Sassovo

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city Sassovo Сасово flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Ryazan Urban district Sassovo First mention 1642 City since 1926 surface 24  km² population 28,118 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1172 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 110  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49133 Post Code 391430 License Plate 62 OKATO 61 410 Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 21 ′  N , 41 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 21 ′ 0 ″  N , 41 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Ryazan Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Sassowo ( Russian Сасово ; scientific transliteration Sasovo ) is a city in the Ryazan Oblast ( Russia ) with 28,118 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the south-eastern edge of the Meshchora lowland about 180 km southeast of the Oblast capital Ryazan on the Zna , a left tributary of the Mokscha in the river system of the Volga .

Sassowo is administratively directly subordinate to the Oblast and at the same time the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

history

Town entrance

The village of Sassowo was first mentioned in 1642.

In the 18th century, rope production was an important industry (see city arms); By the middle of the 19th century the village developed into a regionally important trading center.

After the railway line opened in 1893, railway companies were relocated.

In 1926 the place received city rights.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	5,834
1926	11,100
1939	17,099
1959	20,735
1970	27,228
1979	30,180
1989	35,875
2002	30,736
2010	28,118

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Culture and sights

The city has a local museum.

18 kilometers to the north, in the village of Kargaschino in the Sassowo district, is the ensemble of the 19th century former country estate of the German-Baltic Baron von der Launitz.

Economy and Infrastructure

In Sassowo there are companies that manufacture machinery and equipment, for agricultural machinery, and for the textile and food industries.

The city lies on the railway line Moscow -Rjasan- Ruzayevka - Syzran (distance 381 kilometers).

The regional road R124 Schazk - Kassimow runs through Sassowo .

Personalities

• Nikolai Petrovich Ostroumow (1846–1930), historian and orientalist
• Nikolai Makarow (1914–1988), designer of the Makarow pistol
• Alexander Knysch (* 1957), Russian-American Islamic scholar and university professor

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 : Sassowo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sassowo on mojgorod.ru (Russian)