Syasstroi

city Syasstroy Сясьстрой coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Leningrad Rajon Volkhov Founded 1926 City since 1992 surface 122  km² population 13,745 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 113 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 25  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81363 Post Code 187420 License Plate 47 OKATO 41 209 508 Geographical location Coordinates 60 ° 8 ′  N , 32 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 60 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  N , 32 ° 34 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Leningrad Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Sjasstroi ( Russian Сясьстрой ) is a city in Russia with 13,745 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010). It belongs to the Volkhov Raion of Leningrad Oblast .

geography

The city is located on the eponymous river Sjas near its confluence with Lake Ladoga , about 140 km east of the city of Saint Petersburg . The closest cities are Novaya Ladoga (15 km west of Syasstroi) and Volkhov (26 km southwest).

history

Sjasstroi was founded in 1926 with the construction of the local cellulose- paper combine and in 1992 it was promoted to town. During the Stalinist era there was also a prison camp for Germans in Syasstroi.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	7,364
1959	7.178
1970	12,915
1979	17,541
1989	16,122
2002	13,969
2010	13,745

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

The cellulose-paper-combine is still the most important company in Sjasstroi. It was privatized in 1993 and produces, among other things, cardboard, kitchen rolls, toilet paper and packaging paper, whereby the production infrastructure was modernized in 2008 by purchasing Italian plants.

The town lies on the highway M18 which Syasstroy over Schlüsselburg connects to Saint Petersburg. There has been a new bus station since the end of 2007. Passenger rail connections run via the Lungatschi station, a little east of the city .

See also

• List of cities in Leningrad Oblast

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

• Sjasstroi on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• Website of the Sjasstroi Paper Combine (Russian, English )