Konoshsky District

The Konoschski rayon (Russian Коношский муниципальный район / Konoschski munizipalny rayon ) is an administrative unit within the Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It is located south of the Oblasthauptstadt Arkhangelsk. The administrative center is the urban-type settlement Konosha.

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Geography

The Konoschski rayon is located in the southwest of Arkhangelsk Oblast on the border of the Vologda Oblast. To the west of the Kargopolski Rajon rajon borders, north and east of the rayon of Njandomski Welski rayon. The area of ​​8459 km ² is Rajon.

History

The area of present-day Konoschski rajon was originally settled by Finno- Ugric tribes. Only towards the end of the 10th century, Slavic tribes settled here. In the Middle Ages the region, as well as many other parts of the Russian North served as a place of exile. From the beginning of the 19th century, the current territory of Rajon was under the administration of the provinces Olonets, Vologda and Novgorod.

With the construction of the railway Vologda - Archangelsk 1894-1897 through the territory of the region was developed. In 1898, the station Konosha, which developed in the following years to a larger settlement arose.

The Konoschski rajon was founded on 15 July 1929 as part of the Njandomski krai ( Няндомский округ ), the Severny krai ( Северный край ). Rajon was dissolved again in the course of administrative reform early on 31 July 1931. In March 1935, the Konoschski rajon was finally re-established. At this time consisted of 20 from Rajon village Soviets ( сельсовет ) with 20,859 residents. In 1936 he was part of the Northern Oblast ( Северная область ) and finally on September 23, 1937 Members of the newly established Arkhangelsk Oblast.

In the 1930s, increasingly kulaks and other political refugees were settled in the rayon Konoschski. There they lived in special settlements ( спецпоселение / Spezposselenije ) in which they had to perform forced labor. In August 1937, originated in the region of the Gulag " KargopolLag " ( Каргопольлаг ) whose administration was located until 1940 in Kargopol, rajon later in Jerzewo in Konoschski. In " KargopolLag " up to 30,100 prisoners were held, which were primarily used for forestry work for timber and wood processing. In addition, the camp " NORTHERN Dvina -ITL " in Welski was rajon whose prisoners in 1940 during the construction of the railway lines Konosha - were used Koschwa the Pechora Railway - Kotlas.

Demographics

The following overview shows the evolution of populations of Konoschski rayon.

Note: Census data

Administrative divisions

The Rajon is divided into eight municipalities ( муниципальное образование ), of which a municipality ( городское поселение ) and seven rural communities ( сельское поселение ). Within the Rajon located with Konosha than an administrative center, just a urban-type settlement. In rajon Konoschski live 26 106 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ), which corresponds to 2.2% of the population of the Arkhangelsk Oblast. [NB 1]

Economy

Among the most important sectors of the Konoschski rayon include the railway transport and the wood processing industry. In addition, agriculture plays, especially the dairy industry and livestock, an essential role. Furthermore, the paper and pulp industry based in the region. The unemployment rate in 2012 at 2.3 % above the average rate of Arkhangelsk Oblast of 1.5%. The average monthly salary in the first quarter of 2011 was in large and medium-sized organizations 21057 rubles, an increase of 15.2% lower than the Oblastdurchschnitt of 24 819 rubles. [NB 1]

Traffic

The railway is the main mode of transport within the Raion. The road network of Rajon is weak. The national highways M8 is only accessible via the city of the same name Velsk Rajon.

Railway

The settlement Konosha is an important railway junction. Through it the main line of the Northern Railway runs along the route Yaroslavl - Vologda - Archangelsk. In addition Konosha is the starting point of the route in 1940 opened the Pechora Railway Konosha - Vorkuta.

Besides today's route network, there were other railway lines within the Raion with predominantly industrial importance (especially for the wood industry ), which were but nowadays mostly halted. These routes include:

• The railway line Wandysch - Woloschka was built in the late 1930s as a transport route for that of prisoners of the Gulag " KargopolLag " pulp mill № 5 built and linked the located on the railway line Konoschka Arkhangelsk place Wandysch with about 10 km from the settlement Woloschka.
• The Dorians narrow gauge railway ( Дорская узкоколейная железная дорога ), which existed from 1951 to 2006 from the settlement Woloschka and was used for wood transport.
• The Melentjewski narrow gauge railway ( Мелентьевская узкоколейная железная дорога ) existed until the 1990s, from the settlement Melentjewski
• The Kwarsonsker narrow gauge railway ( Кварзеньгская узкоколейная железная дорога ) was based on the settlement Podjuga after Kwarsonsk and formed in its renewed form a common network with the Pastuchowsker narrow gauge railway.
• The Pastuchowsker narrow gauge railway ( Пастуховская узкоколейная железная дорога ) was from Swenjatschi and was discontinued between 1995 and 2005.
• The railway line Konosha - Mirny, which already emerged in the 1930s and included a route network of 16 kilometers.