Shazk (Russia)

city Shazk Шацк flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Ryazan Rajon Shazki Founded 1553 City since 1779 surface 7  km² population 6561 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 937 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 140  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49147 Post Code 391550 License Plate 62 OKATO 61 256 501 Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 1 '  N , 41 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 1 '0 "  N , 41 ° 43' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Ryazan Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Shazk ( Russian Шацк ) is a small town in the Ryazan Oblast ( Russia ) with 6561 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 200 km southeast of the Oblast capital Ryazan on the Shacha , a left tributary of the Zna in the river system of the Volga .

Shazk is the administrative center of the Shazki Rajon named after him .

history

The place was built in 1553 as a fortified military post on the then southeastern border of the Russian state and was part of the defense line named after the river and place ( Schazkaja sasseka ). Initially the place was called Shazki Gorodok ( Shacha town after the river; name of Finno-Ugric origin).

In 1774 the inhabitants of the village rose up on the side of the peasants during the Pugachev uprising .

In 1779 the city charter was awarded as the administrative center of a district ( Ujesds ) of the Tambov governorate .

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the city was an important trading center for hemp fabrics, but subsequently lost its economic importance, as a result of which the population halved in the course of the 20th century.

In 1923 Shazk came to the Ryazan Governorate , from which the Oblast later emerged.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	13,840
1926	15,100
1939	5,020
1959	5,722
1970	8.007
1979	7,563
1989	8,181
2002	7,563
2010	6,561

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Culture and sights

In the Schazker meat factory

The ensemble of the Cherneyev Nikolai Monastery ( Чернеево-Никольский монастырь / Tschernejewo-Nikolski monastyr) from the 17th to 19th centuries is located in the village of Starochernejewo, 18 kilometers from Schazk .

In the village of Schelannoje there has been a local museum of the Shazk district since 1968.

Economy and Infrastructure

In Schazk there are companies in the textile and food industry (meat processing company Schazkmjaso ). The Jambirnski limestone quarry is located nearby .

Nearest railway station is 30 kilometers away Nischnemalzewo along the route Moscow -Rjasan- Ruzayevka - Syzran .

The M5 Moscow – Ryazan – Samara – Chelyabinsk road runs through Shazk , from which the A143 branches off via Morschansk to Tambov and the regional road R124 to Kassimow .

Personalities

• Pawel Merlin (1769–1841), military, major general
• Pawel Latschinow (1837-1891), chemist
• Wladimir Menner (1905–1989), paleontologist and geologist
• Alexander Gridinski (1921–1944), military
• Juri Kurlin (* 1921), test pilot
• Gennady Bogachev (* 1945), film and theater actor

Web links

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

• Schazk 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)