Sudscha

city Sudscha Suja flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Kursk Rajon Sudscha Founded 17th century City since 1664 surface 4  km² population 6036 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1509 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 135  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 47143 Post Code 307800 License Plate 46 OKATO 38 240 501 Geographical location Coordinates 51 ° 12 ′  N , 35 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  N , 35 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kursk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Sudscha ( Russian Суджа ) is a small town in the Kursk Oblast ( Russia ) with 6036 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the southern edge of the Central Russian Plate about 100 km southwest of the Oblast capital Kursk on the Sudscha of the same name , a right tributary of the Psjol, which flows into the Dnepr .

Sudscha is the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

history

The place arose in the 17th century as a fortified trading settlement near the then southern border of the Russian Empire and was initially named after the river Sudschanskaja sloboda .

In 1664 town charter was granted. After 1786, the place lost its military and regal importance, after which it remained an important local handicraft and trade center, but fell behind in the 20th century compared to other cities in the region.

During the Second World War , Sudscha was occupied by the German Wehrmacht on October 18, 1941 and recaptured on March 3, 1943 by troops of the Voronezh Front of the Red Army as part of the Battle of Kharkov .

Population development

year	Residents
1897	7433
1939	3674
1959	4004
1970	6197
1979	7185
1989	7487
2002	7045
2010	6036

Note: census data

Culture and sights

In Suscha are the Holy Trinity Church ( Троицкая церковь / Troitskaya Tserkov), the Assumption Church ( Вознесенская церковь / Wosnessenskaja Zerkow to 1811) the and Virgin Birth Church ( Рождественская церковь / Roschdestwenskaja Zerkow) received from 1799 to 1828.

The city has a local museum.

In the nearby settlements of Samostje and Saoleschenka there are five-domed churches from the 19th century. In the village of Gujewo (also Guiwa ), 15 kilometers to the south, there is an unfinished palace with farm buildings and the surrounding park of the Dolgoruki princes.

Economy and Infrastructure

In Sudscha there is a supplier company for tractor construction as well as companies in the food industry and building materials industry.

The city lies on the railway line Bryansk - Lgov - Kharkiv opened on this section in 1911 .

The regional road R200 runs through Sudscha from Djakonowo (near Kursk) to the Ukrainian border and on to Sumy .

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 : Sudscha  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Private website about the city (Russian, photos)
• Sudscha on mojgorod.ru (Russian)