Salsk

city Salsk Сальск flag coat of arms Federal district Southern Russia Oblast Rostov Rajon Salsk mayor Anatoly Kashin Founded 1812 City since 1926 surface 45  km² population 61,316 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1363 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 40  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86372 Post Code 347630-347659 License Plate 61, 161 OKATO 60 250 501 Website www.salsk.net Geographical location Coordinates 46 ° 29 ′  N , 41 ° 32 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  N , 41 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Rostov Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Salsk ( Russian Сальск ) is a district town with 61,316 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in Russia in the Rostov Oblast .

geography

Salsk is located on the Sredni Jegorlyk River in the south of Rostov Oblast, near the administrative borders of the Oblast to the Republic of Kalmykia and to the Stavropol and Krasnodar regions in the foothills of the Caucasus . The distance from Salsk to the regional capital Rostov-on-Don is around 180 km; the closest cities are Proletarsk (27 km northeast) and Gorodovikovsk (54 km southeast).

history

Salsk arose on the site of a village called Yudichev , which was founded around 1812 and was initially populated mainly by former serf farmers from northern Russian lands. In 1849 a church was built in the village for the first time and the village was renamed Voronzowo-Nikolajewskoje .

The actual city began to emerge in 1899, when a train station called Torgowaya and an associated settlement were built on the newly laid Tsaritsyn - Tichorezk line . In 1915 a branch line was moved from here to Bataisk , so that the station settlement became a junction. As a result, the population of the place increased noticeably and railway workshops and warehouses were built. In 1926 the settlement was granted city rights, at the same time it became a district town and was given its current name, after the river Sal.

In the 1930s, Salsk developed into an important regional center of the processing industry for agricultural products. In addition, businesses for the production of machines for the needs of agriculture were established here. This development continued after the Second World War , when Salsk was occupied by the German Wehrmacht from July 1941 to January 1943 and suffered severe damage.

Population development

year	Residents	comment
1926	6,902
1939	11,365	and 14,171 Voronzowo-Nikolajewskoje (incorporated in 1957)
1959	35,964
1970	50.197
1979	57.003
1989	61,088
2002	61,775
2010	61,316

Note: census data

economy

As the center of an agricultural district, Salsk has a large amount of food industry. There are also textile factories and companies in the building materials and furniture industries.

Education and culture

Salsk has a branch of the Rostov University of Economics, the city also has three theaters and, since 1977, its own small art museum.

sons and daughters of the town

• Natalja Alexandrovna Sabolotnaja (* 1985), Russian weightlifter

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 : Salsk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official City and Rajon Administration Website (Russian)
• Salsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)