Mikhailovsk (Sverdlovsk)

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city
Mikhailovsk
Михайловск
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Federal district Ural
Oblast Sverdlovsk
Rajon Nizhny Sergi
Founded 1805
City since 1961
surface 20  km²
population 9852 inhabitants
(as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density 493 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center 250  m
Time zone UTC + 5
Telephone code (+7) 34398
Post Code 623080-623082
License Plate 66, 96, 196
OKATO 65 228 504
Geographical location
Coordinates 56 ° 26 '  N , 59 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 26 '0 "  N , 59 ° 7' 0"  E
Mikhailovsk (Sverdlovsk) (European Russia)
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Location in the western part of Russia
Mikhailovsk (Sverdlovsk) (Sverdlovsk Oblast)
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Location in Sverdlovsk Oblast
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Mikhailovsk ( Russian Михайловск ) is a city in Sverdlovsk Oblast ( Russia ) with 9,852 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the western flank of the Middle Urals , about 160 km southwest of the oblast capital Yekaterinburg at the confluence of the Serga in the Ufa in the river system of the Kama .

Mikhailovsk belongs to the Nizhniy Sergi Raion .

The city is located about 10 km west of the railway line Kalino (near Tschussowoi ) - Kusino - Berdjausch , the former West-Ural Railway ( Западно-Уральская железная дорога / Sapadno-Uralskaja schelesnaja doroga) , opened in 1916 . The city's station is called Mikhailovsky Zavod and is connected to the city via a freight connection line.

history

Michailowsk was created in 1805 in connection with the construction of the Mikhailovsky Sawod ironworks by the Moscow merchant Mikhail Gubin. The Serga was dammed here for the operation of the plant. In 1942 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement and on January 9, 1961 city rights.

Population development

year Residents
1939 5,805
1959 10,608
1970 12,729
1979 12,955
1989 12,943
2002 10,538
2010 9,852

Note: census data

Culture and sights

Merchants' houses from the 19th century have been preserved in the city center.

The city has a local museum.

economy

Russia's largest manufacturer of aluminum foil and a paper factory are located in Mikhailovsk .

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

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