Melnikovo, Tomsk Oblast

Melnikovo (Russian Мельниково ) is a village in the Tomsk Oblast (Russia) with 8377 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The village is located in the West Siberian Plain, about 50 km as the crow flies west of Oblastverwaltungszentrums Tomsk, about five miles from the left bank of the Ob station, from which it is separated by one along the river extending wetland, the Ob - sump ( Obskoje Boloto ).

Melnikovo is the administrative center of the Rajons Schegarski as well as the seat of the rural community Schegarskoje selskoje posselenije, which also includes the villages Naschtschokowo (714 inhabitants, about 3 km south of the center) and Staraya Schegarka ( 85 inhabitants, 4 km to the east, directly on the Ob ) belong. The total population of the municipality is thus 9176 October 14, 2010 ).

History

The village Schegarka on the Ob, today's Staraya Schegarka ("old Schegarka ") was first mentioned in 1782 at the latest; During this time there were 15 farms. According to other data the place existed already in 1616. Late 19th century, the population was 161

In the 20th century a new settlement instead of the present village was called Schegarskoje. In 1936 it became the administrative center of the newly created Rajons Schegarski. 1938, the village its present name, while Rajon retained the original name.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Economy and infrastructure

Melnikovo is the center of an agricultural area of regional importance, with various factories for processing agricultural products. An important role is played by the collection and processing of wild fruits.

The village lies on the R398 regional road from Tomsk to Kolpashevo that the Ob opened there on a 1987 645 -meter long bridge ( Schegarski most) crossing and the location bypasses south. A few kilometers north-west branches off to the R399 Bakchar, while in the south the left Obufer up a new road in the neighboring Novosibirsk Oblast, via Kolyvan to Novosibirsk - one of the two road links between the Oblastzentren Tomsk and Novosibirsk.