Nowy Oskol

city Nowy Oskol Новый Оскол flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Belgorod Rajon Nowy Oskol Founded 1637 City since 1779 surface 16  km² population 19,530 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1221 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 110  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 47233 Post Code 309640 License Plate 31 OKATO 14 244 501 Geographical location Coordinates 50 ° 46 '  N , 37 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 46 '0 "  N , 37 ° 52' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Belgorod Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Nowy Oskol ( Russian Новый Оскол ) is a city in the Belgorod Oblast ( Russia ) with 19,530 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 110 km east of the oblast capital Belgorod on the left bank of the Oskol , a left tributary of the Seversky Donets, which flows into the Don .

Nowy Oskol is the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

history

Nowy Oskol was founded in 1637 as Stojaly Ostrog in the course of the Belgorod fortification line along what was then the southern border of the Russian Empire.

From 1647 Ostrog named after Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Zarjow-Alexeyev , but since 1655 Novy Oskol (after the river; Russian for New Oskol , to delineate the previously existing upriver mounting Oskol , today city Stary Oskol , so Old Oskol ).

In 1779 the town charter was granted as the administrative center of a district (Ujesds).

During the Second World War , Nowy Oskol was occupied by the German Wehrmacht on July 3, 1942 and recaptured on January 28, 1943 by troops of the Voronezh Front of the Red Army while advancing towards Belgorod.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	2,996
1926	2,100
1939	5,371
1959	12,908
1970	15,850
1979	17,887
1989	20,072
2002	20,892
2010	19,530

Note : census data (1926 rounded)

Culture and sights

In the village of Velikomichailowka in Novy Oskol district is the Museum of the First Cavalry Army , which operated in this area under Semyon Budyonny during the Russian Civil War .

economy

In Nowy Oskol there are companies in the food industry and building materials industry.

The city lies on the railway line Moscow - Jelez - Waluiki - Donets Basin, opened on this section in 1897 (route km 678).

The regional road R185 Belgorod - Korotscha - Alexejewka - Rossosch runs through Nowy Oskol , from which the R187 branches off via Waluiki to Rowenki and the R188 to Stary Oskol.

See also

• List of cities in Belgorod Oblast

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 : Nowy Oskol  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• City information website
• Novy Oskol on mojgorod.ru (Russian)