Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

city Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Петропавловск-Камчатский flag coat of arms Federal district far East region Kamchatka Urban district Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky mayor Vladislav Skvortsov Founded 1740 City since 1812 surface 400  km² population 179,780 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 449 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 150  m Time zone UTC + 12 Telephone code (+7) 4152 Post Code 683000-683063 License Plate 41 OKATO 30 401 Website www.pkgo.ru Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 1 '  N , 158 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 1 '0 "  N , 158 ° 39' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Kamchatka Region

List of cities in Russia

View of the city with the Avacha Bay

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky with the Korjakskaya Sopka volcano

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky ( Russian Петропа́вловск-Камча́тский , scientific transliteration : Listen to Petropavlovsk-Kamčatskij ^{? / I} - translated: Peter and Paul City in Kamchatka) is the capital of the Kamchatka Region in Russia's Far Eastern Federation . Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky has 179,780 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010). Here are u. a. scientific institutions for ocean research , fishing industry and geology, as well as shipbuilding industry . A monitoring station of the SDCM system is located on site .

history

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky was founded in 1740 and is an important base for the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet .

On June 29th, ^July / July 10, 1740 ^greg. (the day of Peter and Paul ) the navigator Ivan Yelagin was sent by Vitus Bering to explore the natural harbor in Avacha Bay for the Second Kamchatka Expedition. The sheltered location in the bay and the mouth of the Avacha River were the reasons for the development to the most important city of Kamchatka.

On August 18, 1854, in the course of the Crimean War , a British-French ship unit undertook an attack on the city and began the siege of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky . The city had been fortified in previous years by Governor Nikolai Muravyov-Amursky . The Russians had only a small garrison of several hundred men and 67 cannons. They faced numerically superior Allied landing forces and 218 ship cannons. After a long bombardment, around 600 soldiers landed south of the city, but after heavy fighting they were repulsed by 230 defenders and forced to retreat. On August 24, another 970 allies landed east of the city, but could not prevail against 360 Russians either. Then the ships left Russian waters. The losses of the Russians amounted to about 100 men, while the losses of the English and French were about five times higher.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	395
1926	1,691
1939	35,373
1959	85,582
1970	153,885
1979	214,977
1989	268,747
2002	198.028
2010	179,780

Note: census data

traffic

The Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky airport is located in Yelizovo .

religion

See also : Trinity Cathedral (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky)

sons and daughters of the town

• Oleg Erofejew (* 1940), Russian admiral
• Igor Smirnow (* 1941), President of Transnistria (1992–2011)
• Anatolij Mohiljow (* 1955), Ukrainian politician and Minister of the Interior from 2010 to 2011
• Igor Makushev (* 1964), Lieutenant General
• Varvara Zelenskaya (* 1972), ski racer
• Margarita Marbler (* 1975), Austrian freestyle skier
• Jelena Temerewa (* 1976), zoologist and university lecturer
• Grigori Dobrygin (born 1986), actor
• Anatoli Oskin (* 1989), biathlete
• Pavlo Ishchenko (* 1992), Israeli boxer
• Jelena Jakowischina (* 1992), ski racer

Town twinning

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky lists the following twin cities :

• Unalaska , United States , since 1990
• Kushiro-shi , Japan , since 1998
• Sevastopol , Ukraine / Russia, since 2009

Climate table

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     81   -6 -11     70   -5 -11     62   -3 -8th     54   1 -4     66   6th 1     63   11 5     80   14th 9     97   15th 10     102   12 7th     139   7th 2     95   0 -5     86   -4 -8th Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: Roshydromet , wetterkontor.de

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) −6.1 −5.4 −2.8 1.0 5.6 10.6 13.8 15.1 12.4 7.0 0.0 −3.9 O 4th Min. Temperature (° C) −10.8 −10.5 −8.1 −3.5 0.6 4.8 8.5 9.7 6.6 1.8 −4.5 −8.4 O −1.1 Precipitation ( mm ) 81 70 62 54 66 63 80 97 102 139 95 86 Σ 995 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 3.4 4.0 5.7 6.4 6.2 6.4 5.5 5.7 5.9 5.1 4.1 3.0 O 5.1 Rainy days ( d ) 9 9 9 8th 8th 8th 10 11 9 10 8th 9 Σ 108 Humidity ( % ) 68 67 65 70 73 78 83 82 78 72 69 71 O 73 Source: Roshydromet , wetterkontor.de

Web links

Commons : Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the city administration (Russian)
• Petropavlovsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi VPN-2010. Administrativno-territorialʹnoe delenie kraja. (Results of the 2010 census. Administrative-territorial division of the region.) Table 2 (Download from the website of the Territorial Organ of the Kamchatka Region of the Federal Service of State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ Evgeny Pospelov: Geografitscheskije naswanija Rossii . AST, 2008, ISBN 978-5-17-054966-5 , pp. 349-350.
3. ^ Yevgeny Zhukov et al.: Sowetskaya istoritscheskaja enziklopedija: Tom 11 . Sovetskaya enziklopedija, Moscow 1968, pp. 118–119.
4. ↑ Макушев Игорь Юрьевич , structure.mil.ru (Russian)
5. ↑ Макушев Игорь Юрьевич , eurasian-defence.ru (Russian)