Marx (Russia)
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Marx
Маркс
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List of cities in Russia |
Marx ( Russian Маркс , also German Marxstadt , before 1920 Katharinenstadt ) is a city in the Russian Oblast Saratow with 31,531 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010). The city on the banks of the Volga belonged to the autonomous area of the Volga Germans from 1918 to 1941 (from 1924 ASSR of the Volga Germans), was its second largest city and from 1919 to 1922 the administrative seat.
The neighboring place of Marx was named Engels .
history
The city of Marx was founded in 1767 as a Volga-German colony by the Dutch baron Ferdinand Baron Caneau de Beauregard and was initially named "Baronsk" (Баронск). The German-language name was in honor of the Russian Empress Catherine II. Ekaterinenstadt or Katharinenstadt (Екатериненштадт; 1915–1920 Ekaterinograd, Екатериногра́д). In 1918 the place received city rights and was renamed in 1920 after Karl Marx in Marxstadt (Марксштадт). In 1941, under Stalin, as part of the action to liquidate all German names, the element “-stadt” was deleted from the name. The current name "Marx" has existed since then.
Population development
year | Residents |
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1897 | 10,331 |
1926 | 12,461 |
1939 | 16,065 |
1959 | 13,098 |
1970 | 17,132 |
1979 | 25,710 |
1989 | 31,908 |
2002 | 32,849 |
2010 | 31,531 |
2013 | 30,478 |
Note: up to 2010 census data
economy
There are several factories in the city: the larger ones include the “Volga Diesel Apparatus” (Волгадизельаппарат) and “Agat” (Агат) plants.
Attractions
The city museum shows many exhibits from the German-Russian history of the city. A number of interesting churches can also be visited.
The monument to Catherine II , erected in 1851, was rebuilt in 2007 based on original designs.
Personalities
- Küf Kaufmann (* 1947), author, director and cabaret artist living in Germany
- Hugo Wormsbecher (* 1938), writer
See also
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)
Web links
- Official website of the district administration ( Memento of February 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Russian)
- Unofficial city website (Russian)
- Marx in the encyclopedia "My City" (Russian)