Partizansk

Partisansk (Russian Партизанск ) is a city in Primorsky Krai (Russia) with 38 659 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

Partisansk is located on the eastern flank of extending to the coast of the Japan Sea southern ridge of Sikhote Alin, about 170 km east of the regional capital Vladivostok and 50 north of the port city of Nakhodka. The city is crossed by several streams that flow a few kilometers further east into the river Partizanskaya.

The city is Partisansk the region administratively subordinated directly.

By Partisansk performs a branch route of the Trans -Siberian railway, which connects it to the port of Nakhodka. Part of this route was built before 1906 as one of Ugolnaja ( near Vladivostok ) branches off from the Trans-Siberian railway narrow gauge railway for coal transportation ( track width 600 mm initially, later partly 750 mm). With the growing volume of goods, the route was extended to Russian broad gauge, while Partisansk in 1935 reached and the route extended to Nakhodka at the same time. Since 1966, the now double-track line is electrified.

History

Partisansk was created in 1896 as a mining camp Sutschanski Rudnik (after the former name of the river Partizanskaya, Sutschan, and the Russian Rudnik for mine ). On April 27, 1932, the city charter was granted and its name shortened at the same time on Sutschan.

A little later it was renamed the Gamarnik, but this was reversed in 1937, when the namesake Jan Gamarnik, Head of the Political Administration of the Red Army ( 1928-37 ) and former ( 1923-28 ) Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Region, during the Stalinist purges committed suicide.

In 1972, as part of a campaign against geographical names of Chinese origin re- renaming, this time in Partisansk ( according to Russian also for partisan Partisan ).

Demographics

Note: Census data

Culture and sights

In Partisansk there is a local history museum founded in 1978.

The surrounding area offers a variety of natural beauty ( rocks and waterfalls ).

Economy

In the vicinity of Partisansk there are significant coal deposits that were mined in Soviet times to a greater extent. Today, the former townscape coal mining is, however, virtually come to a standstill. There are also companies in the light and food industries, and the timber industry. Previously existing works in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry and instrument engineering are also out of service.