Mednogorsk

city Mednogorsk Медногорск flag coat of arms Federal district Volga Oblast Orenburg Urban district Mednogorsk mayor Yevgeny Loginov Founded 1933 City since 1939 surface 340  km² population 27,292 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 80 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 350  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 35379 Post Code 462271-462292 License Plate 56 OKATO 53 415 Website mednogorsk.3dn.ru Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 24 '  N , 57 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 24 '0 "  N , 57 ° 35' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Orenburg Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Mednogorsk ( Russian Медногорск ) is a subordinate city with 27,292 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the Orenburg Oblast in Russia .

Geographical location

It is located south of the Urals on the Trans-Aral Railway and the road between the cities of Orenburg and Orsk . The nearest town is Kuwandyk, around 15 km from Mednogorsk.

history

The city was laid out from 1933 with the construction of a copper ore mining combine. Since the beginning of the 20th century was here on the Trans-Aral Railway a turnout , which is why the village originally simply passing place no. 10 ( Разъезд № 10 ) was called. The name Mednogorsk , chosen later, is based on the mining industry and means something like "copper mining town".

Initially, today's Mednogorsk consisted of several workers' settlements from the combine that was under construction . After this was completed in 1939, the settlements were officially united to form the city of Mednogorsk.

During the Second World War , the production facilities of the Tula armaments plant were relocated from Tula to the vicinity of Mednogorsk, which was in the hinterland of the Soviet Union that was not occupied by the Germans. During this time, Mednogorsk was an important production facility for weapons that were supplied to the Red Army.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	19,623
1959	36,787
1970	38.024
1979	34,941
1989	34,095
2002	31,369
2010	27,292

Note: census data

economy

Sulfur storage in the Mednogorsk copper works (1960s)

The most important operation in the city is still the copper combine, which today belongs to the metallurgy company UGMK . In addition, there are mechanical engineering and food industry companies in Mednogorsk, as well as a thermal power station .

sons and daughters of the town

• Sergei Kuznetsov (* 1964), composer and songwriter
• Ekaterina Bakanova (* 1984), opera and oratorio singer (soprano)

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

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

• History of Mednogorsk (Russian)
• Entry about Mednogorsk at mojgorod.ru (Russian)