Sernograd

city Sernograd Zernograd flag coat of arms Federal district Southern Russia Oblast Rostov Rajon Sernograd mayor Viktor Kucherov Founded 1915 Earlier names Werbljud (until 1933) Sernowoi (1933–1960) City since 1951 surface 16  km² population 26,842 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1678 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 85  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86359 Post Code 347740-347743 License Plate 61, 161 OKATO 60 218 501 Website www.zernograd.org Geographical location Coordinates 46 ° 51 ′  N , 40 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 51 ′ 0 ″  N , 40 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Rostov Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Sernograd ( Russian Зерноград ) is a city in Rostov Oblast ( Russia ) with 26,842 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the northern foothills of the Caucasus, about 70 km southeast of the oblast capital Rostov-on-Don, not far from the headwaters of the Kagalnik near the mouth of the Don, which also flows into the Sea of ​​Azov .

Sernograd is the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

The city lies on the 1915 railway line (Rostov–) Bataisk - Salsk .

history

The place was created in connection with the construction of the Rostov – Salsk railway (station Torgowaja ) in 1915 as Werbljud station (Russian for camel ).

In 1929 a larger grain breeding and research institute was set up here; In 1933 the growing place received the status of an urban-type settlement under the name Sernowoi (from Russian serno for grain ).

1951 was granted city rights. In 1960 the city was given its current name.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	8,774
1959	15,634
1970	20,324
1979	25,270
1989	26.097
2002	28,840
2010	26,842

Note: census data

economy

In Sernograd there are factories for hydraulic power units and for agricultural machinery as well as operations for the food industry. The city is the center of an important agricultural area (grain, sunflowers, cattle and horse breeding).

The All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Grain Breeding is located in the city .

sons and daughters of the town

• Jelena Oleinikowa (* 1976), triple jumper

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

• City administration website (Russian)
• Sernograd on mojgorod.ru (Russian)