Ust-Labinsk
Ust- Labinsk (Russian Усть - Лабинск ) is a town with 43 270 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia. Until the granting of town rights in 1958 the place was called Ust- Labinskaja ( Усть - Лабинская ).
Location
Ust- Labinsk located about 60 km from Krasnodar, the capital of Krasnodar region, located at the mouth of the river Laba in the Kuban. The nearest town is Korenovsk, about 50 km from Ust -Labinsk.
Not to be confused with the Ust- Labinsk also located in the Krasnodar region Labinsk. Both cities owe their name to the river Laba, where Ust- Labinsk as much as " place of the Laba estuary " means.
History
Founded in 1778, the town was one of the Russian fortresses north of the Caucasus on the Kuban. 1794 was the fortress the status of a Cossack Cossack village and the name of Ust- Labinskaja. In peacetime operated its inhabitants mainly agriculture, which is not significantly changed until the 20th century. 1924 Ust- Labinsk center of Rajons same; the city charter has been around since 1958.
Demographics
Note: Census data
Economy and Transport
Among the industrial plants in Ust -Labinsk include various food factories and two brickworks, in general, the city and the raion but - particularly since the collapse of the Soviet Union - little industry and therefore is classified as poor. In September 2007 it was announced that in Ust -Labinsk a new building material factory of the billionaire Oleg Deripaska owned construction company Glawstroi should arise.
By Ust- Labinsk perform several country roads and a railway line. Thus, the city has direct connections to Krasnodar, but also to the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk in.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Ivan Timofejewitsch Ivashchenko (1905-1950), a test pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union
- Nikolai Sergeyevich Popov (1931-2008), tank designer ( including T -80)