishersk since 1926, initially as a branch of the Solovetsky camp , then as the central office of the Wischeralag in the Gulag system. Here was u. a. the writer Varlam Shalamov was imprisoned.

In February 1942, the city received the present name city charter, which Krasno- (Russian for red - ) original ideological meaning (as opposed to, for example. Krasnokamsk ).

Population development

year	Residents
1939	15,027
1959	15.207
1970	14,944
1979	15,917
1989	18,652
2002	18,260
2010	16,099

Note: census data

Culture and sights

There is a History Museum in Krasnovishersk, and natural monuments in the vicinity, such as rocks in the Vishera Valley, including some with rock carvings .

economy

The city-building company is the cellulose and paper combine of Wischerabumprom AG . There is also the food industry and timber industry, in the Rajon mining of diamonds and other gemstones through Uralalmas .

See also

• List of cities in the Perm region

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 : Krasnovishersk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Krasnovishersk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)