Salsk
Salsk (Russian Сальск ) is a town with 61 316 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) in Russia in Rostov Oblast.
Geography
Salsk lies on the River Sredni Jegorlyk in the south of Rostov Oblast, near the administrative borders of the Republic of Kalmykia on the Oblast and Stavropol and Krasnodar regions in the Caucasus foothills. The distance from Salsk to the regional capital Rostov-on- Don is located some 180 km; The nearest towns are Proletarsk (27 km northeast) and Gorodowikowsk (54 km southeast).
History
Salsk built on the site of a village called Juditschew, which was founded in about 1812, and was initially populated mainly by former serfs of northern Russian lands. 1849 A church was built in the village for the first time and the resort was renamed at the same time in Woronzowo - Nikolajewskoje.
1899 began the development of the city proper, as a station called Torgowaja was built together with the associated settlement on the newly laid track Zarizyn Tikhoretsk. In 1915 they moved from here also a branch line to Bataisk, so that the station settlement to a node was. A result, the population of the town increased considerably and it emerged railway workshops and warehouses. 1926, the settlement was granted town rights while she was a district town and received its present name after the river Sal
In the 1930s, Salsk developed as an important regional center of the processing industry for agricultural products. Additionally, it contains plants emerged for the production of machines for the needs of agriculture. After the Second World War, when Salsk from July 1941 to January 1943 was occupied by the German army and was seriously damaged, this trend continued.
Demographics
Note: Census data (1926 rounded)
Economy
As the center of a agrarian circle Salsk has to a large extent on the food industry. There are also textile factories and enterprises of the building materials and the furniture industry.
Education and Culture
Salsk has a branch of Economics University of Rostov, and the city has three theaters and since 1977 also a small private art museum.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Natalya Alexandrovna Sabolotnaja (* 1985), Russian weightlifter