Volkhov (city)

city Volkhov Волхов flag coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Leningrad Rajon Volkhov Founded 1918 City since 1933 surface 108  km² population 47,182 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 437 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 33  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81363 Post Code 187400-187406 License Plate 47 OKATO 41 408 Geographical location Coordinates 59 ° 55 ′  N , 32 ° 21 ′  E Coordinates: 59 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  N , 32 ° 21 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Leningrad Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Volkhov train station

Volkhov ( Russian Волхов ) is a city in Leningrad Oblast in Russia . It is the capital of the Rajons of the same name and is located south of Lake Ladoga on the banks of the Volkhov River , 122 km east of Saint Petersburg . The nearest town is Novaya Ladoga 20 km north of Volkhov.

There are 47,182 inhabitants in Volkhov (as of October 14, 2010). In the associated Rajon, which also includes the cities of Novaya Ladoga and Syasstroi , the urban population makes up 47.1% and the rural population 52.9%.

history

The settlement Swanka was built in 1918 in connection with the expansion of the Petrograd  - Cherepovets  - Vologda line , which was opened in 1906 and from which the Murman Railway to Murmansk , which was built during the First World War , branches off in 1918. The construction of the hydropower plant in later years resulted in an influx of further settlers. Volkhov received city rights in 1933. 1933-1941 the city was temporarily Wolchowstroi (Волховстрой).

From 1941 the Red Army and the German Wehrmacht faced each other in this area . The Volkhov Front , established by the Russians in December of this year, was intended to defend the positions east of Leningrad and end the Leningrad blockade . The fighting lasted until February 1944, when the Wehrmacht had to withdraw.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	29,413
1959	36,630
1970	47.025
1979	49,696
1989	50,325
2002	46,596
2010	47,182

Note: census data

economy

Volkhov hydropower plant

Volkhov is a railway junction and has a river port. A hydropower plant , aluminum processing , chemical and cement factories form the industrial base of the city. The Volkhov hydropower plant was put into operation in 1927 and was intended to supply energy to what was then Leningrad . With 80,000 PS installed power, a pipeline of 130 km and several substations , this plant was once the largest power plant and the largest power distribution system in the Soviet Union .

Agriculture dominates in the area, especially the cultivation of potatoes , wheat and vegetables , as well as cattle and pig farming.

Attractions

As a relatively young industrial city, Volkhov itself offers few attractions. In honor of one of the "fathers" of the hydropower plant, an engineer, a bronze statue was placed near the plant. There is a local museum in the village of Staraya Ladoga , 10 km away .

education

Volkhov has five branches of various St. Petersburg universities.

sons and daughters of the town

• Nikolai Larionow (* 1957), soccer player and soccer coach
• Boris Markarow (* 1935), water polo player
• Nina Smolejewa (* 1948), volleyball player

See also

• List of cities in Leningrad Oblast

literature

• Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift 1928, issue 31, pages 1145–1148 (detailed information about the Volkhovstroi hydropower plant near St. Petersburg)

Web links

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

• Volkhov Raion Official Website (Russian)
• City of Volkhov on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

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)