Chistopol

city Tschistopol Чистополь ( Russian ) Чистай ( Tatar ) flag coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Tatarstan Rajon Chistopolsky mayor Vyacheslav Kozlov Founded 18th century City since 1781 surface 20  km² population 60,755 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 3038 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 100  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 84342 Post Code 422980-422986 License Plate 16, 116 OKATO 92 440 Website chistopol.su Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 22 ′  N , 50 ° 38 ′  E Coordinates: 55 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  N , 50 ° 38 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Tatarstan

List of cities in Russia

Tschistopol ( Russian Чистополь ; Tatar Чистай / Çistay ) is a city in Russia in the Republic of Tatarstan . It has 60,755 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) and is located around 140 km southeast of the republic capital Kazan , on the left bank of the Kama .

history

The place arose at the beginning of the 18th century as Tschistoje Pole , literally translated as "clean field" or translated as "wide field". At first it was a village that already had about 1000 inhabitants at a census in 1763. Agriculture was practiced, especially grain cultivation.

During the Russian territorial reform at the end of the 18th century, Tschistoje Pole was given city ​​status as the administrative seat of a Ujezd . The abbreviated name Tschistopol only gradually became common. In the 19th century, the city developed into an important grain trading center in the Volga region, and industry later developed here. The Chistopol Rajon is still an important grain-growing area.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	20,104
1926	17,511
1939	31,973
1959	51,864
1970	60.005
1979	64,285
1989	65,468
2002	63,029
2010	60,755

Note: census data

economy

Today there are over a dozen factories in operation in the city, including a clock factory in which the Vostok clocks are made, several food factories, a shipyard and a joint venture with Siemens AG for the manufacture of auto parts.

sons and daughters of the town

• Pyotr Kafarow (1817–1878), archimandrite and sinologist
• Alexander Butlerow (1828–1886), chemist
• Nikolai Likhachev (1862–1936), historian
• Gavriil Myasnikow (1889–1945), metal worker, professional revolutionary, Bolshevik and dissident
• Sofia Gubaidulina (* 1931), composer
• Viktor Mjasnikow (* 1948), hurdler

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. ↑ Лихачёв Николай Петрович , bigenc.ru
3. ↑ Лихачев Николай Петрович , hrono.ru

Web links

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

• City website (Russian)
• Tschistopol in the online lexicon mojgorod.ru (Russian)