Zvenigowo

city Swenigowo Звенигово ( Russian ) Провой ( Mari ) coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Mari El Rajon Zvenigowo head Vasily Rodkin Founded 1860 City since 1974 surface 5  km² population 11,946 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 2389 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 70  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83645 Post Code 425060-425062 License Plate 12 OKATO 88 212 501 Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 58 '  N , 48 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 58 '0 "  N , 48 ° 1' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Mari El

List of cities in Russia

Zvenigowo ( Russian Звенигово , Mari Провой , Prowoj ) is a city in the republic of Mari El in Russia with 11,946 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

location

The city is located about 650 km east of Moscow and 90 km south of the republic capital Yoshkar-Ola , on the left bank of the Volga River in the area of ​​the Kuibyshev reservoir . The closest city is Volzhsk ; this is about 20 km as the crow flies from Swenigowo.

history

The place was established in 1860 as a Volga settlement with a ship landing stage and a shipyard. The place was particularly suitable for the parking of ships over winter, as there was a small bay here at the mouth of the small river Sweniga (from which Swenigowo also takes its name). At first the village had only a few barracks for the workers on the pier. By the end of the 19th century, however, the shipyard had developed into a larger operation that attracted workers from outside the country. At the beginning of the 20th century, Zvenigowo was already an industrial center.

In the 1920s and 1930s Zvenigowo was further industrialized after a territorial reform and the formation of the raion of the same name , of which it became the center; Among other things, the shipyard was expanded and new infrastructure objects were built. Swenigowo received city status in 1974.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	5,173
1959	7.213
1970	8,597
1979	12,013
1989	14,239
2002	12,722
2010	11,946

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

Swenigowo has a shipping pier on the Kuibyshev reservoir. The industry is represented here with the shipyard founded in 1860 (today: Butjakow shipyard Swenigowo ), as well as the wood and food industry.

Web links

• Unofficial Zvenigovo website (Russian)
• Zvenigovo on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• Butyakov Shipyard website (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)