Troitsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Troitsk.

Troitsk (English) Троицк (Russian)
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Troitsk Location of Troitsk in Chelyabinsk Oblast
Coordinates:
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Coat of arms	Flag
Administrative status (as of September 2011)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Chelyabinsk Oblast
Administratively subordinated to	Town of Troitsk
Administrative center of	Troitsky District, Town of Troitsk
Municipal status (as of September 2011)
Urban okrug	Troitsky Urban Okrug
Administrative center of	Troitsky Urban Okrug, Troitsky Municipal District
Mayor	Aleksandr Vinogradov
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	78,372 inhabitants
- Rank in 2010	209th
Time zone	YEKT (UTC+05:00)
Founded	1743
Postal code(s)	457100
Dialing code(s)	+7 35163
Official website
[[:commons:Category:{{#property:Commons category}}|Troitsk]] on Wikimedia Commons

Troitsk (Russian: Тро́ицк) is a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located 175 kilometers (109 mi) east of the southern Ural Mountains and approximately 110 kilometers (68 mi) south of Chelyabinsk on the border with Kazakhstan. It stands on the east-flowing Uy River, a branch of the Tobol River. Population: 78,372 (2010 Census); 83,862 (2002 Census); 90,077 (1989 Census).

Geography and climate

The Uy and Uvelka Rivers merge within the town boundaries and form a water body which serves as a reservoir for the Troitsk power station.

The landscape around the town is flat, although river valleys are hilly. The town is situated on the border of a forest-steppe zone. The climate is continental. The average temperature in January is −14 °C (7 °F), and +20 °C (68 °F) in July.

History

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Memorial plaque, with the founding date of Troitsk

It was founded in 1743 by Ivan Neplyuyev as a head fortress of the Orenburg Line of forts during the Bashkir War of 1735-1740 and to protect the southern borders of Russia. Troitsk played major role in the rebellion of Pugachev, who besieged and captured the town in 1774.

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Hotel "Central", built by the merchant Basharov in 1907

Gradually from military settlement Troitsk has turned to a trading town with well-developed processing industry.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Troitsk serves as the administrative center of Troitsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the Town of Troitsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the Town of Troitsk is incorporated as Troitsky Urban Okrug.

Economy

Troitsk serves as a railway junction and a supply and trading center for the southern Ural Mountains mining district. The Russia-Kazakhstan border is immediately south of Troitsk (and is included in photograph). Several large, cultivated field patterns (elongated, rectangular shapes) are visible through the snow-covered landscape. Because the fields are large, it can be inferred that they are probably planted with spring wheat. Numerous circular, frozen lakes are scattered throughout the countryside around Troitsk.

The basis of industrial potential of a town is made by the most powerful in the Southern Urals Troitskaya GRES. Capacity of its power units makes ~2000 Megawatt. At the station new power units with capacity of 660 Megawatt is being built now.

Stably the electromechanical plant (puts out теплообменные devices for powerful electric machines), factory rockwool plates of Danish firm "Rockwool", meat-packing industrial complex, industrial complex of manufacturing enterprises (puts out ferro-concrete products and a parquet), the light industry enterprises (garment factory and shop on release of bags of different function), the railway junction enterprises, the motor transportation enterprise on 01.01.2011. Troitsk 3012 subjects of small business are registered. The Population occupied in small-scale business makes 6,1 thousand persons. Troitsk is a large railway junction. Through Troitsk it trains pass to of Republic Kazakhstan and further to the states of Central Asia.

Other trunk-railway, passing through Troitsk, connects the Ural Mountains with the southern regions of Russia.

In vicinities of Troitsk there are deposits of clay for manufacture of a ceramic brick, sand, quartzite, a granite, rubble, used by the town's construction industry.

Facilities

There are four higher educational institutions in Troitsk. Most significant of them is the Ural state academy of veterinary medicine. About 5,000 students are trained there.

Other higher educational institutions are branches.

Population

Year	Inhabitants
1897	23.299
1939	46.693
1959	76.325
1970	85.469
1979	87.500
1989	90.077
2002	83.862
2010	78.372
2012	78.089
2014	77.176
2015	76.453

Culture

Various festivals, competitions, and concerts take place during the year.

Tourism

Troitsk is one of the few places in the Ural region where the historical environment is well preserved. There are 948 cultural and historical monuments, Four of which are monuments of architecture of federal value. There are building of the central [hotel, a trading passage of merchants of brothers Yaushevs, the Saint-Troitsk temple, and trading numbers.

References

Sources

• Законодательное Собрание Челябинской области. Постановление №161 от 25 мая 2006 г. «Об утверждении перечня муниципальных образований (административно-территориальных единиц) Челябинской области и населённых пунктов, входящих в их состав», в ред. Постановления №2255 от 23 октября 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в перечень муниципальных образований (административно-территориальных единиц) Челябинской области и населённых пунктов, входящих в их состав». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Южноуральская панорама", №111–112, 14 июня 2006 г. (Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast. Resolution #161 of November 25, 2006 On Adoption of the Registry of the Municipal Formations (Administrative-Territorial Units) of Chelyabinsk Oblast and of the Inhabited Localities They Comprise, as amended by the Resolution #2255 of October 23, 2014 On Amending the Registry of the Municipal Formations (Administrative-Territorial Units) of Chelyabinsk Oblast and of the Inhabited Localities They Comprise. Effective as of the official publication date.).

External links

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• The official website of the town administration (Russian)
• The Information site about a city, All city history, the directory (Russian)