Votkinsk

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city
Votkinsk
Воткинск ( Russian )
Вотка ( Udmurt )
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Federal district Volga
republic Udmurtia
Urban district Votkinsk
mayor Vladimir Mikhailovich Perevostschikow
Founded 1759
City since 1935
surface 113  km²
population 99,022 inhabitants
(as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density 876 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center 130  m
Time zone UTC + 4
Telephone code (+7) 34145
Post Code 427430-427441
License Plate 18th
OKATO 94 410
Website votkinsk.ru
Geographical location
Coordinates 57 ° 3 ′  N , 54 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 57 ° 3 ′ 0 ″  N , 54 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E
Votkinsk (European Russia)
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Location in the western part of Russia
Votkinsk (Udmurtia)
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Location in Udmurtia
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Votkinsk ( Russian Воткинск ; Udmurt Вотка , Wotka ) is an industrial town with 99,022 inhabitants (14 October 2010) in which to Russia associated Republic of Udmurtia .

location

Votkinsk is located about 50 km northeast of the republic capital Izhevsk . The city stretches along the bank of the “Votkinsk Pond”, a lake created by the damming of the Votka River . The Votkinsk hydroelectric power station is located 30 km from Votkinsk.

history

Votkinsk was created in 1759 in connection with the construction of a hammer mill . In 1935 it received city status. Votkinsk is the birthplace of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky . The composer spent the first eight years of his life here.

Population development

year Residents
1939 38,634
1959 59,666
1970 74,088
1979 89,779
1989 103.509
2002 99,441
2010 99.022

Note: census data

economy

There are several factories in Votkinsk, including the mechanical engineering company Votkinski Zavod , which dates back to the hammer mill built in the 18th century and today produces, among other things, Topol-M rockets .

sons and daughters of the town

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)

Web links

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