Kirov, Kaluga Oblast
Kirov (Russian Киров ) is a city in Kaluga Oblast (Russia) with 31 882 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).
Geography
The city is located about 160 km southwest of Kaluga Oblasthauptstadt at the mouth of the river Pessotschnaja in the Bolwa in the river system of the Dnieper.
Kirov is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.
History
Kirov was created in 1745 as a settlement Pessotschnja ( after the river; name of Russian pessok for sand) in connection with the establishment of ironworks Pessotschenski Zavod.
In the 19th century did the nunmehrige owner of the ironworks, Ivan Malzow, also build a factory for faience.
In 1936 the municipal law under the present name, in honor of Sergei Kirov murdered in 1934, awarded.
During World War II Kirov was occupied on 4 October 1941 by the German Wehrmacht and recaptured on 11 January 1942 by the Western Front of the Red Army in the Rzhev - Wjasmaer operation.
Demographics
Note: Census data
Culture and sights
In Kirov Lady Birth Church ( церковь Рождества Богородицы / Tserkov Roschdestwa Bogoroditsy ) from the end of the 18th century and the Alexander Nevsky Church ( церковь Александра Невского / Tserkov Alexandra Nevskogo ) are obtained from 1893.
In the environment where the villages Prudki, Wysselzy, Nagornoje and others are kurgans of Wjatitschen and Kriwitschen from the 10th to 12th centuries.
Economy and infrastructure
The most important companies in the city are those taken from the works of 18th and 19th century farms Kirowski zavod for steel tanks and boilers as well as Kirowski stroifarfor that manufactures sanitary ware and tiles today. There are also companies in the textile and food industries and the construction industry.
The city lies at the intersection of 1934 and 1935 respectively opened Railroads Wjasma - Bryansk and Sukhinichi - Roslawl. The station of the city is called Fajansowaja (of Russian Fajans for faience ).
By Kirov leads the regional road R68 Bryansk Ljudinowo -Kirov - highway A101.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Pyotr Demitschew (1918-2010), politician