Sussanino (Kostroma)

Urban-type settlement Sussanino Сусанино Federal district Central Russia Oblast Kostroma Rajon Sussaninski head Yulia Golubeva Earlier names Molwitino (until 1939) Urban-type settlement since 1970 population 3406 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 150  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 49434 Post Code 157080 License Plate 44 OKATO 34 244 551 Website psusanino.adm44.ru Geographical location Coordinates 58 ° 9 '  N , 41 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 58 ° 9 '0 "  N , 41 ° 35' 15"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Kostroma Oblast

Sussanino ( Russian Суса́нино ) is an urban-type settlement in Kostroma Oblast in Russia with 3406 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

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  Panorama of the settlement

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  Church of the Resurrection in Sussanino

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  old trading building in Sussanino

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  Ivan Sussanin memorial stone near Sussanino

The place is about 60 km as the crow flies northeast of the Kostroma Oblast Administrative Center on the left bank of the Shacha , a left tributary of the Kostroma .

Sussanino is the administrative center of the Sussaninsky Rajons and the seat of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Possjolok Sussanino, which also includes the village of Gavrilowskoje to the northeast.

history

The place was first mentioned in the 16th century under the name Molwitino .

On October 8, 1928, Molwitino became the administrative seat of the newly created Rajons named after him Molwitinski . In November 1939 the place was renamed in Sussanino and the Rajons in Sussaninski in honor of the farmer Iwan Sussanin († 1613), who was born nearby and who became a folk hero in the Polish-Russian War 1609–1618 , who also appeared in Glinka's opera Ein Life for the tsar is immortalized.

On July 29, 1970, the place received the status of an urban-type settlement.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	1,433
1939	2,889
1959	2,696
1970	4,562
1979	4,936
1989	5,289
2002	4,065
2010	3,406

Note: census data

traffic

The Kostroma - Bui regional road (formerly R99) runs through Sussanino . In Bui, which is 40 km to the north, on the main line of the Trans-Siberian Railway, there is also the nearest train station.

Web links

Commons : Sussanino  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipal administration (Russian)

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)