Donskoy, Tula Oblast

Donskoy (Russian Донской ) is a Russian city with 64 552 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) in the Tula Oblast. It is 65 km south-east of the regional center of Tula.

History

First mention of the town dates from 1572 Originally the area Bobriki was called, in reference to the river Bobrik, whose name in turn from Bóbr -. Too German Biber - derived and probably goes back to the time rich collection of these animals in the rivers of central Russia.

1773-1776 was Catherine the Great in Bobriki build an estate for her illegitimate son, who received the family name Bobrinski after the city name. Today, only a church building from the year 1778 and the family mausoleum of the Bobrinskis have been preserved from this estate.

1881 were opened up in the vicinity of the place lignite deposits. To reduce a miner's settlement was established, which received the name Donskoi in reference to the flowing near Don. 1939 Donskoi was granted the status of a city.

( All figures in 2002 together 19,659 inhabitants) amalgamated with Donskoi, so that the population of the city more than 2005, the previously independent city of Severo- Zadonsk ( 17,249 inhabitants) and the settlements of urban type Komsomolski, Nowougolny, Podlesny, Rudnev, Sadonje and Schachtjorski doubled. However, the total population of all the federated locations is declining since about 1970.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Economy and Transport

Today, the coal mining near Donskoi plays only a minor role. The city has more than 30 industries, including machinery, furniture and textile factories. There is a railway station in Donskoi, consisting of the compounds of inter alia to Tula, Nowomoskowsk, Kaluga, but also Sysran and other places in the Volga region. The nearest highway is the M 4, which happens to the nearby Uslowaja.