Ruzayevka

Ruzayevka (English)
Рузаевка (Russian)
Орозай (Moksha)
-  Town[1]  -

Ruzayevka railway station, July 2013

Location of the Republic of Mordovia in Russia
Ruzayevka
Location of Ruzayevka in the Republic of Mordovia
Coordinates: 54°04′N 44°56′E / 54.067°N 44.933°ECoordinates: 54°04′N 44°56′E / 54.067°N 44.933°E
Administrative status (as of September 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Mordovia[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of republic significance of Ruzayevka[1]
Administrative center of Ruzayevsky District,[1] town of republic significance of Ruzayevka[1]
Municipal status (as of June 2010)
Municipal district Ruzayevsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Ruzayevka Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Ruzayevsky Municipal District,[2] Ruzayevka Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 47,523 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1631
Town status since 1937
Previous names Urazayevka
Postal code(s)[5] 431440
Dialing code(s) +7 83451
Ruzayevka on WikiCommons

Ruzayevka (Russian: Руза́евка; Moksha: Орозай) is a town in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, located on the Insar River, 25 kilometers (16 mi) southwest of Saransk. Population: 47,523(2010 Census);[3] 49,790(2002 Census);[6] 51,034(1989 Census).[7]

History

It was established in 1631 and granted town status in 1937.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ruzayevka serves as the administrative center of Ruzayevsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Ruzayevka—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Ruzayevka is incorporated within Ruzayevsky Municipal District as Ruzayevka Urban Settlement[2]

Symbol of the city

The symbol of the city is the locomotive Cuckoo placed at locomotive depot in memory of events of December in 1905 when Ruzayevka became one of the centers of revolutionary movement.

Economy

Ruzayevka is the second biggest industrial center of the republic after Saransk. Primary branches of the industry are mechanical engineering (Ruzkhimmash), vacuum tube mechanical engineering, instrumentation, food processing, and railway transportation.

Transportation

The town is a large railway hub of the Kuybyshev Railway.[8]

Museums

There are several museums in Ruzayevka:

Education

There are nine secondary schools, five children's schools of arts, an orphanage, five vocational schools, and Ruzayevsky Institute of Mechanical Engineering of Mordovian State University in Ruzayevka.

Health care

There are several hospitals in Ruzayevka, including Ruzayevsky Central Regional Hospital and Ruzayevka's Railway Central Hospital.

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Law #7-Z
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Law #14-Z
  3. 3.0 3.1 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. 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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. Ковшов В. П., Мокшина Ю. Н., Тувин А. С. "Энциклопедия Мордовия".

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