Ust-Ilimsk

city Ust-Ilimsk Усть-Илимск flag coat of arms Federal district Siberia Oblast Irkutsk Urban district Ust-Ilimsk Founded 1966 City since 1973 surface 224  km² population 86,610 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 387 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 300  m Time zone UTC + 8 Telephone code (+7) 39535 Post Code 666670-666687 License Plate 38, 85, 138 OKATO 25 438 Website www.ust-ilimsk.ru Geographical location Coordinates 58 ° 0 ′  N , 102 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 58 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 102 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  E

Situation in Russia

Location in Irkutsk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Ust-Ilimsk ( Russian Усть-Или́мск ) is an East Siberian city in Irkutsk Oblast in Russia . It has 86,610 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) and is located on the Angara River , about 700 km from the regional capital Irkutsk . The Ust-Ilimsk reservoir is located near the city .

history

Ust-Ilimsk hydropower plant

A first wooden fortress (Ostrog) on ​​the site of today's town was built in the 1660s. The establishment of the place Ust-Ilimsk did not take place until the mid-1960s, when a hydropower plant and the Ust-Ilimsk reservoir on the Angara were built in this area . In 1966 Ust-Ilimsk was founded as a workers' settlement on the power plant construction site. This name is derived from Ust - Russian for "mouth" - and Ilim , the Yakut hydronym of the Angara tributary flowing by. The name of the city means "located at the mouth of the Ilim ". When the Angara was dammed in the course of the construction of the power station, the old wooden fortress was moved to the Talzy open - air museum .

On December 27, 1973 Ust-Ilimsk received city rights. The construction of the hydropower plant was completed in 1980.

Population development

year	Residents
1970	21,258
1979	68,641
1989	109,280
2002	100,592
2010	86,610

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

In addition to the Angara hydropower plant, which is now part of the Irkutskenergo energy company , a thermal power station, a sawmill owned by Ilim Timber and other wood processing companies, a bread factory and a brewery are important operations in the city.

There are traffic connections with other regions from here, including a country road to Bratsk and a secondary railway line. The Ust-Ilimsk regional airport was closed in 2001 due to a lack of profitability. With the Ust-Ilimsk tram , the city also has wide-gauge trams.

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 of State Statistics of the Russian Federation); Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 g. po Irkutskoj oblasti (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010 for Irkutsk Oblast). on-line

Web links

Commons : Ust-Ilimsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• The homepage of the city (Russian)
• Information about the city on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• The Ust-Ilimsk hydropower plant (Russian)