Solikamsk
Solikamsk (Russian Соликамск ) is one of the oldest cities in the Russian region of Perm.
With 97 384 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ), the city is behind Perm and Beresniki the third largest city in the region and occupies an area of 165.50 km ² a. The city's name comes from sol ( Russian for salt ') and the Kama River.
Location
Solikamsk located in the northern part of the Oblast Perm on the Kama, 368 kilometers from the regional capital of Perm. Nearest towns are Beresniki and Ussolje, both located about 20 km south of Solikamsk. Due to the many and large industrial enterprises, especially the magnesium combine, the environment of the city, the woods, the air and the Kama is very dirty.
History
Solikamsk was first mentioned in 1430 and initially named in connection with the discovery of vast salt deposits as Usolye -na- Kamskom. This place was founded on one of the Komi - Permyaks holy place and near one of their villages. The favorable geographical position and rich salt deposits quickly attracted many traders. 1573 Ussolje received city rights, and developed during the 17th century (as it got its new name ) to the salt capital of Russia and became the sole focus of the Kama region. She was a big and important junction on the way to Siberia and generated more than half of the total salt yield of Russia.
A new phase of development began after the October Revolution, when it 1925 the world's largest potash and magnesium salt deposits discovered. 1927, work began on the first potassium Combine the Soviet Union. After the opening of potash combine in 1928 was followed by 1938 and 1941 magnesium combine a large paper mill. In the second half of the century, the industrial center of newly created burst its borders, first in 1959 when the city Borovsk ( not to be confused with the homonymous town in central Russia) was incorporated and in the 1980s, when the new residential areas on the valley Klestowka stretched.
In the eingemeindeten city Borovsk the POW camp consisted of 366 German prisoners of war of World War II.
Demographics
Note: Census data
Economy
Solikamsk is the headquarters of the mineral company Silvinit, which was merged in July 2011 with the Russian industry leader Uralkali. The largest shareholder of Uralkali, the Russian investor Suleiman Kerimov financial.
Population
Since the political changes in 1991, the population of Solikamsk as well as many places in Russia decreases. Children up to 15 years represent 25.6 % of the population, people in the age of retirement by 14.8%, 59.6 % fit for work. 89 % of the urban population are Russians, Ukrainians 1.9%, Tatar 1.4%.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Vitaly Grossmann (1963-2005), ice hockey player
- Stepan Sannikov (* 1990), ice hockey player
- Irina Trussowa (* 1990), biathlete