Spas-Demensk

city Spas-Demensk Спас-Деменск flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Kaluga Rajon Spas-Demensk First mention 1494 City since 1917 surface 6  km² population 4896 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 816 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 225  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48455 Post Code 249610, 249611 License Plate 40 OKATO 29 234 501 Geographical location Coordinates 54 ° 25 '  N , 34 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 25 '0 "  N , 34 ° 2' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kaluga Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Spas-Demensk ( Russian Спас-Деме́нск ) is a small Russian town and administrative center of the Rajon of the same name in Kaluga Oblast . It has 4896 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010), making it the smallest place with city status within the oblast.

geography

The city is located in the far west of Kaluga Oblast on the Demena River , a tributary of the Ugra , just under 200 kilometers from the regional capital, Kaluga . The railway line from Tula to Smolensk runs through the town , and in the south Spas-Demensk is affected by the A101 trunk road on the section between Yukhnov and Roslavl .

The closest towns are Kirov (40 km southeast of Spas-Demensk) and Desnogorsk (57 km southwest); the latter is in the neighboring Smolensk Oblast .

history

Spas-Demensk was first mentioned in a document in 1494 as the settlement Demensk ( Деме́нск ). The place was given the addition of "Spas" (literally "Savior") in 1855 after the "Church of the Redeemer" built here.

In the 19th century, Spas-Demensk was important as an agricultural center, where mainly the cultivation and trade in hemp was carried out. In 1917 the town was granted city rights.

During the Second World War , Spas-Demensk was occupied by troops of the German Wehrmacht and was temporarily the seat of an army high command. The place was not recaptured until August 13, 1943 by the Red Army as part of the so-called Smolensk Operation .

Population development

year	Residents
1926	1730
1939	4232
1959	6320
1970	7119
1979	6096
1989	6239
2002	5296
2010	4896

Note: census data

economy

As a very small town, Spas-Demensk has little industrial importance apart from a few factories in the textile, food and wood industries.

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

• Spas-Demensk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• German war graves in Spas-Demensk (English)