Resch (city)
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Resch
Реж
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List of cities in Russia |
Resch ( Russian Реж ) is a city in the Sverdlovsk Oblast ( Russia ) with 38,215 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).
geography
The city is located east of the Middle Urals , about 80 km northeast of the Oblast capital Yekaterinburg on the Resch river of the same name , the right source river of the Niza in the Ob river system .
Resch forms a district of the same name .
The city lies on the Yekaterinburg - Tawda railway line, which opened in 1916 .
history
Resch was created in 1773 in connection with the establishment of an ironworks , which was known for its artistic forge products until the beginning of the 20th century . In 1943 the place received city rights. In Resch there was a POW camp 523 for German POWs of the Second World War .
Population development
year | Residents |
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1939 | 9,726 |
1959 | 21,298 |
1970 | 29,895 |
1979 | 37.905 |
1989 | 43,429 |
2002 | 39,881 |
2010 | 38,215 |
Note: census data
Culture and sights
In downtown Resch part of the historic wooden buildings that survived, as well the Church of John the Baptist on the Orlowberg ( церковь Иоанна Предтечи на Орловой горе / Tserkov Ioanna Predtechi na Orlowoi gore) and the Church of Nativity ( церковь Рождества Христова / Zerkow Roschdestwa Christowa ).
The city has a history museum .
economy
Nickel ore is mined near the city , on the basis of which Reschnikel AG operates a nickel smelter in the city. There is also a machine factory and companies in the timber and construction industries.
Resch is surrounded by an agricultural area.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Maschke, Erich (ed.): On the history of the German prisoners of war of the Second World War. Verlag Ernst and Werner Gieseking, Bielefeld 1962–1977.
Web links
- City administration website (Russian)
- Resch on mojgorod.ru (Russian)