Leninsk-Kuznetsky
city
Leninsk-Kuznetsky
Ленинск-Кузнецкий
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List of cities in Russia |
Leninsk-Kusnezki ( Russian Ле́нинск-Кузне́цкий , until 1922 Kolchugino / Кольчу́гино , 1922–1925 Lenino / Ле́нино ) is a city in the west of the Russian Kemerovo Oblast in Siberia . It has 101,666 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) and is located around 90 km south of Kemerovo on the right bank of the Inja , a tributary of the Ob.
history
The settlement was founded as Kolchugino in 1763 and has had city rights since 1925. Coal mining was started in 1912 by a French company.
From 1922 to 1925 the place was called Lenino in honor of the revolutionary leader Lenin . His current name, also reminiscent of Lenin, and the addition "Kuznetsky", based on the location in the Kuznetsk Basin , he received together with the award of city rights in 1925.
Large parts of the city were laid out by the German architect and urban planner Ernst May .
In the 1980s, the nearby urban-type Polyssajewo settlement , which had been under the administration of Leninsk-Kuznetsky since 1952, was incorporated, increasing the city's population by around 30,000. Polyssayevo was spun off again on October 30, 1989, now with an independent town charter.
Population development
year | Residents |
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1939 | 82,739 |
1959 | 132.156 |
1970 | 127,747 |
1979 | 132.124 |
1989 | 165.487 |
2002 | 112,253 |
2010 | 101,666 |
Note: census data
Economy and Transport
Leninsk-Kuznetsky is one of the centers of coal mining in Kuzbass . Many mines are within the city; Serious accidents occur there again and again.
The area around the city is used intensively for agriculture.
Leninsk-Kuznetsky is located at the intersection of the Leninsk-Kuznetsky - Novosibirsk and Kemerovo - Novokuznetsk highways . It is also on the Novosibirsk - Novokuznetsk and Kemerovo - Novokuznetsk railway lines. The city has had a trolleybus route network since 1984 .
Sports
The city is home to the Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky football club , which has played in the Russian Second League several times in recent years .
sons and daughters of the town
- Marija Filatowa (* 1961), Soviet-Russian gymnast and Olympic champion
- Oleg Tinkow (* 1967), Russian entrepreneur and cycling official; Operator of the professional cycling team Tinkoff-Saxo
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Marija Filatowa in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
Web links
- City Council website (Russian)
- Leninsk-Kuznetsky on mojgorod.ru (Russian)