Wyksa

city Vyksa Выкса flag coat of arms Federal district Volga Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Rajon Wyksa mayor Igor Rajew Founded 1767 City since 1934 surface 34  km² population 56,201 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1653 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 110  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83177 Post Code 60706x License Plate 52, 152 OKATO 22 415 Website gorod.wyksa.ru Geographical location Coordinates 55 ° 19 ′  N , 42 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 55 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  N , 42 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Wyksa ( Russian Вы́кса ) is a city in Russia . It has 56,201 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) and is located in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast , 186 km southwest of Nizhny Novgorod .

history

A block of flats, a church and a Lenin monument in Vyksa

Metalworking was still widespread in the area of ​​today's Wyksa in the 16th century, which can be traced back to the iron ore deposits there . In the 1760s, the two Bataschow brothers, previously factory owners in the iron forge town of Tula , took advantage of this and began to develop the local deposits. At the same time they founded a metal processing factory and a workers' settlement in 1767, which was named after a small river Vyksa.

Since then, the place has continuously developed as an industrial city with a focus on metal processing. A wide range of hardware was produced here, including, for example, weapons, tools, sheet metal, pipes, but also iron bars, which were also used in the design of Moscow's Alexander Garden.

Wyksa received city status in 1934; some years before it became the administrative center of a Rajons of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.

In early August 2010, the city was damaged in the forest fires in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	26,548
1959	40,275
1970	46,371
1979	53,685
1989	61,149
2002	61,657
2010	56,201

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

Even today, metal processing is the most important branch of industry in Wyksa. In addition to the metallurgy plant, there are also engineering and building materials factories in the city.

Vyksa has a train station on a branch line that provides train connections to Murom , Nizhny Novgorod and other cities. 15 km west of the city there is a ship landing stage and a shipyard on the Oka .

Attractions

Schuchow - grid shell in Vyksa under construction in 1897

One of the most famous sights in Vyksa is the former estate of the Bataschow brothers with a large park reminiscent of European palace parks such as Versailles , as well as several historic churches and industrial buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries. Of particular note is a colliery building of the metallurgy plant from 1897 with a curved steel mesh roof based on the design of the famous engineer Vladimir Schuchow .

sons and daughters of the town

• Alexander Kolobnew (* 1981), racing cyclist

Web links

Commons : Wyksa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Unofficial website (Russian)
• Wyksa in the Internet lexicon mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• Mesh construction covered hall by Schuchow in Wyksa ( Memento from August 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

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. ↑ ON THE FOREST FIRE IN RUSSIA - Scorched, drowned earth ( Memento from August 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) fr-online.de