Tschupa (Louchski)

Urban-type settlement Tschupa Чупа ( Russian ) Čuuppa ( Karelian ) flag coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia republic Karelia Rajon Louchski head Yuri Davydov First mention 1574 Urban-type settlement since 1943 population 2924 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 10  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81439 Post Code 186670 License Plate 10 OKATO 86 221 570 Website www.region-chupa.ru Geographical location Coordinates 66 ° 16 '  N , 33 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 66 ° 16 '15 "  N , 33 ° 3' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in the Republic of Karelia

Tschupa ( Russian Чупа́ ; Karelian Čuuppa ) is an urban-type settlement in the Republic of Karelia in Russia with 2924 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 500 km as the crow flies north of the republic capital Petrozavodsk at the end of the 30 km long Tschupinskaja guba of the Kandalakscha Bay of the White Sea .

Tschupa belongs to Rajon Louchski and is located about 20 kilometers north of the administrative center Loukhi . It is the seat of the municipality of Tschupinskoje gorodskoje posselenije, which also includes the settlement about three kilometers to the west at the Chupa train station of the Murman Railway .

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Panorama of the settlement

history

The place was first mentioned in 1574 in the Solovetsky monastery as a pomor settlement Tschupinski pogost . The Karelian name means something like “corner” or “dead end”, presumably in relation to the location at the end of the bay. In the 17th century, Chupa became the center of Russian mica mining ; In particular, the large muscovite crystals extracted there were used instead of window glass.

Mining took off again in the 1920s, when the mining of feldspar , quartz and pegmatites began in the area. On September 13, 1943, Chupa received urban-type settlement status. The mining activities in the area reached their peak with the establishment of new mining operations ( Tschupinski GOK and others) in the 1960s to 1970s, until they almost came to a complete standstill in the 1990s, which had a very negative effect on the development of the Population impacted.

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  Warlaam von Keret Church bell tower

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  Residential houses in the town center

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  Pionerskaya Street

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  Chupa landing stage during the construction of the Murman Railway (1916)

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  Pier at Tschupabusen (2013)

Population development

year	Residents
1959	4095
1970	4561
1979	4904
1989	5214
2002	4061
2010	2924

Note: census data

traffic

A few kilometers west of Chupa is the station of the same name at kilometer 1032 of the Murman Railway from Saint Petersburg to Murmansk . From there a freight connection line leads to the settlement.

The regional road 86K-131 connects Chupa with the federal trunk road R21 Kola , which runs about 12 km to the west and also runs from Saint Petersburg to Murmansk.

Web links

Commons : Tschupa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipal administration (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)