Shelekhov

Shelekhov (Russian Шелехов ) is a city in Irkutsk Oblast (Russia) with 47 943 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city lies on the southern edge of the plain to the north of Sayan, about 20 km southwest of Irkutsk Oblasthauptstadt, the Irkut river, a left tributary of the Angara.

The city is the Shelekhov Oblast subordinated administratively directly and also the administrative center of the homonymous Rajons.

Shelekhov is ( station Gontscharowo, 5204 route km from Moscow ) and the highway M55 Irkutsk on the Trans -Siberian Railway - Chita.

History

Shelekhov emerged from the early 1950s as a satellite city of Irkutsk in connection with the construction of the Irkutsk aluminum plant. 1956, the rapidly growing city became the urban-type settlement and after the sailor and entrepreneur named Grigory Shelikof, but in a different, less common spelling of the family name. In 1962, the city charter was granted.

Since 2005, a twinning with Nomi in Japan.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Economy

Cityscape determining factor today for Siberian - Urals Aluminium Company ( SUAL ) belonging aluminum plant with an attached production of silicon (SAO Kremni ), etc. In addition, there are farms the mechanical engineering ( Irkutskkabel ), the wood processing industry and the construction industry.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Andrei Valeryevich Bashkirov (born 1970 ), ice hockey player