Sorochinsk

city Sorochinsk Сорочинск flag coat of arms Federal district Volga Oblast Orenburg Urban district Sorochinsk mayor Nikolai Kmelevskich Founded 1737 City since 1945 surface 56  km² population 29,249 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 522 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 100  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 35346 Post Code 46190x License Plate 56 OKATO 53 427 Website www.sorochinsk.ru Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 26 '  N , 53 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 26 '0 "  N , 53 ° 9' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Orenburg Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Sorochinsk ( Russian Сорочинск ) is a Russian city ​​with 29,249 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the Orenburg Oblast .

location

Sorochinsk is located near the western foothills of the Ural Mountains and on the left bank of the Samara River , about 170 km northwest of the regional capital Orenburg . The closest city is Buzuluk , which is 70 km northwest of Sorochinsk.

history

Sorochinsk was founded in 1737, at that time still in the middle of a vast steppe landscape , as a fortress called Sorochinskaja krepost ( Сорочинская крепость ). The name comes from the small Samara tributary Soroka, which literally means "magpie". During the Pugachev peasant uprising in 1774, the fortress could not stop the rebels and was devastated by them. Although later rebuilt, Sorochinsk soon lost its importance as a defensive base.

After a railway line was laid along the Samara in 1876, which also leads past Sorochinsk, trade flourished in the town and, a little later, industry. At the end of the 19th century, Sorochinsk already had over 5000 inhabitants.

1945 Sorochinsk received city rights. In the 1970s, oil and gas fields were developed near the city .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	17,863
1959	19,359
1970	23,235
1979	24,739
1989	26,721
2002	30,136
2010	29,249

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

In addition to oil and gas production, the processing of agricultural production and the food industry play an important role in Sorochinsk today.

The city is on the M5 trunk road and on the Samara – Orenburg railway line . The city's train station is called Sorochinskaya after the old place name .

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

• On the history of Sorochinsk (Russian)
• Sorochinsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)