Strunino

city Strunino Струнино flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Vladimir Rajon Alexandrov mayor Georgi Gorshkov First mention 1492 City since 1938 surface 10  km² population 14,369 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1437 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 170  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49244 Post Code 601670 License Plate 33 OKATO 17 205 508 Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 23 '  N , 38 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 23 '0 "  N , 38 ° 35' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Vladimir Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Strunino ( Russian Струнино ) is a city in the Vladimir Oblast ( Russia ) with 14,369 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located at the eastern end of the Moscow ridge about 130 km northwest of the Oblast capital Vladimir on the Pitschkura , a source river of the Scherna in the river system of the Volga .

Strunino belongs to the Alexandrov Rajon and is in fact a satellite town of the administrative center a few kilometers to the east.

history

The village of Strunino was first mentioned in a document in 1492. The name is probably derived from the family name Strunin , which in turn goes back to a Fyodor Struna Suchorin from Pereslavl .

A workers' settlement was created in connection with the establishment of a textile factory, which was granted city rights in 1938.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	15,056
1959	18,982
1970	20,627
1979	19,658
1989	18,658
2002	16,056
2010	14,369

Note: census data

Culture and sights

Church of the Transfiguration of Christ

Strunino railway station

The small Church of the Transfiguration of Christ ( церковь Преображения Господня / zerkow Preobraschenija Gospodnja) stands in Strunino from 1893 to 1898. During the Soviet era , it was used as the house of the pioneers , but renovated and re- consecrated as a church in the 1990s .

Economy and Infrastructure

The most important companies in the city are the factory for cotton fabrics and clothing Struninskaja manufaktura as well as a factory for cardboard packaging of a Russian- Irish joint venture .

The city lies on the railway line Moscow - Yaroslavl , opened in 1870 , today part of the main line of the Trans-Siberian Railway (route km 105), from which the northeast section of the Great Moscow Railway Ring branches off in the direction of Orechowo-Sujewo .

The road R75 , which connects the trunk road M7 (west of Vladimir) via Kolchugino and Alexandrov with the M8 north of Sergiev Posad , leads north past Strunino.

sons and daughters of the town

• Pawel Kuznetsov (* 1961), weightlifter

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 : Strunino  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Strunino on mojgorod.ru (Russian)