Maikop

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city Maikop Майкоп ( Russian ) Мыекъуапэ ( Adygean ) flag coat of arms Federal district Southern Russia republic Adygea Urban district Maikop mayor Mikhail Chernichenko Founded 1857 City since 1870 surface 308  km² population 144,249 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 468 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 220  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 8772 Post Code 385000-385021 License Plate 01 OKATO 79 401 Website adygheya.ru/territory/maykop Geographical location Coordinates 44 ° 36 ′  N , 40 ° 5 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  N , 40 ° 5 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Adygea

List of cities in Russia

Maikop ( Russian Майко́п ; Adygian Мыекъуапэ / Myekuapje ) is a city in southern Russia , about 1250 km south of Moscow as the crow flies . It is the capital of the Republic of Adygea in the Southern Federal District and has 144,249 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

The name Maikop (or Myekuapje) has its origin in Adygeic ( Circassian ) and means valley of apples .

Geography and climate

The city lies at the transition from the hilly Caucasus foothills to the Cuban lowlands on the Belaya River . The nearest town is Belorechensk 24 km northwest of Maykop in the neighboring Krasnodar Territory .

Maikop
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     60   4th -5     41   6th -3     51   11 0     58   18th 7th     73   23 11     89   26th 14th     70   29 17th     58   29 16     62   24 12     66   18th 6th     75   12 3     69   7th -1 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: Roshydromet

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Maykop Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 3.9 5.8 11.0 18.2 22.6 26.2 28.9 28.5 24.3 17.6 12.3 6.9 O 17.2 Min. Temperature (° C) −4.9 −3.3 0.4 6.9 11.0 14.4 16.7 16.0 11.9 6.3 2.8 −1.3 O 6.5 Precipitation ( mm ) 60 41 51 58 73 89 70 58 62 66 75 69 Σ 772 Rainy days ( d ) 8th 7th 8th 8th 8th 9 7th 6th 7th 7th 9 10 Σ 94 Source: Roshydromet

history

The Maikop Kurgan, excavated in 1897 , gave its name to the Maikop culture of the Copper Age with richly equipped wagon graves and lively trade connections to Mesopotamia and Iran . Today's Maikop was founded in 1857 as a Russian fortress on Adygeian territory on the Belaja River. In the Caucasus War , it gained strategic importance in the conquest of the Circassian territory by the Tsarist Empire . In 1870 Maikop was declared a city. In 1911 petroleum was discovered in the area around Maikop , from which one of the centers of the Caucasian petroleum production soon developed.

During the Second World War , Maikop was occupied by the Wehrmacht on August 9, 1942 as part of the Blau company . During the German occupation, the Mineral Oil Technical Brigade tried unsuccessfully to restart the oil production facilities in Maikop, which had previously been destroyed during the Soviet withdrawal. The Germans intended to take the Grozny and Baku oil production areas as well . The advance, however, got stuck at Vladikavkaz at the end of 1942 . In January 1943 the German withdrawal began, so that Maikop could be liberated by the Soviet armed forces a little later .

From 1936 to 1991 Maikop was the capital of the Adygeian Autonomous Region of the RSFSR , since 1991 of the Republic of Adygeja within the Russian Federation.

population

Of the approximately 144,000 inhabitants in 2010, around 64% were ethnic Russians , 20.3% Adygeans , 5% Armenians and 2.5% Ukrainians . The remaining 8.2% were made up of other minorities, including Abkhazians and Tatars .

Population development

year	Residents
1897	34,327
1939	55,871
1959	82,135
1970	110.212
1979	127,828
1989	148,608
2002	156.931
2010	144,249

Note: census data

education

Maikop is the seat of a university, a technical university and other educational institutions, including a branch of the South Russian State Technical University .

economy

After the development of oil reserves in and around the city, Maikop has developed into one of the major oil production sites in the Soviet Union and in Russia.

The most important branches of industry are otherwise food processing and the wood industry.

religion

Maikop mosque

Urban brewery

In Maikop there is a large mosque as well as numerous Orthodox churches.

Sports

In football, the city is represented by the Druzhba Maikop club .

sons and daughters of the town

• Konstantin Wassiljew (1942–1976), painter
• Nikolai Glushkow (1949-2018), manager
• Vladimir Newsorov (* 1952), judoka and Olympic champion in 1976
• Anna Karejewa (* 1977), handball player
• Jana Uskowa (* 1985), handball player
• Wiktorija Kalinina (* 1988), handball player and 2016 Olympic champion
• Aidamir Mugu (* 1990), singer
• Alexander Yevtushenko (* 1993), cyclist
• Nikita Kutscherow (* 1993), ice hockey player

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)
2. ↑ Anna Kareyeva in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
3. ↑ Yana Uskova in the database of Sports-Reference (English)

Web links

Commons : Maikop  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Maykop's website
• Official website of the Republic of Adygea
• Maikop on mojgorod.ru
• City map of Maykop