Lakinsk

city Lakinsk Лакинск flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Vladimir Rajon Sobinka mayor Lev Fadichev Founded End of the 15th century City since 1969 surface 10  km² population 15,715 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1572 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 120  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49242 Post Code 601240 License Plate 33 OKATO 17 250 510 Website www.lakinsk.ru Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 1 '  N , 39 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 1 '0 "  N , 39 ° 57' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Vladimir Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Lakinsk ( Russian Лакинск ) is a city in the Vladimir Oblast ( Russia ) with 15,715 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 30 km southwest of the Oblast capital, Vladimir, on the left of the Klyazma , a left tributary of the Oka, which flows into the Volga .

Lakinsk belongs to the Sobinka district and is only about four kilometers south of its administrative center, the city of Sobinka on the other side of the Klyazma .

history

In the area of ​​today's city, the village of Undol has been known since the end of the 15th century . In the 18th century the estate of the Suvorov family was located here, on which the later Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov lived from 1784 to 1786.

In 1869 a weaving mill was founded. After the October Revolution of 1917, the factory was named after the Bolshevik party functionary Michail Lakin (1876–1905) who was murdered here , and the associated workers' settlement was named accordingly, Lakinski .

In 1927 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement and in 1969 under its current name the town charter .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	7.216
1959	9,844
1970	15,077
1979	17,493
1989	18,918
2002	17,086
2010	15,715

Note: census data

Culture and sights

Kazan Church

In Lakinsk the Church of the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan , or Kazan Church for short ( Казанская церковь / Kazanskaja zerkow) from the end of the 17th century has been preserved.

Economy and Infrastructure

In the city there are textile ( Lakinskaja manufaktura ), furniture and food industries (including the large- scale dairy Lakinskoje moloko ).

The city is located on the Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod railway line ( Undol station ; route km 161), which opened in 1862 and on which a large part of the Trans-Siberian Railway's western section now runs from Moscow. The M7 Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod – Kazan – Ufa road (part of the European route 22 ) also runs through Lakinsk .

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 : Lakinsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official Website (Russian)
• Lakinsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)