Meshduretchensk

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city Mezhdurechensk Mezhdurechensk flag coat of arms Federal district Siberia Oblast Kemerovo Urban district Meshduretchensk mayor Vadim Alexandrovich Shamonin Founded 1948 Earlier names Olscheras City since 1955 surface 335.4  km² population 101,678 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 303 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 240  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 38475 Post Code 652870-652888 License Plate 42, 142 OKATO 32 425 Website www.mrech.ru Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 41 '  N , 88 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 41 '0 "  N , 88 ° 3' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Kemerovo Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Mezhduretschensk ( Russian Междуре́ченск ) is a city in Russia in the Kemerovo Oblast . It has 101,678 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Mezhduretschensk is about 60 kilometers east of Novokuznetsk , the largest city in Kemerovo Oblast, and around 312 kilometers southeast of the regional capital, Kemerovo . The city is located between two rivers Tom and Usa. Hence the origin of the name Meshduretschensk, which translated means "between two rivers". Mezhduretschensk has a railway connection to the line between Novokuznetsk and Abakan .

history

General

Mezhduretschensk has existed as a city since June 23, 1955. It was founded on the site of the Olscheras settlement, which was built as a workers' settlement as part of the development of a coal mine in 1948. From 1948 to 1954, the Gulag special camp KamyshLag was in the vicinity of the city .

On March 23, 1994, an Aeroflot plane with 75 people on board crashed near the city .

→ Main article : Aeroflot Flight 593

Population development

year	Residents
1959	54,513
1970	81,739
1979	91,296
1989	107.014
2002	101,987
2010	101,678

Note: census data

economy

Today the city is one of the largest coal mining areas in Russia and is home to a total of four mines, including Raspadskaya , the largest coal mine in Russia. Two methane explosions occurred here in the early morning hours of May 9, 2010 (local time) , as a result of which at least 30 miners died. In addition to mining, which is decisive for the economic life of the city, there are now several processing plants for the extracted hard coal and two food production plants in Mezhduretschensk. The city is also a well-known winter sports area in the region: Here you will find the Jugus sports park with five ski slopes .

traffic

The city is on the South Siberian Railway .

sons and daughters of the town

• Sergei Kosminin (* 1964), judoka
• Arthur Kulkov (* 1983), male model
• Sofja Smirnowa (* 1988), freestyle skier
• Sergei Maitakow (* 1990), ski racer

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. ↑ At least 30 deaths in a mine accident ( Memento from May 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) at tagesschau.de , May 10, 2010

Web links

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

• Official website of the city administration (Russian)
• Unofficial information portal (Russian)
• Meshdurechensk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)