Plawsk

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city
plavsk
Плавск
coat of arms
coat of arms
Federal district Central Russia
Oblast Tula
Rajon Plawsk
First mention 1540
City since 1949
surface km²
population 16,165 inhabitants
(as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density 2021 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center 190  m
Time zone UTC + 3
Telephone code (+7) 48752
Post Code 301470-301472
License Plate 71
OKATO 70 238 501
Geographical location
Coordinates 53 ° 42 '  N , 37 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 42 '0 "  N , 37 ° 18' 0"  E
Plawsk (European Russia)
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Location in the western part of Russia
Plawsk (Tula Oblast)
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Location in Tula Oblast
List of cities in Russia

Plawsk ( Russian Плавск ) is a small town with 16,165 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) and the center of the raion of the same name in Tula Oblast in Russia , Central Federal District .

geography

The city is located on the Central Russian Plate on both banks of the Plawa River (Russian Плава), about 60 km southwest of the regional capital Tula . The closest cities, each around 35 km from Plawsk, are Sovetsk and Shchokino . The landscape in and around the city is mostly hilly .

history

Plawsk was first mentioned as a village in 1540 - at that time under the name Sergijewskoje - and was a village shaped by trade in the 19th century, especially after it was connected to the railway network. The town has existed as the town of Plawsk since 1926, although its town charter was revoked from 1935 to 1949.

(2172) Plavsk , an asteroid of the main outer belt, was named after the city.

The Chernobyl disaster (April 1986) hit Plawsk among the localities on Russian territory relatively hard, as the rain fell on the city from radioactive clouds, which contaminated the soil and water with radioactive cesium ( 137 Cs).

Population development

year Residents
1939 10,008
1959 12,354
1970 12,983
1979 14,533
1989 16,559
2002 16,750
2010 16,165

Note: census data

economy

Since Plawsk is a rather provincial town, there are only a few industrial companies here. The most important is the separators -Werk smychka (russ. Смычка).

traffic

The city can be reached from Moscow both by car and by train . On the one hand, Plawsk is on the M2 trunk road ; on the other hand, an important railway line runs through the town, connecting the capital Moscow with the southern part of Russia (including Kursk and Belgorod ). For this reason there is continuous traffic on this route, but not all trains stop in town. However, Plawsk is well connected to Tula and other cities with regional trains . In addition to the small train station, the city ​​has a bus station .

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

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