Vyazemsky

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city Vyazemsky Вяземский Federal district far East region Khabarovsk Rajon Vyazemsky head Viktor Shashkun Founded 1894 City since 1951 surface 44  km² population 14,555 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 331 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 60  m Time zone UTC + 10 Telephone code (+7) 42153 Post Code 682950 License Plate 27 OKATO 08 217 501 Geographical location Coordinates 47 ° 32 '  N , 134 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 32 '0 "  N , 134 ° 45' 0"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Khabarovsk region

List of cities in Russia

Vyazemskaya railway station

Vyazemski ( Russian Вя́земский ) is a city in the Khabarovsk region ( Russia ) with 14,555 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located in the Ussuri lowlands, about 120 km south of the regional capital, Khabarovsk , a few kilometers east of the Ussuri near the Chinese border.

The city of Vyazemsky is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

history

Vyazemsky was built in 1894 in connection with the construction of the Ussuri Railway from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok, which opened in 1897 and later became part of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The place and station were named after the construction manager of the line, engineer Orest Vyazemsky. In 1938 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement and in 1951 city rights.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	11,902
1959	17,957
1970	18,365
1979	18,919
1989	18,426
2002	15,760
2010	14,555

Note: census data

Culture and sights

There is a small local museum in Vyazemsky.

Economy and Infrastructure

The city's economy is determined by companies in the wood processing, food and building materials industries as well as rail transport.

Vyazemsky has a station on the Trans-Siberian Railway (station name Vyazemskaya , route kilometer 8651 from Moscow ). Local trains ( Elektritschkas ) run from Khabarovsk to this point. The city is also on the M60 “Ussuri” Khabarovsk- Vladivostok highway .

Web links

• Vyazemsky on the website of the administration of the Khabarovsk region (in Russian)
• Vyazemsky 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)