Volchansk

Volchansk (Russian Волчанск ) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russia) with 10,010 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ).

Geography

The city lies on the eastern edge of the Ural Mountains, about 450 km north of the Oblasthauptstadt Yekaterinburg. The climate is continental.

The city Volchansk forms a separate urban district and is located about 15 km north of the city Karpinsk.

Volchansk is located on the railway line opened in 1935 ( freight only ) Serow - Krasnoturjinsk ( station Woronzowka ) - Severouralsk. The station of the city is called Lesnaya Woltschanka.

History

Since the 18th century in the area of ​​today's Woltchansk a settlement was known under the name Walt damage or Woltscha, later Lesnaja Woltschanka based on the name of the here and flowing east opens into Sos'va creek Woltschanka (adaptation of a pre- Russian name to a particular derivation from the Russian wolk for wolf).

1942 began the dismantling of the discovered here lignite deposits to supply the power and smelting works of environment (such Karpinsk, Krasnoturjinsk, Serov ). During the war and in the early postwar years, occupants of a branch of the Krasnoturjinsker Bogoslowski penal camp, including deported German -born Soviet citizens and prisoners of war were used in coal mining, construction, in the ammunition manufacturing and forestry to Volchansk.

In 1956 the city municipal law under the present name. In consequence, however, saw a decline in coal production and meaning as population declined considerably.

Population Development

Note: * Census ( rounded ) ** census

Culture and sights

Since 2000 there Volchansk in a small museum.

Economy and Transport

In addition to the lignite, there are companies in the construction (asphalt, brick) and timber industry.

Volchansk is one of the smallest cities with its own tram: the 7 km long line was opened on 31 December 1951, about 400,000 passengers transported per year.