Chernogorsk

city Chernogorsk Chernogorsk flag coat of arms Federal district Siberia republic Khakassia Urban district Chernogorsk mayor Vladimir Sorokin Founded 1936 City since 1936 surface 118  km² population 72,147 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 611 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 260  m Time zone UTC + 7 Telephone code (+7) 39031 Post Code 655151-655163 License Plate 19th OKATO 95 415 Geographical location Coordinates 53 ° 49 '  N , 91 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 49 '0 "  N , 91 ° 17' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Khakassia

List of cities in Russia

Chernogorsk ( Russian Черногорск ) is a city in the Republic of Khakassia ( Russia ) with 72,147 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located north of the western Sayan Mountains , about 15 km northwest of the republic capital Abakan , a few kilometers off the left bank of the Yenisei . The climate is continental.

The city of Chernogorsk is administratively directly subordinate to the republic. The city also manages the urban-type settlement Prigorsk (Пригорск, 2,632 inhabitants), so that the total population of the administrative unit "Chernogorsk District" is 74,749 (2010).

Both Chernogorsk as well as Prigorsk and the surrounding coal mines have rail connections (freight traffic only) to Tasheba station of the South Siberian Railway Novokuznetsk - Abakan - Taischet, 15 km away from Chernogorsk ( Chernogorskije Kopi station ) . Moreover Chernogorsk is located on the highway M 54 , of Krasnojarsk to Mongolian leads limit.

history

Chernogorsk was created in 1936 through the amalgamation of several settlements that had arisen around several shafts in the Minussinsk coalfield since the beginning of coal mining in 1904 . The place name refers to coal mining (Russian чёрный / tschorny for black ).

Population development

year	Residents
1926	1,000
1939	17.405
1959	51,064
1970	60.011
1979	71,386
1989	79,355
2002	73,077
2010	72,147

Note : census data (1926 rounded)

economy

In addition to the coal industry by the largest Russian coal producer Siberian Coal Energy Company (Сибирская угольная энергетическая компания, СУЭК / Siberian Coal Energy Company, SUEK) with the shafts Chakasskaja (Хакасская) and Jenisseiskaja (Енисейская) and an open pit , are lightweight, textile - and the furniture industry as well as the construction industry.

sons and daughters of the town

• Yuri Kobrin (* 1943), Russian poet
• Andrejs Žagars (1958–2019), Latvian actor
• Nikolai Bolshakow (* 1977), Russian cross-country skier

Web links

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

• Chernogorsk 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)