Semikarakorsk

city Semikarakorsk Семикаракорск coat of arms Federal district Southern Russia Oblast Rostov Rajon Semikarakorsk First mention 1672 Earlier names Semikarakorskaja (until 1958) Semikarakorski (1958–1972) City since 1972 surface 18  km² population 23,884 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1327 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 10  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86356 Post Code 346630, 346631 License Plate 61, 161 OKATO 60 251 501 Website www.semikarakorsk.ru Geographical location Coordinates 47 ° 31 '  N , 40 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 31 '0 "  N , 40 ° 48' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Rostov Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Semikarakorsk ( Russian Семикаракорск ) is a city in Rostov Oblast ( Russia ) with 23,884 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 140 km northeast of the oblast capital Rostov-on-Don on the left bank of the Don , above the mouth of the Sal .

Semikarakorsk is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

The nearest railway station is Ust-Donetskaya 25 kilometers north.

history

The Stanitsa Semikarakorskaja of the Don Cossacks was first mentioned in 1672. Due to frequent floods, the Staniza was relocated several times. Since 1845 it has been in the place of today's city.

During the Second World War , Stanitsa Semikarakorskaya was occupied by the German Wehrmacht in the summer of 1942 and was recaptured on January 4, 1943 by troops from the newly formed southern front of the Red Army .

In 1958, the Stanitsa received the status of an urban-type settlement as Semikarakorski . On May 25, 1972, on the occasion of its 300th anniversary, the city was granted city rights.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	6,588
1939	5,872
1959	10,696
1970	15,898
1979	20,244
1989	22,704
2002	23,473
2010	23,884

Note: census data

Culture and sights

Not far from the city are the remains of a Khazarian city ​​and fortress. In Stanitsa Kochetovskaya there is a museum dedicated to the Cossack writer Vitaly Sakrutkin (1908–1984), who lived there for many years.

economy

In Semikarakorsk there are mainly companies in the food industry (canned food, cheese, meat processing), as well as a textile and ceramics factory and companies in the building materials industry.

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)

Web links

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

• Unofficial information portal (Russian)
• Semikarakorsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)