Isilkul

Issilkul (Russian Исилькуль ) is a city and administrative headquarters in Rajon Issilkul in the Omsk Oblast with a population of 24,482 (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located in the Asian part of Russia Issilkul on the Trans -Siberian Railway, 145 km west of the city of Omsk and 17 km east of the border between Russia and Kazakhstan.

History

Issilkul was founded in 1895 as a settlement for railroad construction workers on the Trans -Siberian Railway. A year later (1896 ) opened the railway station Issilkul. Since 1924 Issilkul is the administrative headquarters in Rajon Issilkul to the 57 locations and 2,800 km ² land belong. In 1945, the appointment to the city was.

The name " Issilkul " comes from the name of the located near the lake " Issil -Kul ", translated from the Kazakh language does the name " Rotten Lake " (Russian " Гнилое озеро ").

Population and language

The population consists mainly of Russians to the ethnic minorities include German, Kazakhs and Ukrainians. As the official language, the Russian language is used.

In the vicinity of Issilkul there are numerous settlements of Germans from Russia, who had emigrated at the beginning of the 20th century from southern Russia and from Ukraine today there. Your colloquial language is German, Volga German and Low German have remained there to this day.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Economic Development

The city has a stadium Issilkul, companies in the food industry, as well as a brickyard, a concrete factory and a furniture factory. An ice rink with 800 seats was built in 2007.

Climat

• Average annual temperature - 2.2 ° C
• Relative Humidity - 72.0 %
• Average wind speed - 3.1 м / s

Sons and daughters of the town

• Irene Lange (b. 1959), film director