Ust-Katav
Ust- Katav (Russian Усть - Катав ) is a Russian city with 23,580 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) in the central Urals, in the Chelyabinsk Oblast.
Description
The city is located about halfway between the cities of Chelyabinsk and Ufa on either side of the Ural Mountains, on the European side of the continental border. The city was founded in 1758. Ust- Katav consists of an old town in a valley around the Katav Reservoir, three newer, Mikrorajon 1 to 3 Mikrorajon districts mentioned and some suburbs, former villages.
Ust- Katav is not rich in outstanding architecture. Picturesque does the ringed by mountains and forests of the Urals old town, especially on the lake shore, while the three of a ridge covered newer Mikrorajons were built in less appealing Soviet plate style. In Ust- Katav the river Katav flows in the larger Jurjusan, a tributary of the Ufa
History
The city was founded in 1758 as part of the local iron ore, as the confluence of Katav Jurjusan and this provided a good opportunity. In the early days, the settlement consisted of a mill, a sawmill and later a steel mill. The local iron production attained international significance in the 19th century and was presented in 1862 at the London Industrial Exhibition. Also a parish was at this time that existed in the beginning of the Soviet era up to 1920 and was revived in the new Russia. 1889, the city was connected to the Russian railway network.
1917 took over a local worker and soldier power in place. 1939 13,000 people lived here already. During the Second World War, the city's importance grew as a place of industrial production and in the postwar period began production of trams, which should make Ust- Katav known throughout Russia. In Soviet times, all trams of the country were made here. In addition, parts of rocket engines for the Russian space program were produced. 1952, the House of Culture, 1979, the new residential area of the Mikrorajons in which lives the majority of the population was born. 1980, the dam was built, contributed greatly to shaping the present character of the place ( building of today's dam ).
Demographics
Note: Census data
Economy and Transport
Ust- Katav plays an important role in russia far tram construction, the local Kirov wagon factory was for many years the only tram producer in the country. Also industrially rocket parts for the Russian space program and the military are produced in the city. Agriculture, especially livestock (especially cattle, goats ) and the cultivation of wheat and sunflowers in the city and surrounding area plays a major role.
Ust- Katav is close to the M5 highway, one of the most important Russian East-West axis, which continues from Moscow to Samara, Ufa and Chelyabinsk to the Siberian cities of Omsk and Novosibirsk. The railway main line from Moscow to Samara towards Siberia goes through the town, which is often used by long-distance trains for a stopover or Loktausch in Uralüberquerung station. Public transport consists of only a few bus routes, one dating back to 1973 Tramway for testing the built in light rail use only, had until 1995 but also regular public transport.
Education and Culture
In the city, there is a technical faculty of the University of Chelyabinsk. Otherwise, there is a polytechnic and a vocational school. The cultural offer is, like, not sown densely in most other Russian towns: Besides two cinemas exists only the obligatory in Russia " cultural center " and a ballet school.
Sports
The Boxteam of Ust- Katav is the flagship club of the city and temporarily gained international significance. In addition, there is an ice hockey team that plays in a local league, as well as a football club. In a sports complex, an indoor pool exists. Skiing is despite appropriate slopes and snow conditions in the area operated by local residents, as there is no such infrastructure in the immediate vicinity of the city.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Oļegs Znaroks ( born 1963 ), Latvian ice hockey player