Cheremkhovo

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city Cheremkhovo Черемхово flag coat of arms Federal district Siberia Oblast Irkutsk Urban district Cheremkhovo mayor Vadim Semenov Founded 1772 City since 1917 surface 110  km² population 52,647 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 479 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 560  m Time zone UTC + 8 Telephone code (+7) 39546 Post Code 665400-665415 License Plate 38, 85, 138 OKATO 25 445 Website www.admcher.ru Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 9 '  N , 103 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 9 '0 "  N , 103 ° 4' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Irkutsk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Cheremkhovo ( Russian Черемхово ) is a city in Irkutsk Oblast in Russia with 52,647 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the northern foothills of the Eastern Sayan , about 15 kilometers from the left bank of the Angara and 130 kilometers to the northwest from the oblast capital Irkutsk .

Cheremkhovo is the administrative center of the same name Rajons Cheremkhovo .

history

Cheremkhovo was founded in 1772 as a village and post office on the Moscow tract . The name refers to the Cheremchovka (also Cheremschana) flowing here, which in turn is derived from the Russian cheryomucha for bird cherry .

At the end of the 19th century, the Trans-Siberian Railway ran through the town. During this time, the coal deposits discovered here began to be exploited ; In 1896 the first shaft went into operation, in 1906 there were already 89 in the area. In 1917 Cheremkhovo received city rights.

The heyday of coal mining, meanwhile also in open-cast mines , and thus the city was the middle of the 20th century. During this time Cheremkhovo, as the economic center of the Irkutsk coal basin, had well over 100,000 inhabitants.

The location on the tract and railroad ( Werstsäule ), bird cherry and coal are shown in the city arms.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	2,000
1926	14,500
1939	65,574
1959	122,833
1970	98,667
1979	76,696
1989	73,636
2002	60.107
2010	52,647

Note: census data (rounded up to 1926)

Economy and Infrastructure

The most important branch of the economy is still hard coal mining. There are also mechanical engineering, wood processing, light and food industries.

Cheremkhovo is a station on the Trans-Siberian Railway (km 5054 from Moscow ), from which a 20-kilometer freight line branches off to Swirsk ( Makarjewo station ) on the Angara.

The M53 trunk road from Novosibirsk via Krasnoyarsk to Irkutsk, part of the trans-Siberian road connection, passes about 10 kilometers southeast of the city.

sons and daughters of the town

• Alexander Poleschtschuk (* 1953), cosmonaut
• Sergei Chemezov (* 1952), manager

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 of State Statistics of the Russian Federation); Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 g. po Irkutskoj oblasti (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010 for Irkutsk Oblast). on-line

Web links

Commons : Cheremkhovo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Russian)
• Cheremkhovo at mojgorod.ru (Russian)