Primorsko-Akhtarsk

city Primorsko-Akhtarsk Приморско-Ахтарск flag coat of arms Federal district Southern Russia region Krasnodar Rajon Primorsko-Akhtarsk mayor Alexander Otscheredko Founded 1793 City since 1949 surface 18  km² population 32,257 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1792 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 2  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86143 Post Code 35386x License Plate 23, 93, 123 OKATO 03 241 501 Website www.prahtarsk.ru Geographical location Coordinates 46 ° 3 '  N , 38 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 3 '0 "  N , 38 ° 10' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Krasnodar Territory

List of cities in Russia

Primorsko-Akhtarsk ( Russian Приморско-Ахтарск ) is a city in the Krasnodar region ( Russia ) with 32,257 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 150 km northwest of the regional capital Krasnodar on the coast of the Azov Sea . The Akhtarski Liman and other, now partially drained, lagoons extend south of the city . These and the Beissugski Liman a good ten kilometers north of the city are the largest bays of this type on the east coast of the Sea of ​​Azov.

Primorsko-Akhtarsk is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

The city is the end point of a railway line opened in 1914 ( Akhtari station ) from Krasnodar via Timashovsk .

history

During the Russo-Turkish war from 1768 to 1774 which located here Ottoman fortress was built by the Russian troops Achtar-Bachtar (Russian name, mutilated by Turkish about white rock on the sea ) taken, which after the temporary loss of Azov a 1696 instead older settlement had been established. In 1778 the Akhtari Redoute ( Akhtarski redut) was built by the Russian army .

After the fortifications lost their military importance, the Cossack village (Khutor) Akhtarsky was established in 1829 . In 1900 the village received the status of a stanitsa with the name Primorsko-Akhtarskaja ( primorski Russian for by the sea ).

In 1949 city charter was granted under its current name.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	19,465
1959	22.006
1970	25,981
1979	27,957
1989	30,047
2002	32,677
2010	32,257

Note: census data

Personalities

• Grigori Bakhchiwandschi (1909–1943), test pilot , born in Stanitsa Brinkovskaya in Primorsko-Akhtarsk district

economy

Primorsko-Akhtarsk is the center of an agricultural area and is characterized by the food industry. In addition, fishing and processing, a perfume factory and building materials industry.

The city is a seaside resort with an eight-kilometer-long sand and pebble beach.

See also

• Administrative division of the Krasnodar Territory

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

• City administration website (Russian)
• Unofficial city portal (Russian)
• Primorsko-Akhtarsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)