Sorsk

city Sorsk Сорск flag coat of arms Federal district Siberia republic Khakassia Urban district Sorsk Founded 1940 City since 1966 surface 6  km² population 12,143 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 2024 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 700  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 39033 Post Code 655111 License Plate 19th OKATO 95 409 Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 0 ′  N , 90 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 90 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Khakassia

List of cities in Russia

Sorsk ( Russian Сорск ) is a city in the republic of Khakassia ( Russia ) with 12,143 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the eastern foothills of the Kuznetsk Alatau ( Batenjowback / Батенёвский кряж), about 100 km northwest of the republic capital Abakan . The climate is continental.

The city of Sorsk is administratively directly subordinate to the republic.

Sorsk located 6 km from the station Erbinskaja the completed in the 1920s railway Achinsk - Abakan away.

history

In 1937 a molybdenum ore deposit was discovered on the river Sora (Сора, also Соря / Zorya) , the mining of which began a little later. In 1940 the Dzerzhinsky miners' settlement was established in this context (named after the Soviet secret service official Felix Dzerzhinsky ). In 1966, the place received its current designation, derived from the name of the river, as a town.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	11.092
1970	10,605
1979	12,232
1989	15,130
2002	13,313
2010	12,143

Note : census data

economy

Molybdenum and copper mining and the production of concentrates of these metals determine the city's economy. There is also a building industry in the form of a brick factory.

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 : Sorsk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sorsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)