Marxowski rajon

Rajon Marxowski rajon Марксовский район Federal district Volga Oblast Saratov Administrative center Marx (city) surface 2,908.10  km² population 65,250 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 22 inhabitants / km² Boroughs 1 Cities / SsT 1/0 Rural communities / villages 6/57 Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 84567 Postcodes 413060-413099 License Plate 64, 164 OKATO 63 226 OKTMO 63 626 Geographical location of the administrative center Coordinates 51 ° 42 ′  N , 46 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 42 ′  N , 46 ° 45 ′  E Marx Marxowski rajon: Situation in Saratov Oblast Saratov Oblast within Russia

The Marksovsky District ( Russian Марксовский район ) is a Raion in the Russian Saratov Oblast . The administrative center is the city ​​of Marx named after Karl Marx .

Geography and nature

Geographical location

The Marxowski rajon is centrally located in the Saratov Oblast , about 60 kilometers northeast of the city of Saratow on the eastern banks of the Volga .

Neighboring communities

Voskressensky	Wolski rajon	Volga	Balakovsky rajon
Saratovsky rajon	Volga		Jerschowski rajon
Volga	Angel ski rajon	Sowetski rajon	Fyodorovsky rajon

Waters

The Rajon is bounded in the west by the Volga . In the westernmost part of the Rajon, on the border with the Engelsski rajon , an estuary of the Great Karaman flows into the Volga.

structure

The Rajon is divided into six rural communities with a total of 57 villages in addition to the town of Marx. The largest settlements (as of 2006) within the Rajon are:

• Marx 32,791 inhabitants (administrative center, independent city)
• Swonarjowka (Звонарёвка) 1475 inhabitants
• Kalininskoe (Калининское) 1100 inhabitants
• Kamenka (Каменка) 1100 inhabitants
• Kolos (Колос) 1390 inhabitants
• Orlovskoe (Орловское) 1450 inhabitants
• Osinowcki (Осиновский) 1280 inhabitants
• Pavlovka (Павловка) 1620 inhabitants
• Podlesnoye (Подлесное) 3850 inhabitants
• Privolschskoe (Приволжское) 1326 inhabitants
• Raskatowo (Раскатово) 1250 inhabitants

population

German-speaking minorities

The region of the Rajons Marx stands out due to the high proportion of people of German origin. The independent cultural region of the Volga Germans with seven centers of German culture was founded in the Rajon . There are also eight other localities that were founded by the Swiss :

• Wolkowo (Волково) by settlers from Schaffhausen
• Georgievka (Георгиевка) by settlers from Glarus
• Vorotaewka (Воротаевка) by settlers from Bettingen BS
• Wassiljewka (Васильевка) by settlers from Basel
• Sorkino (Зоркино) by settlers from Zurich
• Mikhailovka (Михайловка) by settlers from Lucerne
• Solotobka (Золотовка) by settlers from Solothurn
• Podlesnoje (Подлесное) by settlers from Unterwalden

religion

There are Catholic , Protestant and Russian Orthodox parishes and churches as well as a mosque in the Rajon .

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

The main industries in the Rajon are food processing and industries. Agriculture focuses on the cultivation of cereals, sunflowers and vegetables as well as on cattle farming. A system of irrigation channels runs through the Rajon to increase production. A large part of the industrial companies deal with the processing of agricultural products from the Rajon and the surrounding area.

There are also deposits of oil and natural gas in the Rajon .

Web links

• Official website of the Raion Administration (Russian)
• Information from the Oblast on Marxovsky rajon
• Statistical data of Saratov Oblast
• Documentary film about the history of the city of Marx in three parts ( Ekaterinenstadt , Marxstadt , Marx ) on the website of the Rajonverwaltung (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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)