Schisdra

The title of this article is ambiguous. For further meanings see Schisdra (disambiguation)

city Zhizdra Жиздра flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Kaluga Rajon Schisdra head Alexander Barybin First mention 1146 City since 1777 surface 18  km² population 5585 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 310 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 180  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code +7 (48445) Post Code 249340 License Plate 40 OKATO 29 212 501 Website www.zhizdra.ru Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 45 '  N , 34 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 45 '0 "  N , 34 ° 44' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kaluga Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Schisdra ( Russian Жиздра ) is a small town in the Kaluga Oblast ( Russia ) with 5585 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 180 km southwest of the Oblast capital Kaluga on the Schisdra of the same name , a left tributary of the Oka, which flows into the Volga .

Schisdra is the administrative center of the Rajons of the same name .

history

The first mention of Schisdra comes from the year 1146. The village Schisdra received the town charter in 1777 as the administrative center of a district (see: Ujesd ). The name derived from the river is of Baltic origin and means coarse sand or gravel .

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the city was the center of the timber trade. During this time, the establishment of factories in the region west of the city (e.g. in Lyudinowo ) by the Malzow family, for which iron ore, coal and clays for refractory building materials were mined in the vicinity of Schisdras, was of great importance for the city's economy .

As a result, however, this development did not continue, and Schisdra remained a relatively insignificant small town.

During the Second World War , Schisdra was occupied by the German Wehrmacht on October 5, 1941 . The city was then largely destroyed. Recaptured on August 16, 1943 from the Western Front by the Red Army as part of the Oryol Operation .

The city of Schisdra is located within the Ugra National Park, founded in 1997 .

Population development

year	Residents
1897	6004
1926	6600
1939	8109
1959	5144
1970	5794
1979	5549
1989	5439
2002	5719
2010	5585
2017	5489

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Culture and sights

The city has a local museum.

Economy and Infrastructure

There are companies in the wood processing, textile and food industries in Schisdra.

The Sikejewo station on the Moscow - Brjansk - Kiev railway line, which opened in 1899, is ten kilometers east of the city (km 313). A connecting line to the city opened at the same time was destroyed in World War II and not restored afterwards.

The M3 Moscow – Brjansk – Ukrainian border (from there to Kiev) also runs east of the city. From this a road branches off to Lyudinowo.

Personalities

• Alexei Jelissejew (* 1934 in Schisdra), cosmonaut

Web links

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

• City administration website (Russian)
• Shizdra 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. ↑ Sputniknews: The cityscape of Schisdra in central Russia is being restored