Novomichurinsk

city Novomichurinsk Новомичуринск flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Ryazan Rajon Pronsk Founded 1968 City since 1981 surface 26  km² population 19,309 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 743 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 120  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49141 Post Code 391160 License Plate 62 OKATO 61 225 514 Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 2 '  N , 39 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 2 '0 "  N , 39 ° 45' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Ryazan Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Novomitschurinsk ( Russian Новомичуринск ) is a city in Ryazan Oblast ( Russia ) with 19,309 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the north of the Oka-Don plain about 85 km south of the oblast capital Ryazan on the right bank of the Pronja , a right tributary of the Oka, which flows into the Volga, which is dammed up here to form a dam .

Novomichurinsk is located in Pronsk Raion .

history

Novomitschurinsk was established in 1968 as a workers' settlement in connection with the construction of the Ryazan thermal power station and received city rights in 1981.

The place was named after the botanist Ivan Michurin (1885-1935), who was born on the nearby former country estate of Vershina , now the village of Michurowka , and who began his plant breeding activities. The prefix Novo- (Russian for new- ) is used to distinguish it from the town of Michurinsk (previously Koslow ) , which is located in the Tambov Oblast and has also been named after Michurin since 1932 .

Population development

year	Residents
1979	15,824
1989	19,610
2002	20,743
2010	19.309

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

Novomichurinsk street scene, May 2009

In Novomichurinsk there is the Ryazan thermal power plant ( Ryazanskaya GRES ) with an installed capacity of 2650  megawatts and the natural gas power plant GRES-24, which was built in 1990, with an output of 310 megawatts. Both power plants belong to OGK-6 , a group that has been independent of the previous Unified Energy System holding since June 1, 2008 as part of the reorganization of the Russian energy industry .

There are also companies in the light and food industry as well as the construction industry.

The city is located on the Birkino - Woslebowo railway line (industrial line; freight traffic only). In Birkino, 20 kilometers to the east, there is also the closest passenger station on the Moscow – Ryazan – Ryashsk – Voronezh route (route km 277).

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 : Novomichurinsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Novomichurinsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)