Ust-Donetsky

Urban-type settlement Ust-Donetsky Усть- Donetsky Federal district Southern Russia Oblast Rostov Rajon Ust-Donetsky First mention 1837 Earlier names Chrestzy Krestowski Urban-type settlement since 1961 population 11,817 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 50  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 86351 Post Code 346550, 346551 License Plate 61, 161 OKATO 60 255 551 Geographical location Coordinates 47 ° 39 ′  N , 40 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 38 ′ 30 ″  N , 40 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Rostov Oblast

List of large settlements in Russia

Ust-Donezki ( Russian Усть-Доне́цкий ) is an urban-type settlement in the Rostov Oblast ( Russia ) with 11,817 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located about 100 km east-northeast of the Rostov Oblast Administrative Center on the high right bank of the Seversky Donets , about five kilometers above its confluence with the Don .

Ust-Donetski is the administrative center of the Ust-Donetsky Rajon of the same name .

history

Ust-Donetsky goes back to a hamlet (chutor) that originated as a resettlement of Stanitsa Kochetovskaya (today on the right bank of the Don), which was not far from the Donets arm Sukhoi Donets ("Dry Donets") and was first mentioned in 1837. The hamlet was known under the names Chrestzy, Christowski or Krestowski, most recently also Kresty .

In connection with the construction of a river port on Seversky Donets, a larger settlement was built there around 1960, which was given the status of an urban-type settlement under its current name in 1961. The name refers to the location not far from the Donets mouth (Russian ustje for 'mouth').

Population development

year	Residents
1970	5,077
1979	6,749
1989	10,008
2002	11,374
2010	11,817

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

Important companies in the settlement are the southwestern river port on one arm of the Seversky Donets and the repair yard there. There has also been a textile factory (Gloria Jeans) since 2003 .

Ust-Donetsky is the end point of a 68 km long, electrified railway line from the Gornaya station (on the main Moscow  - Rostov line between Krasny Sulin and Shakhty ), which was built in connection with the construction of the river port and is operated by the North Caucasian Railway . The regional road that connects Shakhty to the right of the Don with Zimlyansk passes north of the village .

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. ↑ ^{a b} Ust-Donetsky on the website of the Geographical Institute of the RAN (Russian)