Ussuriysk

city Ussuriysk Уссурийск coat of arms Federal district far East region Primorye Urban district Ussuriysk mayor Sergei Rudiza Founded 1866 City since 1898 surface 173  km² population 158,004 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 913 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 20  m Time zone UTC + 10 Telephone code (+7) 4234 Post Code 692500-692527 License Plate 25, 125 OKATO 05 423 Website adm-ussuriisk.ru Geographical location Coordinates 43 ° 48 '  N , 131 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 48 '0 "  N , 131 ° 57' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Primorye region

List of cities in Russia

Ussuriysk ( Russian Уссурийск ; formerly Nikolskoye , Nikolsk , Voroshilov , Chinese 双城子 Shuangchengzi ) is a town in the south of the Russian Primorye . It has 158,004 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) and is located 98 km north of Vladivostok and 660 km south of Khabarovsk in the fertile valley of the Rasdolnaya . The city is 60 km from the Chinese border and just as far from the Pacific , more precisely from the Sea of Japan .

history

Soviet city coat of arms (1976)

Ussuriysk was founded in 1866 as Nikolskoje ( Нико́льское ) and, due to its favorable location, soon developed into a trading center. Its importance increased greatly during the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway , but especially after its completion in 1916.

In 1898 the place received city ​​rights as Nikolsk ( Нико́льск ), in 1913 it was the fourth largest city in the Russian Far East. After the revolution of 1917 Nikolsk was systematically expanded the agricultural center of the region. From 1926 the city was named Nikolsk-Ussurijski ( Нико́льск-Уссури́йский , i.e. Ussurian Nikolsk ) to distinguish it from cities of the same name , on November 5, 1935 the city was renamed to Kliment Voroshilov ( Вороши́лов ).

After Nikita Khrushchev came to power in 1957, the city was given its current name. The Ussuri River has its source in the Sichote-Alin Mountains east of Ussuriysk, but does not flow through the city of Ussuriysk, but more than 150 km away from it. Rather, the place name refers to the traditional name of this part of Primorye derived from the river as "Ussuri region" (Russian Уссурийский край , Ussurijski krai ).

Population development

year	Residents
1897	10,868
1939	71,867
1959	104,310
1970	128,235
1979	146,782
1989	158.016
2002	157.759
2010	158.004

Note: census data

traffic

View of the Ussuriysk railway workshops

Ussuriysk is located on the M 60 trunk road ( Khabarovsk - Vladivostok ), which is part of the Trans-Siberian Road.

In addition, the railway lines to Harbin and Pyongyang branch off from the Trans-Siberian Railway ( Moscow - Vladivostok) here. There is a passenger train connection to the Chinese border town of Suifenhe (from there there is a connection to Harbin). Twice a month in each direction a through car runs between Moscow and Pyongyang, which switches in Ussuriysk between the express train Rossiya Moscow - Vladivostok and the local train Ussuriysk - Chassan (Russian border station to Korean Tumangan ).

military

The headquarters of the 5th General Army of the Russian Land Forces is located in Ussuriysk , and the 83rd Air Assault Brigade of the Airborne Forces is also stationed there.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Boris Khmelnitsky (1940–2008), actor
• Yuri Vyunov (* 1947), major general
• Olga Solowowa (* 1953), volleyball player and Olympic champion in 1980
• Lyudmila Saizewa (* 1956), chess player
• Alexander Dwornikow (* 1961), Colonel General
• Natalja Barbaschina (* 1973), soccer player
• Wadym Ivchenko (* 1980), Ukrainian politician

Persons related to Ussuriysk

• Jelena Serowa (* 1976), cosmonaut

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)

Web links

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

• Information about Ussuriysk at mojgorod.ru (Russian)