Nikolayevka (Jewish Autonomous Oblast)

Urban-type settlement Nikolaevka Николаевка Federal district far East region Jewish Autonomous Oblast Rajon Smidovich head Sergei Kopytkov Founded 1898 Urban-type settlement since 1938 surface 6.5  km² population 7912 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1217 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 35  m Time zone UTC + 10 Telephone code (+7) 42632 Post Code 679170 License Plate 79 OKATO 99 230 560 Geographical location Coordinates 48 ° 33 '  N , 134 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 33 '30 "  N , 134 ° 47' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Stele at the entrance to Nikolaevka

Nikolajewka ( Russian: Никола́евка ) is an urban-type settlement in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast ( Russia ) with 7,912 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is in the Amurniederung , on a right old branch of the Amur -Nebenflusses Tunguska . It is located about 140 km as the crow flies east of the republic capital Birobidzhan , belongs to Smidowitsch Rajon and is about 70 km to the east from its administrative center Smidowitsch . The municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Nikolajewka also includes the two villages Klyuchevoe (4 km southwest) and Deschnjowka (two districts 6 and 11 km west-southwest).

history

The place was founded in 1898. In 1912 a large sawmill was built, which was expanded considerably during the Soviet period and has been known as the Tunguska wood processing combine since 1931 . In 1938, Nikolayevka received urban-type settlement status.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	2612
1959	6579
1970	8007
1979	8476
1989	8188
2002	7650
2010	7912

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

What used to be by far the largest company in town, the wood processing combine, was closed at the end of the 1990s. A furniture factory is still in operation. There are also companies in the construction and food industries (fish processing, bakery).

In Nikolajewka there is a station of the Trans-Siberian Railway 3 km south of the town center (route km 8496 from Moscow ). The M 58 Amur trunk road from Chita to Khabarovsk , part of the transcontinental road connection , runs south of the settlement along the railway line .

Sons and daughters of the place

• Sergei Makarov (* 1952), officer

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

• Nikolayevka on the Oblast Administration website (Russian)