Leninogorsk (Russia)

city Leninogorsk Лениногорск flag coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Tatarstan Rajon Leninogorsk Founded 1948 Earlier names Novaya Pismyanka City since 1955 surface 31  km² population 64,127 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 2069 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 230  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 85595 Post Code 423250-423260 License Plate 16, 116 OKATO 92 425 Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 36 ′  N , 52 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  N , 52 ° 28 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tatarstan

List of cities in Russia

Leninogorsk ( Russian Лениного́рск ) is a city in Russia in the Republic of Tatarstan . It has 64,127 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) and is located 322 km southeast of the republic capital Kazan .

history

Leninogorsk emerged in the 1940s from a village called Novaya Pismyanka , which had existed as early as the 19th century and, since February 10, 1935, the administrative seat of Novo-Pismjanski Rajon. In 1948 an oil field was developed near the village and a workers' settlement was established for this purpose. Together with the village, the settlement grew so rapidly that it was given the status of an urban-type settlement in 1951 and town charter on August 18, 1955. The newly chosen city name has no historical reference to the original location and, like many other places in the former Soviet Union, was given in honor of the revolutionary leader Lenin . The Rajon was also renamed accordingly.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	2,274
1959	38,565
1970	46,603
1979	53,631
1989	62.093
2002	65,592
2010	64.127

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

To this day Leninogorsk is an important center of crude oil production and processing. The most important company in the city is the state oil production company Leninogorskneft , and there are factories for building materials, mechanical engineering, food and light industry here. Leninogorsk is connected to the Russian railway network and has a train station called Pismyanka .

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  Central square in Leninogorsk

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  House of Culture

Sports

• Neftjanik Leninogorsk , former ice hockey club

sons and daughters of the town

• Alexander Fomin (* 1959), politician
• Rafael Akhmetov (* 1989), ice hockey player
• Igor Bortnikow (* 1989), ice hockey player
• Maxim Majorow (* 1989), ice hockey player
• Roman Trofimow (* 1989), ski jumper
• Maxim Sergejew (* 1999), ski jumper

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 : Leninogorsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• City unofficial website (Russian)
• Leninogorsk in the mojgorod.ru online lexicon (Russian)