Kiselyovsk

Kisseljowsk (Russian Киселёвск ) is a Russian city in Siberia and with 98 365 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) is the sixth largest city of Kemerovo Oblast. The city's administrative area is a rural population of 4,654 added, so that the total population is 103 019. From the regional center of Kemerovo is 193 km away by road.

Geography and administrative divisions

The city is located north of Prokopjewsk between the foothills of Salairrückens and the headwaters of the river Aba. From Novokuznetsk Kisseljowsk is 83km away and situated on the railway line Artyschta - Abakan or reachable on the road to Leninsk- Kuznetsk.

The administrative area of the city Kisseljowsk includes seven villages. These include the settlements Alexandrovka, Beryozovka Verch - Chumysch, Karagailinski, Oktjabrinka and Uskat About the center of the city limits. The homes of today's city center were built mainly in the 1950s and 1960s. With regard to the separate territories distinguished between the city center, Afonino, Krasny Kamen, Seljonaja Kasanka ( well 12 ), Cherkasov Kamen, Karagaila and Uskat is (factory Znamya ).

History

Owes its existence to Kisseljowsk essentially the coal industry. The first coal deposits were in the village Afonino which a district of Kisseljowsk is today, discovered in the mid -19th century. Before the October Revolution of 1917, however, had the local coal production is insignificant proportions. This changed with the 1921 made ​​rail accessibility of the place. 1932, in Afonino first two mines created; in the same year were Afonino and the neighboring village Tscherkassowo together the status of a worker settlement called Kisseljowski. On January 20, 1936 finally received the settlement town rights and was called from now on Kisseljowsk.

To be dominated in Kisseljowsk coal mining as the leading economic sector. Following closure of five mines shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, there are today in Kisseljowsk five mines and two processing plants for coal. For the future, the development of a new coal deposit is planned. Moreover, there are in the city's two engineering companies, an explosives factory, a brick factory, a furniture factory as well as several food manufacturing companies. Among the educational institutions in the city include a mining vocational college, a teacher training college, several vocational and high schools and four music schools.

Demographics

Note: Census data