Skopin

Skopin (Russian Скопин ) is a Russian city with 30 376 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) in the central Russian Ryazan Oblast. It is located 109 kilometers southwest of the regional capital Ryazan on the river Wjorda, in the carrying out of the Oka level. Nearest city is Nowomitschurinsk which is situated 27 km north-east of Skopin.

History

Skopin is one of the oldest cities of Ryazan Oblast. In the 12th century under the name Licharewskoje Gorodischtsche (Russian: Лихаревское городище ) founded a settlement near the present city area. In the 16th century a sentry was on the southern border of the Moscow Region with the name Ostroschek (Russian: Острожек ). In the late 16th century the town was named first Skopinskaja Sloboda, the name Skopin is then occupied for the time around 1595 to 1597 for the first time. There was in 1663 the Tsar a wooden citadel ( Kremlin ) build. In the 18th century the city lost its military importance.

Skopin was briefly occupied during the battle of Moscow in the German -Soviet War ( 1941-45 ) of the German Wehrmacht.

2004, a good 10 km south located, was founded in 1927 as Pobedinski and 1963 renamed Saretschny urban-type settlement and the 6 km south west, in the 1980s, is also raised to the urban-type settlement Bergarbeitersiedlung Oktyabrsky were ( the coal mine is now closed) incorporated to Skopin after they had been previously were under the city administration.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Economy

Since the second half of the 19th century was recovered in the outskirts of Skopin lignite, the promotion was discontinued in 1989. Today, the economic activities of the city machinery, light industry, building materials and food industry. Skopin is also known for its ceramic products and refractory clay minerals.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Alexander Afinogenov (1904-1941), playwright
• Sergei Birjusow (1904-1964), Marshal of the Soviet Union