Spas Klepiki

city Spas-Klepiki Спас-Клепики flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Ryazan Rajon Klepikowski First mention 16th century City since 1920 surface 6  km² population 5916 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 986 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 115  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49142 Post Code 391030 License Plate 62 OKATO 61 210 501 Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 8 ′  N , 40 ° 10 ′  E Coordinates: 55 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  N , 40 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Ryazan Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Spas-Klepiki ( Russian Спас-Клепики ) is a small town in the Ryazan Oblast ( Russia ) with 5916 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the central part of the Meshchora lowlands about 70 km northeast of the Oblast capital Ryazan on the Pra , a left tributary of the Oka, which flows into the Volga .

Spas-Klepiki is the administrative center of the Klepikowski rajon .

history

The place has been known as Klepiki since the 16th century . After a church was built, the name Spasskaja (from Russian spas for savior ) passed to the place that was now run as Spasskoje, also known as Klepiki .

In the second half of the 17th century, the village developed into a trading place with a cloth factory on the lively Kassimower tract , the road from Moscow to Kassimow . By the middle of the 19th century, the production of wadding and tow from the linen and cotton weaving mills of the Moscow and Vladimir governorates developed into an important branch of the economy in the surrounding villages .

In 1920 the city charter was granted under the current name, which combines the old names.

Population development

year	Residents
1926	2300
1939	3657
1959	4986
1970	5901
1979	7022
1989	7209
2002	6153
2010	5916

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Culture and sights

There is a Yessenin Museum and a Museum of Wood Carving in the city.

The city is located in the middle of the Meshchorsky National Park, which was founded in 1992 for the protection and orderly use of the Meshchora . The administration of the 103,014 hectare park is located here.

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  Street scene in the center of Spas-Klepiki

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  Wooden church

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  Former school where Sergei Esenin studied

Economy and Infrastructure

There are textile and shoe industries in Spas-Klepiki.

Through the city, the regional road leads R105 (Moscow-) Ljuberzy -Kassimow as taught herein, the R123 to Rjasan branches.

Spas-Klepiki was located on the narrow-gauge railway ( 750 mm gauge ) Ryazan- Tuma , which was opened in 1899 and which was shut down in sections from 1972 and finally in 1999.

Personalities

• Sergei Jessenin (1895–1925), poet; attended school in Spas-Klepiki from 1909 to 1912

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 : Spas-Klepiki  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• City's unofficial website (Russian)
• Spas-Klepiki on mojgorod.ru (Russian)