Borisoglebsk

Borisoglebsk (Russian Борисоглебск ) is a Russian city and raion center of Voronezh Oblast. With 65 585 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) is to Voronezh the second largest city of the territory.

Geography

The city lies on the southern edge of the Oka - Don - plane along the railway line Moscow-Volgograd, about 240 kilometers east of Voronezh and about 600 km southeast from Moscow. By Borisoglebsk the Chopjor inflow Worona flows. The nearest cities are Poworino (21 km south-east of Borisoglebsk away) and Nowochopjorsk (43 km southwest). Also close to Borisoglebsk run the administrative boundaries of the Voronezh Oblast to the oblasts Tambov, Saratov and Volgograd.

History

Borisoglebsk emerged from a fortress, which was built to protect the Tatars. It was founded according to the prevailing opinion of the home historian in 1698, another hypothesis is that already 1646. Initially called the village Pawlowskaja krepost ( " Pawel Fortress "). 1704 but was renamed in Borisoglebsk after here built the first church in the village and was ordained to the Orthodox Saints Boris and Gleb.

1700 began the Great to build a shipyard in Borisoglebsk on endorsement of the Czar Peter, later, the abundant in the area of wood was used in shipbuilding for the navy on the. The location near the Chopjor River was this low; over the Don, the ships came to the fleet on the Azov Sea.

From the 1710s - years Borisoglebsk lost its military importance. Instead, there flourished trade, were shipped in the agricultural commodities over the Chopjor in other regions of Russia. End of the 18th century the city had population of 2000 inhabitants. In the 1870s, emerged in Borisoglebsk, which has already received city rights in 1779, the first industrial enterprises, as well as the place was connected to the Russian railway network.

On January 16, 1906 Maria Alexandrovna Spiridonowa committed at the city station, a stop on the Lieutenant Governor of Tambov.

1923 military flying school was founded in Borisoglebsk, among whose students also later known as Valeri Chkalov Pilots Victor Talalichin or Alexander Rutskoi.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Economy and Transport

Today is Borisoglebsk center of a wheat -growing region with administrative and educational institutions. Significant for the economy of the city include the appliance, the production of spare parts for agricultural machinery, food and textile industries.

With its location near the highways A144 and M6 Borisoglebsk is an important transportation hub. There is also a railway station in the city with connections, including by the Volgograd or to Lipetsk.

Twin Cities

Since 1994 Borisoglebsk maintains a twinning with Delmenhorst in Germany.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Mitrofan Nedelin (1902-1960), Chief Marshal of Artillery
• Abram Sluzkin (1891-1950), Physicist