Kulebaki
Kulebaki (Russian Кулебаки ) is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Russia) with 35 759 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).
Geography and transport
The city is located in the Meschtschoraniederung about 190 km southwest of the Oblasthauptstadt Nizhny Novgorod, near the confluence of the Oka and Tjoscha. Kulebaki is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.
The city is situated is the end of a 28 -kilometer railway line which branches off in Nawaschino of the Moscow- Kazan - Arzamas. This route is used exclusively for freight. By Kulebaki also performs the highway R72 ( Vladimir Murom Arzamas ).
History
The village Kulebaki was first mentioned in 1719 and in 1781 it was Kirchdorf. The place is named after the 15th century detected in the area Kulebakin family.
1866 Kulebakier was metallurgical factory on the basis of local iron ore deposits. 1877, the first open-hearth furnace was taken as one of the first in Russia in operation. In 1900 the work was by its volume of production (volume and rolled steel, railway rails, steel and cast iron products ) after Sormowo plant in Nizhny Novgorod in second place.
1932 Kulebaki was awarded city rights. In Kulebaki the POW camp consisted of 320 German prisoners of war of World War II.
Demographics
Note: Census data
Culture and sights
In the city center a part of the wooden buildings from the 19th century has been preserved, mostly residences, but also the representative former People's House, which was built in 1896 originally as a pavilion for the All-Russia Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod and implemented by the end after Kulebaki.
In the metallurgical plant there is a museum about its history and the history of the iron and metal smelting in the region.
Economy
In addition to the metallurgical plant, today Ruspolimet AG, there are companies in the textile and food industry and the construction industry.
A good ten kilometers west of the city lies the air base Sawasleika.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Jelena Afanassjewa (born 1967 ), a middle distance runner
- Klavdiia Kirsanowa (1887-1947), revolutionary