Schenkursk

city Schenkursk Шенкурск coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Arkhangelsk Rajon Schenkurski head Sergei Kotlov First mention 1229 Earlier names Waga City since 1780 surface 4  km² population 5702 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1426 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 60  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81851 Post Code 165160 License Plate 29 OKATO 11 258 501 Geographical location Coordinates 62 ° 6 ′  N , 42 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 62 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  N , 42 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Arkhangelsk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Schenkursk ( Russian Ше́нкурск ) is a small town in northwestern Russia . It belongs to the Arkhangelsk Oblast and has 5702 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010). Schenkursk is the administrative center of the Schenkurski rajon of the same name .

geography

The city is located about 373 km southeast of the Oblast capital Arkhangelsk on the right bank of the Waga , a left tributary of the Northern Dvina .

climate

Monthly average temperatures and precipitation for Schenkursk (1980-2018) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) -9.2 -7.0 -0.2 7.5 15.3 20.9 23.7 19.7 13.1 5.4 -2.4 -6.4 O 6.8 Min. Temperature (° C) -16.5 -14.7 -9.3 -2.0 4.3 9.8 12.8 10.2 5.7 0.5 -7.3 -12.9 O −1.6 Temperature (° C) -12.9 -10.9 -4.8 2.8 9.8 15.3 18.3 15.0 9.4 3.0 -4.8 -9.6 O 2.6 Precipitation ( mm ) 34.0 27.5 25.6 37.8 48.1 58.0 68.1 75.1 51.7 51.5 43.7 40.4 Σ 561.5 Source: Weather and Climate Schenkursk

history

Schenkursk was first mentioned in 1315 in a document about the purchase of the Schenkursky Pogost ( Шенкурский погост ). At the same time the inhabitants of the area built on the mountain Schenga-Kurja ( Шеньга-Курья a) Ostrog . In 1552 it became the center of the Waschski ujesd ( Важский уезд ) and from 1565 it was one of the places under the name Waga that provided for the maintenance of the oprichnina . In 1629 the place was first mentioned under its current name Schenkursk in a document from Tsar Mikhail Fyodorowitsch Romanov . From 1710 Schenkursk belonged to the Archangelogorod Governorate and at the same time became the capital of the Vashka Oblast ( Важский область ). In 1780 it received its current town charter and became the center of the Schenkurski ujesd within the Arkhangelsk governorate . After the dissolution of the governorate, Schenkursk became the center of the newly established Schenkursk Rajon in 1929 and part of the Arkhangelsk Oblast in 1937.

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  Schenkursk at the beginning of the 20th century

Population development

The following overview shows the development of the population of Schenkursk.

year	Residents
1896	1492
1926	2536
1939	4878
1959	5431
1970	6434
1979	7583
1989	7424
2002	6151
2010	5702

Note: census data

economy

The main industries in the city are the wood and food industries. The city and the entire Rajon have no connection to the railway network. The Russian M8 highway runs west of the city .

sons and daughters of the town

• Ratmir Dmitrijewitsch Cholmow (1925-2006), Russian chess player

literature

• Pomorskaja ėnciklopedija: Tom 1 Istorija Archangel'skogo Severa. Pomorskij gosudarstvennyj universitet, Arkhangelsk 2001, ISBN 5-88086-147-3 , pp. 442-443

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 of State Statistics of the Russian Federation); Čislennost 'naselenija po municipal'nym obrazovanijam i naselennym punktam Archangel'skoj oblasti, vključaja Neneckij avtonomnyj okru Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 Goda (population number of municipal structure and places the Arkhangelsk including the Autonomous circles Nenets results of the All-Russian census 2010.) Table (Download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of Arkhangelsk Oblast)

Web links

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

• History of the city (Russian)
• Schenkursk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)