Sokol (Vologda)

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city
Sokol
Сокол
coat of arms
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Federal district Northwest Russia
Oblast Vologda
Rajon Sokol
First mention 1615
Earlier names Sokolowo
City since 1932
surface 30.43  km²
population 38,452 inhabitants
(as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density 1264 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center 115  m
Time zone UTC + 3
Telephone code (+7) 81733
Post Code 162129-162139
License Plate 35
OKATO 19 420
Geographical location
Coordinates 59 ° 28 '  N , 40 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 59 ° 28 '0 "  N , 40 ° 7' 0"  E
Sokol (Vologda) (European Russia)
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Location in the western part of Russia
Sokol (Vologda) (Vologda Oblast)
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Location in Vologda Oblast
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Sokol ( Russian Сокол ) is a city in northwestern Russia . It is located in the Vologda Oblast and has 38,452 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Suchona bridge near Sokol

The city lies on the Suchona , the left headwaters of the Northern Dvina , about 35 km north of the Oblast capital Vologda . The closest town is Kadnikow , 12 km east of Sokol.

Sokol is administratively directly subordinate to the Oblast and at the same time the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

history

The place was first mentioned as the village of Sokolowo in 1615. With the establishment of a paper mill named after the village of Sokol (Russian for falcon ) in 1897, a workers' settlement of the same name was created, which received town charter in 1932 and became the third largest town in the oblast.

In the city there was the POW camp 193 for German prisoners of war of the Second World War . The prisoner of war hospital 3732 in Woschega, 140 km north, was assigned to the camp .

Population development

year Residents
1939 29,039
1959 41,709
1970 48,253
1979 45.296
1989 46,604
2002 43,042
2010 38,452

Note: census data

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)
  2. Maschke, Erich (ed.): On the history of the German prisoners of war of the Second World War. Verlag Ernst and Werner Gieseking, Bielefeld 1962–1977.

Web links

Commons : Sokol  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files