Kstowo

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city
Kstovo
Кстово
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Federal district Volga
Oblast Nizhny Novgorod
Rajon Kstowo
mayor Oleg Molkov
Founded 15th century
City since 1957
surface 18  km²
population 66,657 inhabitants
(as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density 3703 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center 120  m
Time zone UTC + 3
Telephone code (+7) 83145
Post Code 607650-607669
License Plate 52, 152
OKATO 22 237 501
Website www.kstovo-nn.ru
Geographical location
Coordinates 56 ° 9 '  N , 44 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 9 '0 "  N , 44 ° 12' 0"  E
Kstowo (European Russia)
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Location in the western part of Russia
Kstovo (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast)
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Location in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
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Kstowo ( Russian Кстово ) is a Russian city ​​with 66,657 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) and the administrative center of the raion of the same name (district) in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast .

geography

The place is located on the right bank of the Volga , 29 kilometers southeast of the regional capital Nizhny Novgorod . The latter is also the closest city; other neighboring cities are Bor (23 km north of Kstowo on the opposite bank of the Volga) and Bogorodsk (42 km west).

history

Lenin Square
Kazan Church in Kstowo (built in the 1880s)

Kstowo was first mentioned in writing in the 14th century. Originally the village was called Kstoskaja ( Кстоская ), whereby the origin of the name from the Mordovian language , which was widespread in this area at that time, is assumed.

From the 15th century onwards, the village was owned by the Nizhny Novgorod Pechersky Assumption Monastery, until the Russian Orthodox monasteries of the Russian Empire were largely expropriated by the state in 1763 . After that and until the abolition of serfdom in 1861, the village belonged to the industrial family Pashkov.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the population of Kstovo was mainly occupied with towing Volga ships, otherwise with agriculture and logging. Even at the beginning of the 20th century, the village had well under 1000 inhabitants.

In 1929 Kstowo became a district center as part of a regional reform. Since forestry was being built up there at that time, the population of Kstowos was already around 2000 in 1939.

When the Nowogorkowski oil refinery was built in the 1950s, a completely new town emerged from 1951 away from the old village of Kstowo. Most of the old part has remained intact to this day. In 1957 Kstowo was given city rights.

Population development

year Residents
1939 2,034
1959 27,023
1970 48,336
1979 58,774
1989 64.214
2002 66,944
2010 66,657

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

The Nowogorkowski Oil Refinery is Kstowo's main plant to this day and is currently part of the Lukoil mineral oil company . Other industrial companies located in Kstowo include: a. a thermal power station, a building materials factory and companies in the food and wood industries.

The city is on the M7 trunk road and has a rail link.

Education and sport

"International Sambo Academy" in Kstowo

Probably the most famous sports facility in Kstowo is the Sambo Academy and a large sports complex. This makes Kstowo the center of this martial art. The so-called petroleum technical center, which specializes in petrochemicals , is also located in the city . There is also a Kstov branch of the Nizhny Novgorod Military Engineering University.

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 : Kstowo  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files