Uzlovaya
53°59′N 38°10′E / 53.983°N 38.167°E
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Uzlovaya (‹See Tfd›Russian: Узлова́я) is a town and the administrative center of Uzlovsky District of Tula Oblast, Russia. Population: 59,763 (2002 Census);[1] 64,889 (1989 Soviet census).[2]
It was founded in 1873 as a railway station Khrushchyovskaya (Хрущёвская). It was renamed Uzlovaya in 1877, and granted town status in 1938. The station connects three important railway directions: Ryazhsk, Elets and Tula. The railway influenced much the life and the future of the town. The first coal mines were founded in the late 30s. Their development dominated such mining villages as Dubovka, Brusnyanky, Kamenetsky, Gornyatsky. Nowadays the mines do not work.
Famous people
- Vasiliy Podshibyakin, Soviet geologist
References
- ^ Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
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