Zelenodolsk

city Selenodolsk Зеленодольск ( Russian ) Яшел Үзән ( Tatar ) flag coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Tatarstan Rajon Zelenodolsk mayor Alexander Tygin Founded 1865 City since 1932 surface 38  km² population 97,674 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 2570 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 90  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 84371 Post Code 422540-422551 License Plate 16, 116 OKATO 92 420 Website http://zelenodolsk.tatarstan.ru/ Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 51 ′  N , 48 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 0 ″  N , 48 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tatarstan

List of cities in Russia

Zelenodolsk ( Russian Зеленодольск ; Tatar Яшел Үзән Yäşel Üzän ) is a city in Russia in the Republic of Tatarstan . It is located on the northern bank of the Volga , 38 km west of the republic capital Kazan , and has 97,674 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

history

Zelenodolsk was founded on the territory of the Cheremiss village of Parat . In 1865 this place was mentioned under the name Kabachishchi . Since 1897 the village was called Paratski Saton (Paratsk) . From 1928 the settlement was called Seljony Dol (Зелёный Дол), from which the current name developed, which the place received in 1932 at the same time as it was granted city rights.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	30,230
1959	60,472
1970	76,961
1979	84.504
1989	94.079
2002	100.139
2010	97,674

Note: census data

economy

Wood processing, furniture manufacturing and the clothing industry are important for the city. It has been an important shipbuilding site here since 1895. There are several climatic health resorts in the vicinity of Zelenodolsk , and agriculture also plays an important role.

education

Zelenodolsk has a branch of the Kazan State University as well as a technical college for mechanical engineering and a medical vocational school, several private academic educational institutions and a vocational school for shipbuilding.

The city has 24 general education schools, the majority of which are called Gymnasium or Lyceum .

Culture

Zelenodolsk train station

21 km away from Zelenodolsk there is a Mother of God monastery . The city itself has three cultural centers with large auditoriums. These are equipped with stages and orchestra pits. There is also a cultural facility for young people in the Mirny district , which houses several dance and theater groups.

The city also has a youth sports school, youth art school and a music school. There are also several libraries (of the two cultural centers, the city administration and several district libraries) available to the population.

There is a museum of local history and ethnography in the city. You can also visit the Gorky Ship Factory Museum. Secondary school number 3 has a cosmonautics museum. In the museum there are numerous copies of the aircraft, as well as parts of the cosmonaut equipment.

Not far from the city, located on a Volga island, the Svyashsk Monastery can be visited, the buildings of which are important testimonies of Russian architecture.

sons and daughters of the town

• Larissa Djadkowa (* 1952), opera singer
• Dina Garipova (* 1991), singer

Web links

Commons : Zelenodolsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Zelenodolsk Official Website (Russian)
• Zelenodolsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• Zelenodolsk City Portal (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. ↑ Russian Defense Business Directory - Z. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .