Inza, Russia

Insa (Russian Инза ) is a city in Ulyanovsk Oblast (Russia) with 18,803 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is situated on the Volga River about 170 km southwest of the plate Oblasthauptstadt Ulyanovsk on the River Sjuksjum (also Sjuksjumka ) near its confluence with the Insa in the river system of the Volga.

Insa is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.

The town lies on the railway line ( Moscow ) Ryazan Rusajewka - Sysran ( Samara; 727 route km from Moscow), branches off from the here the route to Ulyanovsk.

History

Insa was created in 1897 as a station settlement during construction of the new, shorter railway between Moscow and Samara, part of the original, the southern route of the Trans-Siberian Railway was ( completion of the line to Ulyanovsk, then Simbirsk, 1898, and the continuous line to Samara 1900). The name after the nearby river was probably derived from the ersja - Mordvinian insejen for raspberry.

1938 ( according to other sources 1926 ) Insa received the status of an urban-type settlement and 1946, the city law.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Culture and sights

The main attraction is the end of the 19th century, resulting, almost original surviving railway complex with reception building, depot, hospital, etc.

Economy

Insa is funded from near diatomite the largest plant in Russia for the production of thermal insulation materials. In addition is a cement factory as well as companies in the woodworking, textile and food industries.