Ridder

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Ridder
Риддер
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Basic data
State : KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan
Territory : East Kazakhstan
Founded : 1786
 
Coordinates : 50 ° 21 '  N , 83 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '0 "  N , 83 ° 31' 0"  E
Height : 744  m
 
Area : 77.52  km²
Residents : 47,288 (Jan 1, 2020)
Population density : 610 inhabitants per km²
 
Time zone : EKST ( UTC + 6 )
Telephone code : (+7) 72336
Postal code : 071300-071303
License plate : 16 (old: F, U)
 
Äkim ( Mayor ) : Shomart Muratov
Website :
Location in Kazakhstan
Ridder (Kazakhstan)
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Ridder ( Kazakh and Russian Риддер ) is a mining town in northeast Kazakhstan . It is located in the East Kazakhstan region , not far from the Russian border.

geography

Ridder is located northeast of the regional capital Öskemen . Its surroundings are shaped by the foothills of the Altai . In the southeast the mountains of the Ivanov ridge extend , in the northwest those of the Uba ridge .

population

Ridder has a population of 47,288 (2020). In 1991 the city still had 69,500 inhabitants, but the emigration, especially of the Russian and German population, which began after the collapse of the Soviet Union , caused the number to decline sharply. In addition to the actual city, the urban district of Ridder also includes an urban settlement and 18 villages, with a total population of 56,455 (2020).

The city is still strongly influenced by Russian people, 88.1% of the population are Russians , 6.1% Kazakhs , 1.6% Germans , 1.3% Ukrainians , 1.1% Tatars , 0.4% Belarusians as well 1.4% residents of other nationalities. In addition to emigration, the natural population development is also negative, with 10.3 births and 19.5 deaths per 1000 inhabitants. (Data for 2003)

Population development
1939 1959 1970 1979 1989 1999 2009
49,974 66,812 72,074 68,135 68,706 56,269 50,500

history

The city was founded in 1786. Ridder received city rights in 1934. Until 1941 it had the current name, named after Philipp Ridder (1761-1838), who discovered the local ore deposits. In 1941 Ridder was renamed Leninogorsk , the city carried this name until 2002, when the official renaming was decided. In March 2013, the World Ski Orienteering Championships took place in the Ridder area .

In Ridder there was a prisoner of war camp 347 , Leninogorsk , for German prisoners of war of the Second World War .

Attractions

A local museum and a botanical garden (Алтайский ботанический сад / Altaiski Botanitscheski Sad ) can be visited in Ridder .

economy

Ridder is a center for mining and non-ferrous metal processing. The Kazzinc concern has an ore processing plant here as well as an ore processing plant; he also operates several opencast mines in the vicinity of the city. There are woodworking and clothing factories, as well as the food industry and mechanical engineering.

traffic

The European route 40 leads from Ridder to Calais in France . With a length of more than 8,000 kilometers, it is the longest European road .

sons and daughters of the town

See also

Web links

Commons : Ridder  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Численность населения Республики Казахстан по полу в разрезе областей и столицы, столицы, столицы, анколицы, столицы, городоав, областей и столицы, анкония, горойцы, коники, городоав,. ( Excel ; 96 KB) stat.gov.kz, accessed on July 19, 2020 (Russian).
  2. ^ Kazakhstan: Cities and towns. pop-stat.mashke.org, accessed on August 24, 2020.
  3. Maschke, Erich (ed.): On the history of the German prisoners of war of the Second World War. Ernst and Werner Gieseking publishing house, Bielefeld 1962-1977.