Engels
Энгельс
City[1]
A monument to the coat of arms of Engels
A monument to the coat of arms of Engels
Flag of Engels
Flag
Coat of arms of Engels
Coat of arms
Location of Engels
Map
Engels is located in Saratov Oblast
Engels
Engels
Location of Engels
Engels is located in European Russia
Engels
Engels
Engels (European Russia)
Engels is located in Europe
Engels
Engels
Engels (Europe)
Coordinates: 51°30′06″N 46°07′20″E / 51.50167°N 46.12222°E / 51.50167; 46.12222
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSaratov Oblast[1]
Founded1747
City status since1914
Elevation
20 m (70 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total202,419
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
226,176 (+11.7%)
 • Rank92nd in 2010
 • Subordinated toEngels City Under Oblast Jurisdiction
 • Capital ofEngelssky District,[4] Engels City Under Oblast Jurisdiction
 • Municipal districtEngelssky Municipal District[5]
 • Urban settlementEngels Urban Settlement[5]
 • Capital ofEngelssky Municipal District,[6] Engels Urban Settlement[5]
Time zoneUTC+4 (MSK+1 Edit this on Wikidata[7])
Postal code(s)[8]
413100–413102, 413105–413108, 413110–413119, 413121–413125, 413129
Dialing code(s)+7 8453
OKTMO ID63650101001
Websitewww.engels.me

Engels (Russian: Э́нгельс, IPA: [ˈɛnɡʲɪlʲs]) is a city in Saratov Oblast, Russia. An important port located on the Volga River across from Saratov, Engels is the administrative center of the oblast, and is connected to it with a bridge. It is the second-largest city in Saratov Oblast with a population of 202,419 (2010 Census).[2]

Historically a major center for Volga Germans, the city was known jointly as Pokrovsk (Pokrovskaya sloboda (until 1914), Pokrovsk (until 1931)) in Russian and as Kosakenstadt in German, until it was renamed after German Marxist theoretician Friedrich Engels in 1931. Engels served as the capital of the Volga German ASSR from 1918 until its abolition in 1941.

History

What would become the city was founded as a sloboda named Pokrovskaya Sloboda by Ukrainian Chumak settlers in 1747. During the reign of Catherine the Great, ethnic Germans were encouraged to settle in the Volga region and many moved into the town, making it a major center of the Volga German culture. It was granted official town status and renamed Pokrovsk (Покровск) in 1914.[9] At that time, the town was commonly known as Kosakenstadt ("Cossacks' Town") in German, alongside its official Russian name. During the Russian Civil War, the region came under control of the Bolshevik Russian SFSR, and in 1918 it became the capital of the newly established Volga German ASSR within the Russian SFSR. Pokrovsk/Kosakenstadt was renamed Engels in 1931[citation needed], after German communist philosopher Friedrich Engels. The Volga German ASSR was abolished in 1941 with the German invasion of Russia serving as a pretext, and the city became part of Saratov Oblast. Its German inhabitants suffered persecution as Soviet authorities accused them of being spies for Nazi Germany. All Germans were deported from Engels, with most being sent to far away in Siberia and the Kazakh SSR. On August 26, 2011, a monument in honor of the Russian-German victims of repression within the Soviet Union was unveiled in the city.

Engels-2 (air base), a Russian Air Force base is nearby.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Engels serves as the administrative center of Engelssky District,[4] even though it is not a part of it.[10] As an administrative division, it is, together with four rural localities, incorporated separately as Engels City Under Oblast Jurisdiction[10]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[citation needed] As a municipal division, Engels City Under Oblast Jurisdiction, together with the work settlement of Privolzhsky and one rural locality (the settlement of Geofizik) in Engelssky District, are incorporated within Engelssky Municipal District as Engels Urban Settlement.[5]

Economy

Engels is an industrial city. The Trolza factory manufactures trolleybuses for Russia's public transportation networks. The Engelssky factory of transport mechanical engineering produces rolling stock for railways. The Bosch-Saratov plant, previously Autotractor Spark Plugs, produces spark plugs, and the German Henkel company operates a factory producing domestic laundry detergent and chemical products for the auto-industry. The Engelssky pipe factory makes steel electro-welded pipes, steel water pipeline, and profile pipes.

In August 2015, a prototype 1520 mm gauge Bombardier Traxx F120MS locomotive was unveiled at a ceremony to mark the inauguration of First Locomotive Company's factory at Engels.[11]

Historical population

Year Population Reference
1897 22,000
1959 91,000
1970 130,000
1977 163,000
1989 181,201 [12]
2002 193,984 [13]
2010 202,419 [2]
2020 309,745

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Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b Charter of Saratov Oblast
  2. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 63 250», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 63 250, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  5. ^ a b c d Law #106-ZSO
  6. ^ Law #78-ZSO
  7. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  9. ^ "ПОКРОВСКАЯ СЛОБОДА (Покровск), ныне город Энгельс Саратовской области".
  10. ^ a b Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 63 450», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 63 450, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  11. ^ "Russian Traxx unveiled at Engels locomotive plant inauguration". railwaygazette.com. August 20, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 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).
  14. ^ "Interactive City Directory". Sister Cities International. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2016.

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