Kemerovo
The city of Kemerovo (Russian Кемерово ) is located in western Siberia in Russia at Tom. She has (October 14, 2010 Balance ) 532 981 inhabitants.
Kemerovo is the capital of which was founded in 1943 Kemerovo Oblast, the (short- Kuzbass ) covers the geographical region of the Kuznetsk Basin. The Kohlenvorkommnisse of the Kuznetsk Basin were discovered in 1721 by Mykhailo Volkov. Is dedicated to him with a monument in the center of Kemerovo a place.
History
The city of Kemerovo grew together from several villages. 1859 were located in the territory of the present-day city of seven villages: Schtscheglowo ( Щеглово ), Kemerovo ( known since 1734), Jewsejewo ( Евсеево ), Krasny Yar ( Красный Яр ), spa Iskitim ( Кур - Искитим ) Dawydowo ( Давыдово ) and Borowaja ( Боровая ).
Schtscheglowo was renamed in 1918 in Schtscheglowsk ( Щегловск ) and received city rights. Since 1932 is called the city of Kemerovo.
In Kemerovo the POW camp consisted of 503 German prisoners of war of World War II.
Demographics
Note: Census data
Traffic
Kemerovo has an airport with international connections (IATA: KEJ ) and a commissioned into service on April 11, 1940 tram. After Moscow, the city is connected by a branch route of the Trans -Siberian Railway. In addition, Kemerovo is located on the Russian highway M 53, which is part of the transcontinental road connection from Moscow to Vladivostok.
Sports
In Siberia, the city is also known for its football club Kuzbass Kemerovo, in the second Russian Division ( East Zone ) plays. The hockey club of the city is called Kuzbass Kemerovo, the Kuzbass Kemerovo volleyball club VK.
In Chimik Stadium in Kemerovo Bandy World Championship was held in 2007.
Economy
Its economy relies mainly on coal mining and heavy industry. There are also steel, aluminum, machine-building and chemical factories.
Further education institutions
- Department of Distance Training of Omsk Kemerovo Judicial Institute of the Ministry of Interior of Russia
- Branch of the Military University of Telecommunications
- Branch of the State University of Moscow Trade
- Branch of Novosibirsk State Agrarian University
- Branch of the Novosibirsk Agricultural Institute
- Institute of Economics and Law Kusbassgebiets
- Agricultural Institute of Kemerovo Novosibirsk The State Agrarian University
- State Academy of Culture Kemerovo
- State Medical Academy Kemerovo
- State Technical University of Kusbassgebiets
- Kemerovo State University
- Technological Institute of Food Industry Kemerovo
- Center for German language partner of the Goethe -Institut
Twinning
- Salgótarján Hungary, Hungary
Sons and daughters of the town
- Andreas Beck, Russia German, German national football team
- Marina Goncharova Wassiljewna, heptathlete
- Yevgeny Valeryevich Grishkovets, storyteller, theater director, writer and actor
- Lena Hades, painter, writer and photographer
- Anton Jewgenjewitsch Kalinitschenko, ski jumpers
- Anton Korobov, Ukrainian chess player and international chess grandmaster
- Alexei Leonov, cosmonaut, the first man, who left his ship and floated freely in space
- Dmitry Medvedev Gennadjewitsch, Lieutenant Colonel in the North Caucasus, Hero of the Russian Federation
- Slava Mogutin, journalist, author and photographer
- Yelena Vladimirovna Prokhorova, athlete, Olympic medalist and world champion
- Sergei Saifulin, beach volleyball player
- Ludmila Thomas, German historian
- Roman Weilert, German ice hockey player