Kirs, Russia

Kirs (Russian Кирс ) is a town in Kirov Oblast (Russia) with 10,420 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ). The city is the administrative center of Rajons Verkhnyaya Kama ( Upper Kama ) and is located about 220 km northeast of the Oblasthauptstadt Kirov near the mouth of the river Kirs in the Vyatka, a right tributary of the Kama.

History

Kirs was created in 1729 as a workers' settlement with the construction of an iron foundry through merchant Grigory Vyazemsky. The place was named after the river, whose name originally comes from the Komi language and there " steep bank " means. In the 1860s, the foundry was bought by the state and significantly expanded, but Kirs was not until 1965 that the city law.

Demographics

Note: Census data (1939 rounded)

Economy

Today, the industry is represented in Kirs with companies in the food and wood industries as well as a cable plant.

Attractions

Among the historical attractions of the city include the 1894 Built to 1915 Protection and Intercession Church ( Покровская церковь ), a history museum and a scale in the 1730s artificial pond with the water originally the mechanical plants in the iron foundry operated.