Engels, Saratov Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Engels (inhabited locality).
Engels (English)
Энгельс (Russian)
-  City[1]  -

A monument to the coat of arms of Engels

Location of Saratov Oblast in Russia
Engels
Location of Engels in Saratov Oblast
Coordinates: 51°30′N 46°07′E / 51.500°N 46.117°E / 51.500; 46.117Coordinates: 51°30′N 46°07′E / 51.500°N 46.117°E / 51.500; 46.117
Coat of arms
Flag
Administrative status (as of 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Saratov Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to Engels City Under Oblast Jurisdiction
Administrative center of Engelssky District,[2] Engels City Under Oblast Jurisdiction
Municipal status (as of May 2013)
Municipal district Engelssky Municipal District[3]
Urban settlement Engels Urban Settlement[3]
Administrative center of Engelssky Municipal District,[4] Engels Urban Settlement[3]
Mayor Sergei Gorevsky
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 202,419 inhabitants[5]
- Rank in 2010 92nd
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[6]
Founded 1747
City status since 1914
Previous names Pokrovskaya sloboda (until 1914),
Pokrovsk (until 1931)
Postal code(s)[7] 413100–413102, 413105–413108, 413110–413119, 413121–413125, 413129
Dialing code(s) +7 8453
Official website
Engels on Wikimedia Commons

Engels (Russian: Энгельс; IPA: [ˈɛnɡʲɪlʲs]), named after Friedrich Engels, is a port city on the Volga River in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located across from Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast, and since 1965 connected to it with a bridge. Population: 202,419 (2010 Census).[5]

History

Founded as Pokrovskaya sloboda by Ukrainian settlers in 1747, it was granted town status and renamed Pokrovsk (Покровск) in 1914. During the reign of Catherine the Great, ethnic Germans moved there, making it a major center of the Volga German culture. At that time, the town was known as Kosakenstadt ("Cossacks' Town"). It became the capital of the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, now a part of Saratov Oblast, in 1924, and it was renamed Engels in 1931. On August 26, 2011, a monument in honor of the Russian-German victims of repression within the Soviet Union was unveiled.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Engels serves as the administrative center of Engelssky District,[2] even though it is not a part of it.[8] As an administrative division, it is, together with four rural localities, incorporated separately as Engels City Under Oblast Jurisdiction[8]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, Engels City Under Oblast Jurisdiction, together with the work settlement of Privolzhsky and one rural locality (the settlement of Geofizik) in Engelssky District, are incorporated within Engelssky Municipal District as Engels Urban Settlement.[3]

Historical population

Census year Population Reference
1897 22,000
1959 91,000
1970 130,000
1977 163,000
1989 181,201 [9]
2002 193,984 [10]
2010 202,419 [5]

Economy

Engels is an industrial city. The Trolza factory manufactures trolleybuses for Russia's public transportation networks. The Engelssky factory of transport mechanical engineering produces rolling stock for railways. The Bosch-Saratov plant, previously Autotractor Spark Plugs, produces spark plugs, and the German Henkel company operates a factory producing domestic laundry detergent and chemical products for the auto-industry. The Engelssky pipe factory makes steel electro-welded pipes, steel water pipeline, and profile pipes.

In August 2015 a prototype 1520 mm gauge Bombardier Traxx F120MS locomotive was unveiled at a ceremony to mark the inauguration of First Locomotive Company's factory at Engels.[11]

Military

Engels-2, a major air force base, is located in the city.

Sister cities

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Charter of Saratov Oblast
  2. 1 2 Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 63 250», в ред. изменения №259/2014 от 12 декабря 2014 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division . Code 63 250, as amended by the Amendment #259/2014 of December 12, 2014. ).
  3. 1 2 3 4 Law #106-ZSO
  4. ↑ Law #78-ZSO
  5. 1 2 3 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.
  6. ↑ 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.).
  7. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  8. 1 2 Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 63 450», в ред. изменения №259/2014 от 12 декабря 2014 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division . Code 63 450, as amended by the Amendment #259/2014 of December 12, 2014. ).
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ "Russian Traxx unveiled at Engels locomotive plant inauguration". railwaygazette.com. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "Interactive City Directory". Sister Cities International.

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