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City in Samara Oblast, Russia

Zhigulevsk

(Russian: Zhigulevsk, IPA: [ʐɨɡʊˈlʲɵfsk]) is a town in Samara Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the river. The Volga River in Samarskaya Luka near the Zhiguli Mountains, 92 km (57 mi) west of Samara. Population: 55,565 (2010 Census);[2]48,770 (2002 Census);[7]44,801 (1989 Census).[8]

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8. “All-Union Population Census of 1989. The actual population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous regions and districts, territories, regions, urban settlements and villages. Geographical names of the world” (Moscow, 1998), p. 155.

The urban district of Zhigulevsk with a population of more than 58 thousand people includes the villages of Shiryaevo, Bakhilova Polyana, Zolnoye, Bogatyr, Solnechnaya Polyana.

Shiryaevo is a village on the right bank of the Volga within the Zhigulevsky Nature Reserve in a wide valley near the Zhigulevsky Mountains. Since January 1, 2006, it has been part of the Zhigulevsk urban district.

The first mention of the village of Shiryaevo in historical documents dates back to 1643-1645. A description of the surroundings of the village in Zhiguli can be found in the notes of the Dutch painter and traveler Cornelius de Bruin, who saw these places in May 1703. His book contains the lines: “At 9 o’clock, turning to the southwest, we noticed a plain on the right between high mountains, and then a village lying 20 versts from Samara. Our people went there for food, and the river in this place was very wide.” The sources also refer to Shiryaev Buerak, the village of Shiryaeva, Shiryaevka, the village of Shiryaevskoye, the village of Bogoyavlenskoye.

The original name of the village - Shiryaev Buerak - is associated with the size of the valley in which the village is located. “Shirai” means “width”, “space”; "Gully" - ravine. Shiryaevsky ravine is the largest such formation in Samara Luka, its length is about 35 km. Perhaps the toponym comes from a personal name - “Shirai”

A museum complex was formed in Shiryavo consisting of the Repin house-museum, the Shiryaevets house-museum and the Vdovin estate. The opening of the complex took place on June 12, 2007. A monument to Repin, an ethnographic exhibition, a poetry platform, and new exhibition halls appeared in Shiryaevo.

Bakhilova Polyana is a settlement that is part of the Zhigulevsk urban district. It was formed during the construction of the Volzhskaya Hydroelectric Power Station.

In the village there was a timber industry enterprise - a wood processing base, and the former pioneer camp "Zhigulevsky Artek".

Solnechnaya Polyana is a village in the urban district of Zhigulevsk.

The village is located on the northern edge of Samarskaya Luka, on the banks of the Saratov Volga reservoir.

The population is about 2 thousand people. The village consists of 30 streets.

Zolnoye is a village (until 2004 - an urban-type settlement), part of the Zhigulevsk urban district of the Samara region. Formed in the middle of the 20th century as a result of the discovery of an oil field in the Zhiguli Mountains.

The village is located in the picturesque places of Samarskaya Luka.

Bogatyr is a village (formerly an urban settlement) in the urban district of Zhigulevsk, Samara region.

It is located below Zhigulevsk, Bakhilova Polyana and Zolny along the Volga. The village is home to one of three limestone quarries in Zhigulevsk. There is a river pier.

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City Zhigulevsk

- a city in the Samara region of the Russian Federation, located on the right bank of the middle Volga in the northern part of the Samarskaya Luka National Park in the valleys of the Zhiguli Mountains. Population - 57.6 thousand people. with settlements subordinate to the Zhigulevsk administration as of the end of 2011. The federal highway M5 Moscow-Chelyabinsk passes through Zhigulevsk. The distance from the city bus station to Samara along the highway is 96 km, to Moscow - 969 km. There is a railway connection along the line “Tolyatti-Zhigulevskoye Sea-Syzran-Moscow”. In 1991-2008 The head of the city was Sergei Balakhonov. After his departure, two main local forces claimed this post: Nikolai Radaikin, chairman of the Zhigulevsk Duma, and the famous businessman Maxim Borodin, general director of Zhigulevskoye Quarry Management CJSC. The Governor of the Samara Region, Vladimir Artyakov, recommended the Tolyatti businessman, owner of the Ton-Auto group, Alexander Kurylin, who at that time held the position of First Deputy Mayor of the city of Tolyatti. In 2008, Alexander Kurylin was elected head of Zhigulevsk.

Education in the city of
Zhigulevsk
The city has a number of secondary specialized and general educational institutions. There are no higher vocational educational institutions in the city, so future students go to other cities to enroll.

Economy of
the city of Zhigulevsk
Electric power industry Zhigulevskaya HPP, a branch of JSC RusHydro Oil production industry - practically curtailed due to the extraction of oil reserves Mechanical engineering Battery plant AKOM Extraction and production of building materials Zhigulevskaya building materials, a branch of Eurocement group JSC Zhigulevskoe quarry management.

Food Confectionery plant USLADA Zhigulevsky bakery Pharmaceutical industry Zhigulevsky pharmaceutical plant LLC Ozon Military-industrial complex enterprises

History of the city of
Zhigulevsk
The name of the city comes from the Zhigulevsky Mountains (or Zhiguli) hills, surrounded by which it is located. The city was formed by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR dated February 21, 1952 as a result of the transformation of the workers' village of Zhigulevsk. It borders with the city of Togliatti and the Stavropol district of the Samara region. On January 1, 2006, a municipal entity was created - the urban district of Zhigulevsk. The urban district of Zhigulevsk includes the city of Zhigulevsk and the villages of Bakhilova Polyana, Zolnoye, Solnechnaya Polyana, Bogatyr and Shiryaevo. These villages, a narrow strip stretching 25 km downstream of the right bank of the Volga River, are located in the most picturesque places of the Samara Luka. 5 km above Zhigulevsk along the Volga River, on its right bank there is a microdistrict (formerly an urban-type settlement) Yablonevyi Ovrag, also part of the urban district. Since the 17th century, on the site of Zhigulevsk there were the villages of Morkvashi and Otvazhnoe. In 1942, oil from the Devonian period was discovered in the area of ​​Apple Ravine, located within the city. Oil was found in other places of the Samara Luka. In the early 1950s, construction began in the city area of ​​the Volzhskaya Hydroelectric Power Station, the largest in the world at the time of commissioning. V.I. Lenin (now the Zhigulevskaya HPP), which was completed in 1957. In 1950-1960 A large cement plant was built in the village of Yablonevyi Ovrag. The construction of the city, hydroelectric power station and cement production was carried out by the NKVD. Many correctional camps were located on the territory, which were disbanded after construction was completed. For the grandiose construction, three limestone quarries were laid for the extraction of Zhiguli rocks. Open-pit mining continues to this day, causing enormous damage to this unique corner of nature. In the mid-80s of the 20th century, the Samarskaya Luka State National Park was formed, under whose jurisdiction the reclaimed parts of the quarries are transferred. In August 2006, the entire territory of Samarskaya Luka, the Zhigulevsky Nature Reserve, the green zone in the city of Togliatti and other nearby territories were declared a biological reserve by UNESCO. The close location to Togliatti (formally the cities are adjacent to each other, in practice they are separated by a dam across the Volga and a hydroelectric power station) determines the economic and social ties of the city. Zhigulevsk is famous for its athletes. The city has a strong boxing school; its representatives have repeatedly become champions of the world, Europe, Russia and the Olympic Games.

City `s history

Since the seventeenth century, on the site of present-day Zhigulevsk there were the villages of Morkvashi and Otvazhnoe. The city was built during the Soviet era, and the builders were prisoners. Oil production began, a hydroelectric power station, a cement plant and three limestone quarries were built.

Thanks to the boxing school built in the city, local athletes managed to become winners of world championships and Olympics.

In the eighties, the Samarskaya Luka National Park was formed in the vicinity of Zhigulevsk. In 2006, the Zhigulevsky Nature Reserve became a reserve.

Transport and industry

The city has enterprises in the food, pharmaceutical, military, mining and electric power industries. Previously, there was also an oil-extracting industry, which was practically curtailed due to the depletion of oil reserves. In the energy sector, there is the Zhigulevskaya hydroelectric power station.

The city is crossed by the Ural federal highway. There is a city bus station - buses depart from there to Ulyanovsk, Penza, Samara, Kuznetsk, Dimitrovgrad, Syzran.