Roshal

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city Roshal Рошаль flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Moscow Urban district Roshal Founded 1916 City since 1940 surface 35  km² population 21,272 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 608 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 110  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49645 Post Code 140730-140732 License Plate 50, 90, 150, 190, 750 OKATO 46 465 Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 40 '  N , 39 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 40 '0 "  N , 39 ° 53' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Moscow Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Roshal ( Russian Роша́ль ) is a city with 21,272 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in Russia . It is located in the eastern part of Moscow Oblast in the Meshchera Lowlands -Tiefebene, 150 km east of Moscow .

history

The place was created in 1916 and was initially called Krestow Brod ( Крестов Брод ) after a nearby swampy landscape. The reason for the establishment of the settlement was the construction of a gunpowder factory nearby. After the October Revolution of 1917, Krestow Brod was given its current name in honor of the marine and revolutionary Semyon Roshal . During the Soviet era, the powder factory became an important ammunition factory and in the 1980s it was expanded into a chemical combine, which for a long time shaped the place economically - since 1940 with town status. During the ongoing economic crisis of the 1990s, however, the company closed.

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  Sports and cultural center Roshal

Population development

year	Residents
1926	5,400
1939	18,620
1959	21,819
1970	25,271
1979	25,256
1989	23,956
2002	22,407
2010	21,272

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Economy and Transport

In the 1990s, industry in Roschal largely came to a standstill when the chemical combine was closed. In the vicinity of the city, the abundant peat in the eastern Moscow oblast is extracted and processed, and agriculture is practiced. Due to the scenic location in the middle of the forest and marshland of the Meschtschora, tourism has also been developing increasingly in Roshal and neighboring places.

The nearest train station is in the Cherusti settlement, 17 km away . There are connections with local trains to Lyubertsy and Moscow, among others .

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

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

• Unofficial city portal (Russian)
• Roshal in the online lexicon mojgorod.ru (Russian)