Skopin

This article is about a city in Russia. On the Russian military leader of the early 17th century, see Michail Wassiljewitsch Skopin-Schuiski .

city Skopin Скопин flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Ryazan Urban district Skopin First mention 12th Century City since 1778 surface 30  km² population 30,376 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1013 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 150  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49156 Post Code 391800-391803 License Plate 62 OKATO 61 415 Website www.skopin.net Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 49 '  N , 39 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 49 '0 "  N , 39 ° 33' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Ryazan Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Skopin ( Russian Скопин ) is a Russian city ​​with 30,376 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the central Russian Oblast of Ryazan . It is located 109 kilometers southwest of the regional capital Ryazan on the Wjorda River , in the plain through which the Oka flows. The closest city is Novomichurinsk , which is 27 km northeast of Skopin.

history

Skopin is one of the oldest cities in Ryazan Oblast. In the 12th century, under the name Licharewskoje Gorodishche (Russian: Лихаревское городище) a settlement was founded near what is now the urban area. In the 16th century, a sentry was established on the southern border of the Moscow area with the name Ostroschek (Russian: Острожек). At the end of the 16th century, the city was initially called Skopinskaja Sloboda , the name Skopin is then used for the first time from around 1595 to 1597. The tsar had a wooden citadel ( Kremlin ) built there in 1663 . In the 18th century the place lost its military importance.

Skopin was briefly occupied by the German Wehrmacht during the Battle of Moscow in the German-Soviet War (1941-45) .

In the 1960s, the urban-type Metallurgy settlement that was built in the 1940s was incorporated . In 2004 the urban-type settlement a good 10 km south, founded in 1927 as Pobedinski and renamed Saretschny in 1963, as well as the 6 km south-west, Oktjabrski settlement, which was also elevated to an urban-type settlement in 1934 (the coal mine is now closed), were incorporated into Skopin after they had previously been subordinate to the city administration.

Population development

year	Residents
	Skopin	Oktyabrsky	Pobedinski, from 1963 Saretschny	Metallurg	total
1897	13,247				13,247
1939	13,250	2,481	1,165		16,896
1959	17,957	5,599	4,305	3,036	30,897
1970	24,429	5,563	4,837		34,829
1979	26,608	5,227	4,302		36,137
1989	28,912	5,599	3,798		38,309
2002	25.092	4,936	3,147		33,175
2010	30,376				30,376

Note: census data

economy

Since the second half of the 19th century, lignite was mined on the outskirts of Skopin , and mining was stopped in 1989. Today, the city's industries are engineering , light industry , building materials, and the food industry . Skopin is also known for its ceramic products and refractory clay minerals .

sons and daughters of the town

• Ioann Dobroljubow (1838–1905), local historian, priest
• Pawel Sytin (1870–1938), Russian and Soviet officer, major general in the tsarist army
• Anatoly Novikow (1896–1984), composer
• Vasily Orlow (1896–1974), Soviet theater and film actor, educator
• Pawel Makarow (1897–1970), Russian and Soviet military, during the civil war - saboteur and spy for the Red Army
• Ksenija Serbina (1903–1990), historian
• Alexander Afinogenow (1904–1941), playwright
• Sergei Birjusow (1904–1964), Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Ivan Lukinski (1906–1986), Soviet film director
• Vladimir Bunin (1908–1970), composer
• Anatoli Jegorow (1920–1997), philosopher
• Nina Tamarina (* 1926), entomologist
• Sergei Choruschi (* 1941), physicist, philosopher, translator of Joyce's works

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 : Skopin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City website (Russian)
• Skopin on mojgorod.ru (Russian)