Usman (city)

city Usman Усмань coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Lipetsk Rajon Usman mayor Alexander Sirotinkin Founded 1645 City since 1779 surface 7  km² population 18,685 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 2669 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 140  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 47472 Post Code 39937x License Plate 48 OKATO 42 248 501 Website usmadm.ru Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 3 '  N , 39 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 3 '0 "  N , 39 ° 44' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Lipetsk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Usman ( Russian Усмань ) is a city in the Lipetsk Oblast ( Russia ) with 18,685 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the Oka-Don plain about 75 km south of the Oblast capital Lipetsk on the river Usman of the same name in the Don system .

Usman is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

history

Usman was founded in 1645 by Voivoden Stepan Veljaminow as Ostrog in the course of the Belgorod defense line along the then southern border of the Russian Empire and named after the river.

In 1652 the Ostrog was destroyed by Crimean Tatar troops, but then rebuilt.

In 1779 the place received city rights as the administrative center of a district ( Ujesds ).

At the turn of the 20th century, the city was an important center of the grain trade.

In the city there was the POW camp 95 for German prisoners of war of the Second World War .

Population development

year	Residents
1897	9,986
1926	13,456
1939	11,386
1959	11,885
1970	20,150
1979	20,118
1989	20,878
2002	20,133
2010	18,685

Note: census data

Culture and sights

The city has a local museum.

Economy and Infrastructure

In Usman there is a machine factory (foundry equipment), a tobacco factory, a furniture factory and factories in the food industry based on the surrounding agricultural area with wheat and cattle farming.

The city lies on the railway line Moscow - Voronezh, which opened on this section in 1868 (route km 522 from Moscow).

Personalities

• Nikolai Bassow (1922–2001), physicist and Nobel Prize winner , born in Usman
• Nikolai Tschernych (1931–2004), astronomer, born in Usman

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. ↑ Maschke, Erich (Ed.): On the history of the German prisoners of war of the Second World War. Verlag Ernst and Werner Gieseking, Bielefeld 1962–1977.

Web links

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

• City administration website (Russian)
• Usman on mojgorod.ru (Russian)