Slobodskoi

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city
Slobodskoi
Слободской
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Federal district Volga
Oblast Kirov
Urban district Slobodskoi
mayor Yevgeny Rychkov
Founded 1505
City since 1599
surface 44  km²
population 33,981 inhabitants
(as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density 772 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center 140  m
Time zone UTC + 3
Telephone code (+7) 83362
Post Code 613150-613155
License Plate 43
OKATO 33 413
Website www.slobodskoy.ru
Geographical location
Coordinates 58 ° 43 '  N , 50 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 58 ° 43 '0 "  N , 50 ° 11' 0"  E
Slobodskoi (European Russia)
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Location in the western part of Russia
Slobodskoi (Kirov Oblast)
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Location in Kirov Oblast
List of cities in Russia

Slobodskoi ( Russian Слободско́й ) is a city in Russia with 33,981 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010). Slobodskoi is located in Kirov Oblast on the right bank of the Vyatka , about 900 km northeast of Moscow . In addition, it is connected to the Trans-Siberian Railway via a branch line to the regional capital Kirov, 35 km away .

history

The town was founded in 1505, when settlers from the western parts of the Grand Duchy of Moscow built a so-called Sloboda - a kind of economically independent city - on the banks of the Vyatka . It was founded in 1489 when the Vyatka Territories were conquered by the troops of Tsar Ivan III. ahead so that the place has belonged to Russia since its inception. Later it was called Slobodskoi Gorodok , i.e. Sloboda town, in 1599 it received city rights and has been called simply Slobodskoi ever since.

In the late 18th century, Slobodskoi became an important trading town, mainly thanks to its location on a trade route from Siberia to the northern sea port city of Arkhangelsk . In 1782 there were already well over 100 merchants in the city, processing and trading primarily furs , leather and agricultural products. At the beginning of the 20th century, Slobodskoi was already a leader in industrial production in the entire Vyatka Governorate .

Population development

year Residents
1897 10.051
1939 22,796
1959 30,836
1970 34,374
1979 36,881
1989 39,249
2002 33,477
2009 33,981

Note: census data

economy

Slobodskoi still has an important fur processing factory , which is one of the largest in Russia. There is also furniture, food and mechanical engineering industries here. Agriculture and limestone are mined in the vicinity of the city .

Attractions

Slobodskoi has a historical center with a local museum and beautiful old wooden churches .

Personalities

  • Alexander Grin (1880–1932), writer, was born in Slobodskoi
  • Jānis Rainis (1865–1929), poet, lived in exile in Slobodskoi from 1899 to 1903

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)

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