Lermontow (city)

city Lermontov Лермонтов flag coat of arms Federal district North Caucasus region Stavropol Urban district Lermontov mayor Dmitri Chaika Founded 1953 Earlier names Lermontowski City since 1956 surface 30  km² population 22,541 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 751 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 650  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 87935 Post Code 357340-357348 License Plate 26, 126 OKATO 07 418 Website lermontov.lekks.ru Geographical location Coordinates 44 ° 6 '  N , 42 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 6 '0 "  N , 42 ° 58' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Stavropol Territory

List of cities in Russia

Lermontow ( Russian Лермонтов ) is a town with 22,541 inhabitants (October 14, 2010) in the North Caucasian region of Stavropol in Russia .

location

The city is located in the foothills of the Caucasus in the southern part of the Stavropol region, in the midst of the landscape of the Caucasian mineral waters . The distance to the regional capital Stavropol is almost 200 kilometers. In the vicinity of Lermontow there are the spa towns of Zheleznovodsk , Pyatigorsk and Essentuki as well as the urban-type settlement Inozemzewo .

history

The city was founded in 1953 and was originally a workers' settlement that belonged to a nearby developed deposit of uranium ore . Despite the proximity of the place to the spa towns of the North Caucasus and their mineral water springs, it is not itself considered a spa.

In 1956 the settlement was given city status and the name Lermontowski , which was changed in 1967 to the current name Lermontow . This was chosen in honor of the poet Mikhail Lermontov , who had spent a long time in this area and died in nearby Pyatigorsk in 1841.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	10,926
1970	15,063
1979	18,785
1989	20,772
2002	22,964
2010	22,541

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

Today Lermontow is an important industrial location in the southern Stavropol region, with, among other things, microelectronics, electromechanics and light industry. There are a little over 150 different companies in the city.

Together with the neighboring cities, Lermontow is connected to the M29 motorway . It also has a regional train station with a connection to the North Caucasian railway network. The nearest airport is around 20 km away in Mineralnye Vody .

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

• Lermontow on mojgorod.ru (Russian)