"Never become officials." The mayor of Sayansk spoke about the city and dreams

Story

Sayansk is the youngest city in the Irkutsk region. The beginning of its construction in 1970 is associated with the construction of one of the main domestic centers of the chemical industry. The main type of natural resources being developed is the Ziminskoe rock salt deposit, which serves as a raw material base for the production of chloride-sodium brines for the production of chlorine and caustic soda at the city-forming enterprise OJSC Sayanskhimplast. The enterprise's supply of salt reserves at the current level of production lasts hundreds of years.

In August 1985, Sayansk, which was considered a working village, received the status of a city of regional subordination. This event contributed to the creation of an independent economic base, the formation of local administrative structures, and the development of the social sphere.

In the spring of 2022, with the introduction of self-isolation in Russia in accordance with the decree of President Vladimir Putin on measures to ensure the sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population, the mayor of the city Oleg Borovsky allowed city shopping centers, hairdressers and other small businesses to start operating. For this act, Oleg Borovsky was called “rebellious” and “rebellious” in the media3.

• Sayan fort // “Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia” (2009)
• Sayansk // “Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia” (2009)
• Sayan City Komsomol Committee (Gorkom) (1985–1991)
• Sayan City Party Committee (Gorkom) (1985–1991)
• Sayansk Soviet. Photos by Edgar Bryukhanenko

Flag and coat of arms

Coat of arms of the city of Sayansk

Flag of the city of Sayansk
The coat of arms and flag of Sayansk are heraldic symbols of the city, reflecting its history, cultural traditions and territorial features.

Description of the coat of arms of Sayansk.

In an azure (blue, light blue) field there is a silver griffin walking along an included scarlet (red) end, burdened with six gold rings, folded in a ring shape and connected by narrow bridges of the same metal between two pine cones, facing apart and also gold.

Symbolism of the coat of arms of Sayansk.

In the central part of the coat of arms is an image of a stylized figure of a mythological creature - a griffin, a winged animal with the body of a lion and the head of an eagle.

According to ancient Eastern mythologies, this creature inhabited the territory of Eastern Scythia (Siberia), and protective functions were attributed to it. It was a vigilant guardian: underground storerooms, gold and silver.

The image of a griffin is the image of a strong, brave, vigilant and vigilant guardian of the natural resources of our region: table salt, as a raw material for chemical production, which gave life and development to the city, and forest resources. Hence the stylized image of the crystal lattice of a chemical element - as an emblem of chemistry in general and pine cones - as an integral part of a tree growing in our region.

The gold pine cone image and chemistry logo indicate the main element of chemical production - chlorine.

The main idea of ​​the coat of arms is chemistry in the taiga, and above this there is a higher intelligence (a human griffin), called upon to carefully preserve, use and increase natural resources.

Description of the flag of Sayansk.

The flag of the municipality - the city of Sayansk - is a rectangular blue panel with a width-to-length ratio 1 : 3,

reproducing the composition of the coat of arms.

Geography

Sayansk is located in the western part of the Irkutsk region in the taiga zone on the right bank of the Oka River (a tributary of the Angara), on the territory of the Irkutsk-Cheremkhovo Plain, in relative proximity to Lake Baikal (about 350 km), 270 km from Irkutsk. The federal highway P258 “Baikal” is 9 km from the city, and the railway is 28 km away (stations “Zima”, “Perevoz”, “Promyshlennaya”).

Topographic map of square N-48-A (Sayansk, Ilimsky ridge)

Economy

Industry

The basis of the city's economy is built on the activities of the largest enterprises in Sayansk, representing various industries. The main industrial enterprise is Sayanskhimplast OJSC, Russia’s largest producer of suspension polyvinyl chloride (PVC resin). The company produces products that are raw materials for the production of polymer goods and are supplied to both Russian and foreign markets. JSC Sayanskhimplast, part of the group, is one of the few enterprises in Russia that has retained its social sphere: the Yunost Palace of Culture, two hotels, factory canteens, the Kedr sanatorium and the medical unit are equipped with the latest equipment, their services are used by the population of Sayansk, as well as cities and districts of the region.

Among industrial enterprises, it is also necessary to note the Novo-Ziminskaya CHPP, which is part of OAO Irkutskenergo and is one of the “youngest” stations of this energy system. Novo-Ziminskaya CHPP was initially designed and built as a centralized source of heat supply for the needs of the Ziminsk Chemical Plant (currently OJSC Sayanskhimplast) and the city of Sayansk and was supposed to become one of the modern and powerful stations of the system, built on a block principle. Currently, out of 5 boiler units of the station, four are in operation, one unfinished boiler unit is in a frozen state.

Food industry

Sayansk is famous not only in the Irkutsk region, but also beyond its borders for the achievements of the agro-industrial complex. Sayansky Broiler LLC (original name: East Siberian Poultry Farm with a design capacity of 10 million broilers per year) is the largest producer of dietary meat. The population is offered more than 10 types of raw and more than 15 types of finished products. OJSC Sayansky Dairy Plant is successfully developing in the food industry. This is a modern production facility, all of whose products are made from natural raw materials from environmentally friendly areas. The plant's high-quality dairy products are in great demand among the population of Sayansk and many cities in the region.

Construction

The construction sector is represented by the enterprises CJSC Vostok, LLC Vodokanalstroy, LLC SITEK.

Financial sector

Branches of large banks such as Sberbank of Russia, Soyuz, VostSibtranskombank, Vostochny Express, SovKomBank are represented in Sayansk. The city offers a full range of insurance services, military insurance and others.

Share of various industries in the economy of Sayansk, % (2010)

• Sayan territorial-production complex // “Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia” (2009)
• Development of a complex of organochlorine chemistry in Sayansk // Vinokurov M.A., Sukhodolov A.P. Economy of the Irkutsk region
• Sayan aluminum (2009)
• Formation of a unified Angarsk-Usolsk-Sayan petrochemical and organochlorine complex // Vinokurov M.A., Sukhodolov A.P. Economy of the Irkutsk region

Content

• 1 Flag and Coat of Arms 1.1 Description of the coat of arms of Sayansk.
• 1.2 Symbolism of the coat of arms of Sayansk.
• 1.3 Description of the flag of Sayansk.

Population

Population dynamics of Sayansk

As of January 1, 2022, in terms of population, the city was in 396th place out of 1,115 cities in the Russian Federation.

Notes

1. ↑ 12
   www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2016/bul_dr/mun_obr2016.rar Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2016
2. [demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus79_reg2.php All-Union Population Census of 1979 The size of the urban population of the RSFSR, its territorial units, urban settlements and urban areas by gender.] (Russian). Demoscope Weekly. Retrieved September 25, 2013. [www.webcitation.org/6GDOjhZ5L Archived from the original on April 28, 2013].
3. [demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg2.php All-Union Population Census of 1989. Urban population]. [www.webcitation.org/617x0o0Pa Archived from the original on August 22, 2011].
4. ↑ 12345678910
   www.MojGorod.ru/irkutsk_obl/sajansk/index.html People's encyclopedia “My City”. Sayansk
5. [www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls All-Russian Population Census 2002. Volume. 1, table 4. Population of Russia, federal districts, constituent entities of the Russian Federation, districts, urban settlements, rural settlements - regional centers and rural settlements with a population of 3 thousand or more]. [www.webcitation.org/65AdCU0q3 Archived from the original on February 3, 2012].
6. [www.gks.ru/bgd/regl/B09_109/IssWWW.exe/Stg/d01/tabl-21-09.xls Number of permanent population of the Russian Federation by cities, urban-type settlements and districts as of January 1, 2009]. Retrieved January 2, 2014. [www.webcitation.org/6MJmu0z1u Archived from the original on January 2, 2014].
7. [195.46.100.221/vpn2010/DocLib/totals-vpn2010-2.pdf Results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census for the Irkutsk Region]. Retrieved September 23, 2013. [www.webcitation.org/6JqAskf9l Archived from the original on September 23, 2013].
8. ↑ 12
   [www.irkobl.ru/sites/economy/Anticorrup_ekspertiza/statistika.doc Population by municipalities as of January 1, 2012: stat. Bulletin / Irkutskstat. – Irkutsk, 2012. – 81 p.]. Retrieved September 24, 2016. [web.archive.org/web/20160306103555/irkobl.ru/sites/economy/anticorrup_ekspertiza/statistika.doc Archived from the original on September 24, 2016].
9. [www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2013/bul_dr/mun_obr2013.rar Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2013. - M.: Federal State Statistics Service Rosstat, 2013. - 528 p. (Table 33. Population of urban districts, municipal districts, urban and rural settlements, urban settlements, rural settlements)]. Retrieved November 16, 2013. [www.webcitation.org/6LAdCWSxH Archived from the original on November 16, 2013].
10. [www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2014/bul_dr/mun_obr2014.rar Table 33. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2014]. Retrieved August 2, 2014. [www.webcitation.org/6RWqP50QK Archived from the original on August 2, 2014].
11. [www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2015/bul_dr/mun_obr2015.rar Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2015]. Retrieved August 6, 2015. [www.webcitation.org/6aaNzOlFO Archived from the original on August 6, 2015].
12. taking into account the cities of Crimea
13. [www.gks.ru/free_doc/doc_2016/bul_dr/mun_obr2016.rar Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2016. Table “31. Population of cities and towns by federal districts and constituent entities of the Russian Federation as of January 1, 2016.” RAR archive (1.0 MB)]
14. [government.ru/media/files/41d4f68fb74d798eae71.pdf Order of the Government of the Russian Federation of July 29, 2014 No. 1398-r “On approval of the list of single-industry towns”]
15. SOGAZ-Med divisions in the Irkutsk region: www.sogaz-med.ru/branch/region6/irkutsk/irkutsk_contacts
16. [www.admkrsk.ru/citytoday/foreign/cooperation/Pages/default.aspx Intermunicipal cooperation] External relations - official website of the Krasnoyarsk city administration (Russian) (English) (German)

Social sphere

Education

The municipal education system in Sayansk includes 7 secondary schools, 10 kindergartens, an additional education institution, the House of Children's Creativity "Constellation" and the Education Development Center1.

Culture

The city has a centralized library system, an art gallery, a historical and environmental museum and the Sayanskkhimplast OJSC museum, and there are associations of artists and writers.

Sayans realize their creative potential in art schools - two music and art. The center of cultural and leisure activities is the House of Culture “Yunost”, owned by OJSC Sayanskhimplast. Previously, there was also a recreation center “Stroitel” in the city, which was subsequently sold from the property of the joint-stock company of builders “Vostok” into private hands and repurposed as an entertainment center.

17 creative groups have been created in cultural institutions, eight of them have the title “national”; folk choir of war and labor veterans, folk ensemble “Luchinushka”, folk brass band, folk dance ensemble “Rucheyok”, pop dance ensemble “Alliance”, song ensemble “Cherry”, folk instrument ensemble “Karavay”, Chamber choir. There is also a music and art school, a children's creativity center

Holidays

Traditionally, Sayansk hosts more than 10 public events a year. City Day, Builder's Day, and New Year are widely celebrated in August. It has already become a tradition in May to celebrate the professional holiday of the workers of the city-forming enterprise OJSC Sayanskhimplast, to which up to 15 thousand people gather and national pop stars are invited.

• City Brass Band of Sayansk
• Picture gallery of Sayansk
• Museum of Sayansk

Excerpt characterizing Sayansk

The uncle himself pulled the hare back, deftly and smartly threw him over the back of the horse, as if reproaching everyone with this throwing, and with such an air that he didn’t even want to talk to anyone, sat on his kaurago and rode away. Everyone except him, sad and offended, left and only long after could they return to their former pretense of indifference. For a long time they looked at the red Rugay, who, with his hunchbacked back and dirt stained, rattling his iron, with the calm look of a winner, walked behind the legs of his uncle’s horse. “Well, I’m the same as everyone else when it comes to bullying. Well, just hang in there!” It seemed to Nikolai that the appearance of this dog spoke. When, long after, the uncle drove up to Nikolai and spoke to him, Nikolai was flattered that his uncle, after everything that had happened, still deigned to speak with him. When Ilagin said goodbye to Nikolai in the evening, Nikolai found himself at such a far distance from home that he accepted his uncle’s offer to leave the hunt to spend the night with him (with his uncle), in his village of Mikhailovka. - And if they came to see me, it would be a pure march! - said the uncle, even better; you see, the weather is wet, the uncle said, if we could rest, the countess would be taken in a droshky. “Uncle’s proposal was accepted, a hunter was sent to Otradnoye for the droshky; and Nikolai, Natasha and Petya went to see their uncle. About five people, large and small, courtyard men ran out onto the front porch to meet the master. Dozens of women, old, big and small, leaned out from the back porch to watch the approaching hunters. The presence of Natasha, a woman, a lady on horseback, brought the curiosity of the uncle's servants to such limits that many, not embarrassed by her presence, came up to her, looked into her eyes and in her presence made their comments about her, as if about a miracle being shown, which is not a person, and cannot hear or understand what is said about him. - Arinka, look, she’s sitting on her side! She sits herself, and the hem dangles... Look at the horn! - Fathers of the world, that knife... - Look, Tatar! - How come you didn’t somersault? – said the bravest one, directly addressing Natasha. The uncle got off his horse at the porch of his wooden house overgrown with a garden and, looking around at his household, shouted imperiously that the extra ones should leave and that everything necessary for receiving guests and hunting would be done. Everything ran away. Uncle took Natasha off the horse and led her by the hand along the shaky plank steps of the porch. The house, unplastered, with log walls, was not very clean - it was not clear that the purpose of the people living was to keep it stain-free, but there was no noticeable neglect. The hallway smelled of fresh apples, and there were wolf and fox skins hanging. Through the front hall, the uncle led his guests into a small hall with a folding table and red chairs, then into a living room with a birch round table and a sofa, then into an office with a torn sofa, a worn carpet and with portraits of Suvorov, the owner’s father and mother, and himself in a military uniform . There was a strong smell of tobacco and dogs in the office. In the office, the uncle asked the guests to sit down and make themselves at home, and he himself left. Scolding, his back not cleaned, entered the office and lay down on the sofa, cleaning himself with his tongue and teeth. From the office there was a corridor in which screens with torn curtains could be seen. Women's laughter and whispers could be heard from behind the screens. Natasha, Nikolai and Petya undressed and sat on the sofa. Petya leaned on his arm and immediately fell asleep; Natasha and Nikolai sat in silence. Their faces were burning, they were very hungry and very cheerful. They looked at each other (after the hunt, in the room, Nikolai no longer considered it necessary to show his male superiority in front of his sister); Natasha winked at her brother, and both did not hold back for long and laughed loudly, not yet having time to think of an excuse for their laughter. A little later, the uncle came in wearing a Cossack jacket, blue trousers and small boots. And Natasha felt that this very suit, in which she saw her uncle with surprise and mockery in Otradnoye, was a real suit, which was no worse than frock coats and tails. Uncle was also cheerful; Not only was he not offended by the laughter of his brother and sister (it could not enter his head that they could laugh at his life), but he himself joined in their causeless laughter. - That’s how the young countess is - a pure march - I’ve never seen another like it! - he said, handing one pipe with a long shank to Rostov, and placing the other short, cut shank with the usual gesture between three fingers. “I left for the day, at least on time for the man and as if nothing had happened!” Soon after the uncle, the door opened, obviously a barefoot girl by the sound of her feet, and a fat, ruddy, beautiful woman of about 40, with a double chin, and full, ruddy lips, entered the door with a large tray in her hands. She, with hospitable presence and attractiveness in her eyes and every movement, looked around at the guests and bowed respectfully to them with a gentle smile. Despite her greater-than-usual thickness, which forced her to stick her chest and stomach forward and hold her head back, this woman (the uncle’s housekeeper) walked extremely lightly. She walked up to the table, put down the tray and deftly with her white, plump hands removed and placed bottles, snacks and treats on the table. Having finished this, she walked away and stood at the door with a smile on her face. - “Here I am!” Do you understand uncle now?” her appearance told Rostov. How not to understand: not only Rostov, but also Natasha understood her uncle and the meaning of the frowning eyebrows, and the happy, self-satisfied smile that slightly wrinkled his lips as Anisya Fedorovna entered. On the tray were herbalist, liqueurs, mushrooms, cakes of black flour on yuraga, comb honey, boiled and sparkling honey, apples, raw and roasted nuts and nuts in honey. Then Anisya Fedorovna brought jam with honey and sugar, and ham, and freshly fried chicken. All this was Anisya Fedorovna’s farming, collecting and jamming. All this smelled and resonated and tasted like Anisya Fedorovna. Everything resonated with richness, purity, whiteness and a pleasant smile. “Eat, young lady countess,” she said, giving Natasha this and that. Natasha ate everything, and it seemed to her that she had never seen or eaten such flatbreads on yurag, with such a bouquet of jams, nuts on honey and such chicken. Anisya Fedorovna came out. Rostov and his uncle, washing down dinner with cherry liqueur, talked about the past and future hunt, about Rugai and the Ilagin dogs. Natasha, with sparkling eyes, sat straight on the sofa, listening to them. Several times she tried to wake Petya up to give him something to eat, but he said something incomprehensible, apparently not waking up. Natasha was so happy at heart, so comfortable in this new environment for her, that she was only afraid that the droshky would come for her too soon. After an accidental silence, as almost always happens with people hosting their acquaintances in their home for the first time, the uncle said, answering the thought that his guests had: “So I’m living out my life... You’ll die,” it’s a matter of course. - there will be nothing left. So why sin? Uncle's face was very significant and even beautiful when he said this. At the same time, Rostov involuntarily remembered everything that he had heard good from his father and neighbors about his uncle. Throughout the entire region of the province, the uncle had a reputation as the noblest and most disinterested eccentric. He was called upon to judge family matters, he was made an executor, secrets were entrusted to him, he was elected to judge and other positions, but he stubbornly refused public service, spending the autumn and spring in the fields on his brown gelding, sitting at home in the winter, lying in his overgrown forest in the summer. garden. - Why don’t you serve, uncle? - I served, but quit. I’m no good, it’s just a matter of march, I won’t understand anything. This is your business, but I don’t have enough sense. As for hunting, it’s a different matter; it’s pure marching! “Open the door,” he shouted. - Well, they closed it! “The door at the end of the corridor (which my uncle called the kolidor) led to the hunting room: that was the name of the men’s room for hunters. Bare feet quickly padded and an invisible hand opened the door to the hunting room. From the corridor the sounds of a balalaika, which was obviously played by some master of this craft, could be clearly heard. Natasha had been listening to these sounds for a long time and now went out into the corridor to hear them more clearly. “This is my coachman Mitka... I bought him a good balalaika, I love it,” said the uncle. “It was my uncle’s habit that when he came home from hunting, Mitka would play the balalaika in the hunting lodge. Uncle loved listening to this music. “How good, really excellent,” said Nikolai with some involuntary disdain, as if he was ashamed to admit that he really liked these sounds. - How great? – Natasha said reproachfully, feeling the tone in which her brother said this. - Not great, but what a delight it is! “Just as her uncle’s mushrooms, honey and liqueurs seemed to her to be the best in the world, so this song seemed to her at that moment the height of musical charm. “More, please, more,” Natasha said through the door as soon as the balalaika fell silent. Mitka set it up and again brilliantly rattled Barynya with busts and interceptions. Uncle sat and listened, tilting his head to the side with a barely noticeable smile. The Lady's motive was repeated a hundred times. The balalaika was tuned several times and the same sounds rattled again, and the listeners did not get bored, but only wanted to hear this game again and again. Anisya Fedorovna entered and leaned her corpulent body against the ceiling. “Please listen,” she said to Natasha, with a smile extremely similar to her uncle’s smile. “He plays well for us,” she said. “He’s doing something wrong in this knee,” the uncle suddenly said with an energetic gesture. - Here you need to scatter - it’s a pure matter of march - scatter... - Do you really know how? – Natasha asked. – Uncle smiled without answering. - Look, Anisyushka, are the strings intact or something on the guitar? I haven’t picked it up for a long time - it’s pure marching! abandoned. Anisya Fedorovna willingly went with her light tread to carry out her master’s instructions and brought a guitar. The uncle blew off the dust without looking at anyone, tapped the lid of the guitar with his bony fingers, tuned it and adjusted himself in the chair. He took (with a somewhat theatrical gesture, placing the elbow of his left hand) the guitar above the neck and, winking at Anisya Fedorovna, began not the Lady, but struck one sonorous, clean chord, and measuredly, calmly, but firmly began to finish the famous song at a very quiet pace: Po li and ice pavement. At the same time, in time with that sedate joy (the same one that Anisya Fedorovna’s whole being breathed), the motive of the song began to sing in the souls of Nikolai and Natasha. Anisya Fedorovna blushed and, covering herself with a handkerchief, left the room laughing. Uncle continued to finish the song cleanly, diligently and energetically, looking with a changed, inspired look at the place from which Anisya Fedorovna had left. There was just a little something laughing in his face on one side, under his gray mustache, and he laughed especially when the song progressed further, the beat quickened, and something came off in places where it was too loud. - Lovely, lovely, uncle; more, more,” Natasha screamed as soon as he finished. She jumped up from her seat, hugged her uncle and kissed him. - Nikolenka, Nikolenka! - she said, looking back at her brother and as if asking him: what is this? Nikolai also really liked his uncle’s playing. The uncle played the song a second time. The smiling face of Anisya Feodorovna appeared again at the door and from behind her there were still other faces... “Behind the cold key, she shouts: girl, wait!” Uncle played, made another deft move, tore it off and moved his shoulders. “Well, well, my dear, uncle,” Natasha moaned in such a pleading voice, as if her life depended on it. The uncle stood up and it was as if there were two people in him - one of them smiled seriously at the merry fellow, and the merry fellow made a naive and neat prank before the dance. - Well, niece! - the uncle shouted, waving his hand towards Natasha, tearing off the chord. Natasha threw off the scarf that was draped over her, ran ahead of her uncle and, putting her hands on her hips, made a movement with her shoulders and stood. Where, how, when did this countess, raised by a French emigrant, suck into herself from that Russian air that she breathed, this spirit, where did she get these techniques that pas de chale should have long ago been supplanted? But these spirits and techniques were the same, inimitable, unstudied, Russian ones that her uncle expected from her. As soon as she stood up and smiled solemnly, proudly and slyly with gaiety, the first fear that gripped Nikolai and everyone present, the fear that she would do the wrong thing, passed and they were already admiring her. She did the same thing and did it so precisely, so completely accurately that Anisya Fedorovna, who immediately handed her the scarf she needed for her business, burst into tears through laughter, looking at this thin, graceful, so alien to her, well-bred countess in silk and velvet. , who knew how to understand everything that was in Anisya, and in Anisya’s father, and in her aunt, and in her mother, and in every Russian person. “Well, the countess is a pure march,” the uncle said, laughing joyfully, having finished the dance. - Oh yes niece! If only you could choose a good guy for your hubby, it’s pure business! “It’s already been chosen,” Nikolai said, smiling. - ABOUT? - the uncle said in surprise, looking questioningly at Natasha. Natasha nodded her head affirmatively with a happy smile.

Religion

On March 17, 1991, the Orthodox sacrament of baptism was performed for the first time in Sayansk. The Sayantsev was baptized by the rector of the St. Nicholas Church in the city of Zima, Priest Nikolai Povalsky. On this day, 208 people took vows of holy baptism (including 78 young townspeople). The sacrament was performed in the Dolphin pool. A year later, the official registration of an Orthodox parish took place in Sayansk, the rector of which was Priest Alexy Seredin. In 1993, the parish began construction of the Church of the Annunciation. The Varvara Church of the 16th-17th centuries from the village of Yandomozero in Karelia was used as an architectural model. This is a simple and at the same time harmonious tent-type structure with two high tower domes spaced from each other. The temple bell tower consists of five floors. Address of the temple in the city of Sayansk: Blagoveshchensky microdistrict, building 4. Rector: Priest John Borisyuk (2020)2.

• Sayan and Nizhneudinsk diocese

Climate

The climate of Sayansk is sharply continental with long, harsh winters and short but warm summers.