Welsk

city Welsk Вельск flag coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Arkhangelsk Rajon Welski head Dmitri Yezhov Founded 1137 City since 1780 surface 15  km² population 23,885 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1592 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 90  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81836 Post Code 165150-165152 License Plate 29 OKATO 11 205 501 Website www.movelsk.ru Geographical location Coordinates 61 ° 4 '  N , 42 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 61 ° 4 '0 "  N , 42 ° 6' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Arkhangelsk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Aerial view of Welsk

Welsk ( Russian Вельск ) is a city in northwestern Russia . It belongs to the Arkhangelsk Oblast and has 23,885 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010). It is the administrative center of the Welski rajon of the same name .

geography

The city is located about 545 km south of the Oblast capital Arkhangelsk , at the confluence of the eponymous Wel into the Waga , a left tributary of the Northern Dvina .

history

Welsk was first mentioned in 1137 as Wel in a document by the Novgorod prince Svyatoslaw Olegowitsch . Until 1550 the place was called Welski Pogost . From the middle of the 16th century, the settlement now called Welski Possad was part of the Waschski ujesd ( Важский уезд ). In 1708 it became part of the Archangelgorod governorate . On August 6, 1780 Welsk received city ​​status and was part of the Vologda governorate from 1796 to 1929 . The two-parts of arms of Velsk contains since that time next to the barrel of tar that the resident in Velsk Teerindustrie symbolized in the upper part of the arms Vologda . In the 19th century, Welsk was the center of flax production . From the middle of the 19th century to 1940 the area around Welsk was also a place of political exile. In 1929 Welsk became the center of the newly established Welski rajon and in 1937 it became part of the Arkhangelsk Oblast.

Population development

The following overview shows the development of the population of Welsk.

year	Residents
1897	1,989
1926	3,500
1939	6.712
1959	16,938
1970	21,899
1979	24,556
1989	25,967
1996	26,400
2002	26,241
2010	23,885

Note: census data (1926 rounded)

Economy and Transport

The most important economic sectors are the food industry , the wood processing industry and mechanical engineering .

In Velsk the Waga from West section Konosha - Kotlas the after Workuta further Petschora railway crossed. The M8 trunk road from Moscow to Arkhangelsk runs through Welsk . The city also has an airport.

sons and daughters of the town

• Georgi Karpechenko (1899–1941), biologist
• Arseni Roginski (1946–2017), historian and human rights activist

literature

• Pomorskaja ėnciklopedija: Tom 1 Istorija Archangel'skogo Severa. Pomorskij gosudarstvennyj universitet, Arkhangelsk 2001, ISBN 5-88086-147-3 , p. 96

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); Čislennost 'naselenija po municipal'nym obrazovanijam i naselennym punktam Archangel'skoj oblasti, vključaja Neneckij avtonomnyj okru Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 Goda (population number of municipal structure and places the Arkhangelsk including the Autonomous circles Nenets results of the All-Russian census 2010.) Table (Download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of Arkhangelsk Oblast)

Web links

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

• Welsk-INFO (Russian)
• City's unofficial website (Russian)
• Welsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)