Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk)

city Zheleznogorsk Железногорск flag coat of arms Federal district Siberia region Krasnoyarsk Urban district Zheleznogorsk mayor Vadim Medvedev Founded 1950 Earlier names Krasnoyarsk-26 (until 1994) City since 1954 surface 456  km² population 84,795 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 186 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 150  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 39197 Post Code 662970-662980 License Plate 24, 84, 88, 124 OKATO 04 535 Website www.admk26.ru Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 15 ′  N , 93 ° 32 ′  E Coordinates: 56 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  N , 93 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Krasnoyarsk Territory

List of cities in Russia

Zheleznogorsk ( Russian Железногорск ; to 1994 Krasnoyarsk-26 ) is a closed town with 84,795 inhabitants (14 October 2010) in Russia . It is located in the Krasnoyarsk Region in the Siberian Federal District , about 60 km northeast of the regional capital Krasnoyarsk not far from the Yenisei River . The nearest town is Sosnovoborsk , 16 km southwest of Zheleznogorsk. Other places belonging to the urban district are Podgorny , Nowy Put, Tartat, Dodonowo and Schiwera.

history

The city emerged from 1950, when the Soviet Atomic Energy Ministry established the production of weapons- grade plutonium in the Schelesnogorsk nuclear facility (also known as the "Mining and Chemical Combine", Горно-химический комбинат ). The location of the plant was chosen for strategic and technical reasons: it is far from the national borders and the Yenisei could be used to treat cooling water .

In 1954 the place was given city status. The place name Schelesnogorsk has existed since the same year and means something like "city of iron mountains". Due to the secret status of the nuclear industry, the city officially only had the cover name Krasnoyarsk-26 during the Soviet era and was not shown on any map. Schelesnogorsk is still a closed city to this day, so entry for non-residents is only possible with a special permit.

Population development

year	Residents
2002	93,875
2010	84,795

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

Around 8,000 of the almost 100,000 inhabitants of Schelesnogorsk work in the nuclear facility . The other major industrial facility is ISS Reshetnev , a manufacturer of communications satellites. Over seventy percent of the Russian satellites were manufactured in Zheleznogorsk. In mid-April 2010 the last reactor in Russia for the production of weapons- grade plutonium in Zheleznogorsk was shut down.

The city has its own railway connection on a 30 km long branch line, with three stations on it within the city. One of these three stations ( Kombinat ) is located under the nuclear facility and is similar in construction to an underground station .

sons and daughters of the town

• Yevgeny Sudakov (born 1963), boxer
• Nikolai Chrenkow (1984-2014), Bobanschieber
• Dmitri Polyansky (* 1986), triathlete

Web links

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

• City administration website (Russian)
• Mining and Chemical Combine (Russian)
• Zheleznogorsk - The Iron City (German)
• Unofficial city website (Russian)
• Zheleznogorsk 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)
2. ↑ Russia's last plutonium reactor to be stopped in three yrs-Rosatom ( Memento from October 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English), message from February 26, 2005.
3. ^ Ceremony marks end of a nuclear era
4. ↑ Судаков Евгений Борисович , infosport.ru (Russian)