Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Bor (Russian Бор ) is a city in Russia. It has 78 058 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) and is located in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, east of Nizhny Novgorod on the opposite bank of the Volga.

History

The town was first mentioned as a suburb of Nizhny Novgorod in the 13th century. Originally it was called Weslomskaja Sloboda and lay one kilometer south of its present location. An old Slavic name " coniferous forest " means and is reminiscent of the wooded surroundings of the town - Since the 14th century the village was called boron. The status of a city has boron since 1938. Boron Today is also the center of a Rajons the Oblast.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Economy and Transport

The economic life Bors is closely connected to the neighboring Nizhny Novgorod; many factories of the town of Nizhny Novgorod belong to companies. Among the most important Borer establishments include a shipyard, a glass factory, wood processing and sawmills, food and textile factories.

Bor is connected by an automobile bridge across the Volga Nizhny Novgorod and in this way has also links with the Russian highway M7. In addition, the city has a railway station, which is connected via a branch line to the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Since February 9, 2012 Boron is also connected with Nizhny Novgorod on the Volga 3661 m long cable car Nizhny Novgorod, which overcomes the Volga with its longest span of 900 m length between two 82 m high columns.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Eduard Rossel (* 1937), politician, Governor of the Sverdlovsk Oblast
• Vyacheslav Sudow (* 1942), pilot and cosmonaut