Sychovka

city Sychovka Сычёвка coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Smolensk Rajon Sychovka First mention 1488 City since 1776 surface 8  km² population 8111 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1014 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 200  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 48130 Post Code 215279, 215280 License Plate 67 OKATO 66 246 501 Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 50 ′  N , 34 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 55 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  N , 34 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Smolensk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Sychovka ( Russian Сычёвка , German also incorrectly Sychevka ) is a small town in the Smolensk Oblast ( Russia ) with 8111 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located on the northern edge of the Sychovka-Vyazma Heights about 235 kilometers northeast of the Oblast capital Smolensk on the Wasusa , a right tributary of the Volga .

Sychovka is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

The city lies on the railway line Lichoslavl - Torzhok - Rzhev - Vyazma, opened on this section in 1881 (route km 184).

history

Church of the Annunciation of Sychovka

Sychovka was first named in 1488 as the Tver Prince Ivan Molodoi, a son of Tsar Ivan III. belonging village mentioned. In 1493 it belonged to the Tsar's court. The name is derived from the Russian word sytsch for Kauz - also in a figurative sense - (see also city arms).

In 1776 the town was granted city rights.

During the Second World War , Sychovka was occupied by the German Wehrmacht on October 10, 1941 and recaptured on March 8, 1943 by troops of the Western Front of the Red Army after the Wehrmacht had cleared the Rzhev front .

Population development

year	Residents
1897	4773
1926	7646
1939	8428
1959	6705
1970	8193
1979	8426
1989	9643
2002	8683
2010	8111

Note: census data

Culture and sights

The city has a local museum.

In the village of Sokolino there is the Epiphany Church ( Богоявленская церковь / Bogojawlenskaja zerkow) from 1847. Nearby is the former country residence Dugino , of the diplomat Count Nikita Panin (1770-1837, including ambassador to Berlin) from the 18th to 19th centuries . In the village of Boris-Gleb there is the Boris-and-Gleb Church ( Борисоглебская / Borissoglebskaja Zerkow) from 1771 and the Nilus Church ( Нильская / Nilskaja zerkow) from 1897.

economy

In Sychovka there is an electrotechnical factory, a printing plant, as well as wood and food industries.

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 : Sychovka  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Sychovka on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• History of the city (Russian)