Leninsk

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city Leninsk Ленинск flag coat of arms Federal district Southern Russia Oblast Volgograd Rajon Leninsk Founded 1802 Earlier names Prishib City since 1963 surface 24  km² population 15,504 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 646 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 0  m Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 84478 Post Code 404620-404622 License Plate 34, 134 OKATO 18 230 501 Website leninsk-city.ucoz.ru Geographical location Coordinates 48 ° 42 '  N , 45 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 42 '0 "  N , 45 ° 12' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Volgograd Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Leninsk ( Russian Ленинск ) is a city with 15,504 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the Volgograd Oblast in Russia and the center of the oblast of the same name .

geography

The city is located in the lower reaches of the Volga at its tributary Akhtuba , 52 km east of the regional capital Volgograd . The closest cities are Volzhsky (33 km west of Leninsk) and Znamensk (42 km east).

history

The place was founded in 1802 on the bank of the Akhtuba as a village called Prischib (Пришиб). The latter is a hydronym of the river of the same name, which flows into the Akhtuba here, and means something like "gorge" or "steep river bank" in Russian. Originally the village was inhabited by settlers from Russian tribal areas. Most of them were former farmers who mainly produced silk here . In total, around 1300 families were resettled in the Volga Delta at the beginning of the 19th century.

Also in 1802 the first church in the city was built in Prischib with the "Church of the Holy Mother of God of Kazan".

Shortly after the October Revolution in 1919, Prishib was given its current name in honor of the revolutionary leader Lenin . At the same time the Ujesd (later Rajon) Leninsk was formed and the city was declared its administrative center.

During the Second World War , Leninsk was, among other things, not far from the sites of the Battle of Stalingrad . In order to secure supply routes, a railway line between Akhtubinsk and Stalingrad via Leninsk was built during this period . Furthermore, there were 24 hospitals in Leninsk during the war.

In 1963 Leninsk was granted city rights.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	8,525
1959	11,361
1970	12,062
1979	12,259
1989	13.110
2002	14,866
2010	15,504

Note: census data

economy

Since agriculture was largely built up in and around Leninsk in the post-war period, the city is still considered the center of the food industry. There are also companies for the production of agricultural equipment.

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

• Unofficial website about Leninsk (Russian)
• Leninsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)