Sainsk

city Sainsk Заинск ( Russian ) Зәй ( Tatar ) coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Tatarstan Rajon Sainsk mayor Tatiana Voropayeva Founded 1656 City since 1978 surface 59  km² population 41,803 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 709 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 90  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 85558 Post Code 423520-423524 License Plate 16, 116 OKATO 92 417 Website www.zainsk.ru Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 18 '  N , 52 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 18 '0 "  N , 52 ° 1' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tatarstan

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Sainsk ( Russian Заинск ; Tatar Зәй Zəy ) is a city in the Republic of Tatarstan ( Russia ) with 41,803 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 290 km east of the republic capital Kazan near the union of the rivers Stepnoi Sai ( Steppen- Sai , dammed here to a small dam) and Lesnoi Sai ( Forest-Sai ) to the Sai , a left tributary of the Kama .

Sainsk is administratively directly subordinate to the republic and at the same time the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

The city is located on the Akbasch (near Bugulma ) - Naberezhnye Chelny - Agrys railway line, which was opened in 1956 .

history

Zainsk originated 1652-1656 as border fortifications of Czardom Russia in the course of so-called Kamalinie ( Sakamskaja tscherta ) disposed between the Volga and mouth of Ik proceeded in the Kama. The name is derived from the Sai River , which in ancient Tatar simply means river .

With the construction of the Sainsk thermal power plant from 1956, the workers' settlement Nowy Sai ( New Sai , after the river) was created, which received the status of an urban-type settlement in 1962 , was united with the old town of Sainsk on April 5, 1978 and under this name the town charter got awarded.

Population development

year	Residents
1912	3,209
1939	3,180
1959	8,816
1970	5,084
1979	30,251
1989	36,621
2002	41,088
2010	41,803

Note: from 1939 census data

Culture and sights

The remains of the old wooden fortress from 1652 are earth walls, as well as some buildings from old Sainsk, such as the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross ( Крестовоздвиженская церковь Krestovosdwischenskaja Zerkow ) from 1826.

The city has had a local museum since 1985.

economy

In addition to the thermal power station (2400 MW, Tatenergo ), there are vehicle construction companies in Sainsk (suppliers for KAMAZ in Naberezhnye Chelny, 50 km north), the construction industry (reinforced concrete and metal structures), the food industry ( sugar factory ) and the timber industry.

In the environment is by Tatneft (range Sainskneft ) petroleum promoted.

sons and daughters of the town

• Konstantin Popow (* 1972), biathlete
• Rustem Dawletschin (* 1988), cross-country summer biathlete

Web links

Commons : Sainsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Rajon and City Administration website (Russian)
• City Portal (Russian)
• Sainsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

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)