Kotlas
Kotlas (Russian Котлас ) is a North Russian city of Arkhangelsk Oblast with 60 562 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).
- 7.1 Notes and references
- 7.2 Literature
- 7.3 External links
Geography
The city is located about 482 km southeast of the Oblasthauptstadt Arkhangelsk, at the mouth of the Northern Dvina in Vychegda. The nearest major town is Korjazhma, located about 28 km east from Kotlas.
The city Kotlas of Arkhangelsk Oblast is administratively subordinated directly and also the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.
Climate
Kotlas has a subarctic continental climate. The annual average temperature is 1.6 degrees Celsius. In winter, the temperatures are usually between -17 and 1 degrees Celsius, but can also store up to -40 degrees Celsius fall. In summer, temperatures are usually between 4 to 23 degrees Celsius. Average fall about 560 mm of precipitation per year. Most precipitation falls in August (65 mm), the least precipitation in March (24 mm).
History
Was already in the 14th century in place of today's Kotlas a settlement of the Komi named Pyras. Today's Kotlas was written in 1899 by assembly of three villages at the endpoint of up here built railway line Perm - Vyatka Kotlas. On June 16, 1917 Kotlas received city rights.
From the 1930s Kotlas was a deportation of kulaks. The deportees were working in the forest industry, paper production and the construction of factories and other infrastructure. Furthermore, it was at this time an important logistical hub for the transit of other prisoners in other gulags.
Kotlas was established in April 1924 to the center of the newly formed Rajon Kotlas. Since 1937 it is part of the Arkhangelsk Oblast.
Population Development
The following overview shows the evolution of populations of Kotlas.
Note 1926-2010 census data (1926 rounded)
Economy
Kotlas is the third largest industrial center in the Arkhangelsk Oblast and a major transportation hub for the region. It is in possession of an inland port, a railway connection as well as an airfield.
The main industries are the wood industry, furniture industry, food industry, consumer goods industry, as well as a brick factory and a shipyard.
Twinning
- Poland Tarnów (Poland )
- Ukraine Bakhchisaray (Ukraine )
- United States Waterville (Maine ) (United States )
Others
In Kotlas is located in Stanley Kubrick's film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and love the Soviet military base, on which an American atomic bomb is dropped, what the Third World War is triggered.