Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai

Kropotkin (Russian Кропоткин ) is a town with 80.765 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) in Russia. It is located in the Krasnodar region on the Kuban River, about 1,200 km as the crow south-southeast of Moscow and 136 km northeast of the capital subject Krasnodar away.

History

Since the end of the 18th century was at the site of the present town of Kropotkin, a military outpost of the Russian empire. During the construction of a railway line in the Caucasus, a working class neighborhood called Romanowski was born. The railway line was opened on 18 June 1874 This date is regarded by some historians as the city foundation date of the present town of Kropotkin.

In 1921 the city received city rights and was named after the recently deceased anarchist Prince Pyotr Kropotkin. At the same time Kropotkin was the administrative center of a Rajons within the Krasnodar region. In the 1920s and 1930s, the city was expanded: it emerged a number of factories, three power plants as well as various public facilities. From 1924 to 1933 was in the vicinity of Kropotkin 's Agricultural Research area of ​​the German - Russian Saatbau AG ( DRUSAG ).

During World War II Kropotkin was occupied from August 1942 to January 1943 by the German Wehrmacht. The city wore them considerable damage, about 2000 residents were killed.

In the postwar years, the most important industrial enterprises of the city were rebuilt, and built new ones. In the 1970s and 1980s on the outskirts created a new industrial estate.

Demographics

Note: Census data (1926 rounded)

Economy and Transport

Kropotkin regarded as an important center of the food industry of Krasnodar region. There is also in the city processing plants in the chemical industry, mechanical engineering and building materials industry.

A significant role of the city comes to a railway junction: In the area of Kropotkin, the routes cross Rostov -on-Don - Baku and Stavropol, Krasnodar. Furthermore, in the city campus of the University of Rostov traffic is established. The most important road connection Kropotkin is on the highway M29.

Culture and sights

  • Burial mounds from the Bronze Age
  • Historical city center from the 19th and early 20th century: Blessed Mother Protective Intercession Cathedral
  • Station Building ( 1903)

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Gennady Kovalev (* 1983), Boxer
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