Ust-Bolscherezk

Village Ust-Bolscherezk Усть-Большерецк flag coat of arms Federal district far East region Kamchatka Rajon Ust-Bolscherezk head Artur Khachaturyan Founded 1911 population 2116 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 20  m Time zone UTC + 12 Telephone code (+7) 41532 Post Code 684100 License Plate 41 OKATO 30 216 000 001 Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 50 ′  N , 156 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 49 ′ 30 "  N , 156 ° 16 ′ 45"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Kamchatka Region

Ust-Bolscherezk ( Russian Усть-Большере́цк ) is a village (Selo) in the Kamchatka Region ( Russia ) with 2116 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is located near the southwest coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula , about eight kilometers from the Sea of Okhotsk on the right bank of the Amchigacha River. To the south, a flat valley extends for several kilometers, which is traversed by a number of branches of the Bolshaya River, which are also connected to the Amchigacha. Ust-Bolscherezk is located about 160 kilometers as the crow flies west of the regional administrative center of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky .

It is the administrative center of the Ust-Bolsheetsk district of the same name .

history

The Russian settlement of this part of the Kamchatka Peninsula began with the construction of the Bolsheetsky Ostrog about 20 kilometers upstream from today's Ust-Bolsheetsk in 1703.

The current place was created in 1911 in connection with the establishment of a telegraph line . The name refers to the location near the mouth (Russian ustje ) of the river Bolschaja ( Bolschaja reka for "big river"). In 1932, Ust-Bolscherezk became the administrative center of a newly created district.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	2477
1959	1799
1970	1682
1979	2137
1989	3075
2002	2277
2010	2116

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

The main industry is fishing, mainly for salmon . Agriculture for local needs is practiced in the area (potato cultivation and livestock farming). Tourism is of minor but increasing importance.

Ust-Bolscherezk is connected to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky by a road that branches off about 100 kilometers west of the regional capital from the “main road” of the peninsula, the R454 to Ust-Kamchatsk . From Ust-Bolscherezk it continues to the coast and then south to the Oktyabrsky settlement 25 kilometers away on a spit .

Sons and daughters of the place

• Valery Maslow (* 1940 in a military settlement near Ust-Bolscherezk, † 2017), football and bandy player

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi VPN-2010. Administrativno-territorialʹnoe delenie kraja. (Results of the 2010 census. Administrative-territorial division of the region.) Table 2 (Download from the website of the Territorial Organ of the Kamchatka Region of the Federal Service of State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Ust-Bolscherezk on the website of the Geographical Institute of the RAN (Russian)
3. ↑ History of the administrative structure ( memento of the original from February 26, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the regional administration (Russian) 

Web links

• Official website of the Raion Administration (Russian)
• Unofficial website (Russian, photos )