Lagan, Russia

Lagan ( Kalmyk / Russian Лагань ) is a city in the southern Russian republic of Kalmykia with 14,323 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located in the north- western part of the Caspian Sea basin, about 300 km southeast of the Republic capital Elista, 9 kilometers from the coast of the Caspian Sea, is connected to it by a sea channel ( Laganski Bank).

Lagan is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.

The nearest railway station is Ulan Chol (also Ulan- Choll ) about 40 kilometers west of the route Astrakhan Kizlyar - Kisiljurt.

History

Lagan was created in 1870 as a village in Central Russia resettled farmers on the (then, now silted up ) namesake island (of Mongolian and Kalmyk was for muddy).

In 1936, the place the status of an urban-type settlement. After the dissolution of the Autonomous Republic and the deportation of the Kalmyk population under Stalin in 1944, renamed Kaspijski (Russian Каспийский for Caspian (s settlement ) ) and 1963 under this name the award of city law.

In 1991 the city was the old name again.

Demographics

Note: Census data (1939 rounded)

Culture and sights

In the city there are several modern Buddhist statues and monuments, the Red Gate and the Temple ( Churul ). Since 1977, the city has a museum of local history.

Economy

In Lagan there is a machine factory farms and the fishing industry (port, naval base, fish processing ). In Rajon petroleum and natural gas are encouraged.