Shatsk, Russia

Shatsk (Russian Шацк ) is a town in Ryazan Oblast (Russia) with 6561 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city is located about 200 km southeast of Ryazan Oblasthauptstadt at the Schatscha, a left tributary of the Zna in the river system of the Volga.

Shatsk is the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.

History

The place was built in 1553 as a fortified military post at the then southeastern border of the Russian state and was part of the river and city is named after line of defense ( Schazkaja sasseka ). Initially called the place Schazki Gorodok ( Schatscha - town after the river; Finno- Ugric origin designation ).

1774 rose the inhabitants of the place during the Pugachev rebellion on the part of farmers.

1779 the municipal law as an administrative center of a circle ( Ujesds ) of Tambov was awarded.

In the 18th and 19th century, the city was an important trade center for hemp fabrics, but its economic importance lost in a row, bringing the population halved during the 20th century.

In 1923, the government Shatsk Ryazan, from which later emerged the Oblast.

Demographics

Note: Census data (1926 rounded)

Culture and sights

In 18 kilometers from Shatsk remote village Starotschernejewo the ensemble of Tschernejewer Nikolai Monastery is located ( Чернеево - Никольский монастырь / Tschernejewo - Nikolski monastyr ) from the 17th to 19th centuries.

In the village Schelannoje is since 1968 a Museum of the Rajons Shatsk.

Economy and infrastructure

In Shatsk there are companies in the textile and food industry ( meat processing company Schazkmjaso ). Nearby is the limestone quarry Jambirnski.

Nearest railway station is the Nischnemalzewo good 30 kilometers away on the route Moscow - Ryazan - Rusajewka - Sysran.

By Shatsk leads the M5 highway Moscow - Ryazan Samara Chelyabinsk, of which R124 branch off here on the A143 Morshansk to Tambov and the regional road to Kasimov.