Novocheboksarsk

city Novocheboksarsk Новочебоксарск ( Russian ) Ҫӗнӗ Шупашкар ( Chuvash ) flag coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Chuvashia Urban district Novocheboksarsk mayor Weniamin Artemjew Founded 1960 City since 1965 surface 51  km² population 124,097 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 2433 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 90  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 8352 Post Code 429950-429965 License Plate 21, 121 OKATO 97 410 Website gov.cap.ru Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 7 '  N , 47 ° 30'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 7 '0 "  N , 47 ° 30' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Chuvashia

List of cities in Russia

Novocheboksarsk ( Russian Новочебоксарск , Chuvash Ҫӗнӗ Шупашкар / Cene Şupaşkar) is a large city with 124,097 inhabitants (14 October 2010) in the Russian republic of Chuvashia . It is located on the southern bank of the Volga , below the republic capital of Cheboksary, five kilometers away .

history

The city was built from 1960 and was originally a suburban settlement of Cheboksary. The reason for its establishment was the construction of the Cheboksary hydropower plant on the Cheboksarsk reservoir of the Volga in the 1960s. In 1965, the place then received the name Novocheboksarsk (literally about "New Cheboksary") and the city status. In 1971 Novocheboksarsk was administratively subordinate to the Chuvash ASSR , in 1983 its population already exceeded the limit of 100,000.

On March 2, 2008, at the same time as the presidential elections , a referendum on the unification of the two cities took place in Cheboksary and Novocheboksarsk. This plan failed, however, as 63% of the citizens of Cheboksary voted in favor, but only 38% of the residents of Novocheboksarsk.

Population development

year	Residents
1970	38,864
1979	85,307
1989	114,760
2002	125,857
2010	124.097

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

In addition to the hydropower plant, which today belongs to the Russian energy company RusHydro , there are several important industrial companies in Novocheboksarsk , including the Chimprom chemical plant , a building material, a textile and a pipe factory.

With a connection to the M7 trunk road and its Volga port, the city is an important traffic junction. The nearest long-distance train station is in Cheboksary. The city's local public transport system consists of, among other things, an independent trolleybus network that went into operation in 1979.

Town twinning

• Žatec , Czech Republic
• Klimovsk , Russia
• Sterlitamak , Russia

sons and daughters of the town

• Olga Jegorowa (* 1972), long-distance runner
• Natalja Smirnowa (* 1979), wrestler
• Olga Smirnowa (* 1979), wrestler
• Viktor Bobrov (* 1984), ice hockey player
• Lana Prussakowa (* 2000), freestyle skier

Web links

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

• Novocheboksarsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• Unofficial Portal (Russian)

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. ↑ Regnum.ru, March 3, 2008