Tchaikovsky (city)

city Tchaikovsky Shaykovsky flag coat of arms Federal district Volga region Perm Rajon Tchaikovsky mayor Igor Andriiv Founded 1955 City since 1962 surface 31  km² population 82,895 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 2674 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 95  m Time zone UTC + 5 Telephone code (+7) 34241 Post Code 61776x License Plate 59, 81, 159 OKATO 57 435 Website www.chaikovskiy.ru Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 46 '  N , 54 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 46 '0 "  N , 54 ° 7' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Perm region

List of cities in Russia

Tchaikovsky ( Russian Чайковский ) is a town in the Perm region in Russia . It has 82,895 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) and is the administrative center of the Rajons of the same name .

geography

The city is located in the extreme southwest of the Perm region, 325km from the capital of Perm away, near the border with the republic of Udmurtia . The closest towns are Votkinsk (32 km north) and Sarapul (38 km southwest), both in Udmurtia.

The Kama flows through Tchaikovsky, and to the north of it, at the confluence with the Saigatka , forms the Votkinsk reservoir . Due to the location of the city between the Kama in the west, the reservoir in the north and the Saigatka in the east, which is enlarged by the damming, the urban area of ​​Tchaikovsky resembles a peninsula.

history

Orthodox Church of St. George in Tchaikovsky

The city was founded in 1955 on the site of a former village called Saigatka. The reason for the city's foundation was the construction of a hydroelectric power station on the Kama, in the course of which the Votkinsk reservoir was also formed. The power plant was completed in 1965 and is mainly used to supply energy to the nearby Udmurt region and the southern Perm region.

The city was named after the important composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky , who was born nearby in Votkinsk .

Population development

year	Residents
1959	12,752
1970	48.034
1979	70.273
1989	85,849
2002	86,714
2010	82,895

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

In addition to the Votkinsk hydroelectric power station, which today belongs to the energy supplier RusHydro , the city has a thermal power station and a number of industrial companies such as the Tchaikovsky textile factory and the Uralorgsintes chemical combine .

The city has an inland port on the Kama and a railway connection on a branch line of the main line Kazan - Yekaterinburg .

City partner and friendships

A city friendship has existed with Neustrelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania since 1993, which was established on the occasion of the withdrawal of the CIS armed forces .

Sports

In the town there is the Sneschinka ski jumping facility , where competitions are held regularly.

sons and daughters of the town

• Ekaterina Jurjewa (* 1983), biathlete
• Sergei Kljatschin (* 1986), biathlete
• Ivan Anissimow (* 1987), cross-country skier
• Jekaterina Glasyrina (* 1987), biathlete
• Sergei Schilow (* 1988), track and road cyclist
• Yevgeny Sivosheles (* 1988), volleyball player
• Gleb Retiwych (* 1991), cross-country skier
• Alexander Petschonkin (* 1991), biathlete
• Lyubov Alchikova (* 1996), ski jumper

See also

• List of cities in the Perm region

Web links

Commons : Tchaikovsky, Perm Krai  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official Website (Russian)
• Tchaikovsky on mojgorod.ru (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)
2. ↑ Entry about the twin cities on the homepage of the city of Neustrelitz.Retrieved on April 1, 2019, 18:44