Zelenodolsk, Republic of Tatarstan

This article is about the town in Russia. For the town in Ukraine, see Zelenodolsk, Ukraine.
Zelenodolsk (English)
Зеленодольск (Russian)
Яшел Үзән (Tatar)
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Aerial view of Zelenodolsk

Location of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia
Zelenodolsk
Location of Zelenodolsk in the Republic of Tatarstan
Coordinates: 55°51′N 48°31′E / 55.850°N 48.517°E / 55.850; 48.517Coordinates: 55°51′N 48°31′E / 55.850°N 48.517°E / 55.850; 48.517
Coat of arms
Flag
Administrative status (as of February 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Tatarstan[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of republic significance of Zelenodolsk[1]
Administrative center of town of republic significance of Zelenodolsk,[1] Zelenodolsky District[1]
Municipal status (as of January 2012)
Municipal district Zelenodolsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Zelenodolsk Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Zelenodolsky Municipal District,[2] Zelenodolsk Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 97,674 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2010 173rd
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1865
Town status since 1932
Postal code(s)[5] 422540–422542, 422544–422546, 422548–422551, 422559
Dialing code(s) +7 84371[6]
Zelenodolsk on Wikimedia Commons

Zelenodolsk (Russian: Зеленодо́льск; Tatar: Cyrillic Яшел Үзән, Latin Yäşel Üzän; Mari: Парат, Parat) is a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located in the northwest of the republic on the left bank of the Volga River, 38 kilometers (24 mi) from Kazan. Population: 97,674 (2010 Census);[3] 100,139 (2002 Census);[7] 94,079 (1989 Census).[8]

History

The city stands on the site of Mari village. In 1865, the town was referred to as the village Kabachischi (the title area of arable land Paratsky peasants "Kabachischenskie field"). Since 1897 the village was called Paratsky Zaton, and since 1928 working village Green Dol. In 1932, transformed into a city Zelenodol'sk.

Since the end of the 19th century, it was the backwater wintering area and repair of sea vessels, which marked the beginning Zelenodolsk Shipyard (now Zelenodolsky Plant Gorky).

As a result of raising the water level of the Kuibyshev Reservoir and coastal flooding during construction of the Kuibyshev hydroelectric station, the coastline has changed dramatically.

Now beginning to be realized the largest public-private investment project to build by 2025 within the territory of the agglomeration of 3.64 ha along the M7 motorway between Zelenodol'sk and Kazan new satellite city "Green Dol" with an estimated population of 100 (hereinafter - 157) thousand, housing stock 4,100,000 m², construction cost 140 billion rubles. with predominantly low-rise, multi-storey buildings in the passing of the planned neighborhood Zelenodol "Volga Venice" on reclaimed lands Aysha and continue through Orehovka.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zelenodolsk serves as the administrative center of Zelenodolsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Zelenodolsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Zelenodolsk is incorporated within Zelenodolsky Municipal District as Zelenodolsk Urban Settlement.[2]

Economy

Due to its location, Zelenodolsk is an important transport hub of the republic. It also has a well-known shipbuilding yard (Zelenodolsk Factory), founded in 1895.

During the Cold War, Zelenodolsk was a secret development base for warships.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Order #01-02/9
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #24-ZRT
  3. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. ↑ The extract from Numbering base of Russian numeration system and plan
  7. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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