Vyksa
Vyksa (Russian Выкса ) is a city in Russia. It has 56 201 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) and is located in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, 186 km south-west of Nizhny Novgorod away.
History
Even in the 16th century metal craft was used in the area of today's Vyksa, which is due to the local iron ore deposits. In the 1760s it took the two brothers Bataschow, before manufacturers in Ironforge city of Tula, and began to tap into the local deposits. At the same time they founded in 1767, a metal processing factory and a workers' settlement, which was named after a small river Vyksa.
Since then, the site has continued to develop as an industrial town with a focus on metalworking. Here a wide range of iron goods produced, including, for example, weapons, tools, sheet metal, tube, but also iron bars, which were also used in the design of the Moscow Alexander Garden.
The status of a city received Vyksa 1934; a few years before it became the administrative center of a Rajons of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.
In early August 2010, the city came with the forest fires in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast to harm.
Demographics
Note: Census data
Economy and Transport
Today is the most important metal processing Wyksaer industry. In addition to the metallurgical plant there in the city also engineering and building materials factories.
Vyksa has a station on a branch line, on which there are trains to Murom, Nizhny Novgorod and other cities. 15 km west of the city is on the Oka boat jetties and a shipyard.
Attractions
Among the most famous sights Wyksas the former estate of the Bataschow brothers belongs to a large park. Towards European palace gardens such as the reminiscent of Versailles, as well as several historic churches and industrial buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries Of particular note is a document emanating from the 1897 colliery buildings of metallurgy factory with an arched steel mesh roof designed by the famous engineer Vladimir Shukhov.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Kolobnew Alexander ( b. 1981 ), cyclist