Kamensk-Uralsky
Encyclopedia
Kamensk-Uralsky is a city in Sverdlovsk Oblast
, Russia
, located at the confluence
of the Kamenka and Iset River
s (Ob
's basin
). Population: 173,000 (1972); 51,000 (1939).
The mayor of the city is Mikhail Astakhov.
smelting
factory and foundry
, commissioned on October 15, 1701. For the first two centuries of existence it was known for its cannons — best ones in the world.
The first schools opened in Kamensk in 1724. The cast iron smelting factory was rebuilt in 1825–1829. Railway traffic started on at 6 December 1885. The first library opened in 1899.
1934 - Sinarsky Pipe Works established.
1939 - Ural Aluminum Factory established.
Kamensk was granted city status in 1935 and renamed Kamensk-Uralsky in 1940.
During the World War II the city became the third by the population in the oblast.
The most developed industry is metallurgical production, particularly non-ferrous metallurgy, which occupies 69% of the total volume of industrial production of the city and 12.9% of the oblast.
Ferrous metallurgy takes 17.5% (3.9% of the oblast).
Machinery construction and metal-working - 3.7% (1.3%).
Power industry - 3.5% (1.8%)
The Sinarsky Pipe Works is a modern, reliable, dynamic and developing enterprise.
KUMZ was founded as a special metallurgy mill belonging to the Ministry of Aircraft Industry for providing aircraft construction with semi-finished products made of aluminum and magnesium alloys. Building of the first mill stage was accomplished in 1944.
In 1945-1992 the mill has become one of the leading enterprises of the special metallurgy. Restructuring and diversification enabled the company to liquidate unprofitable production lines, master output new kinds of products, come to foreign markets, and significantly increase the mill's efficiency. In April 2000 KUMZ joined Russian Association of Metal Traders (RAMT).
There are branches of the Ural State Technical University
and of the Ural Institute of Economics, Management and Law in the city.
Kamensk-Uralsky is one of the historical cities of Russia
.
Well known sights of Kamensk-Uralsky include:
And also rocks: Three caves, Mammoth, Seven Brothers, Eagle-owl, Dinosaur, Devil's finger, Elk, architecture monuments: Railway station, shops and houses of merchant
s of 19th century in Old Kamensk, churches, Palace of Sports
«Salyut» and Pioneers Palace
, Palace of Culture
of UAF. Less known are interesting objects: Kodinsky warm spring, the supporting wall of quarrystone of old dam on Kamenka river.
, which is aviated by members of local aeronautics club and guests. First free flight of Kamensk balloon was performed on 22 July in 2009. Development of aeronautics in the city allows to take pleasure of bird's-eye view of pictorial surroundings.
Famous people born, lived or worked in Kamensk-Uralsky
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Sverdlovsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in the Urals Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg formerly known as Sverdlovsk. Population: -Geography:...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located at the confluence
Confluence
Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water.Confluence may also refer to:* Confluence , a property of term rewriting systems...
of the Kamenka and Iset River
Iset River
Iset River is a river in Sverdlovsk, Kurgan, and Tyumen Oblasts in Russia. It rises in the Ural Mountains 25km northwest of Yekaterinburg and flows east into the Tobol River. To the north of its basin is that of Tura River and to the south, the Uy River. The length of the Iset River is...
s (Ob
Ob River
The Ob River , also Obi, is a major river in western Siberia, Russia and is the world's seventh longest river. It is the westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean .The Gulf of Ob is the world's longest estuary.-Names:The Ob is known to the Khanty people as the...
's basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
). Population: 173,000 (1972); 51,000 (1939).
The mayor of the city is Mikhail Astakhov.
History
Kamensky Zavod was founded in the late 17th century as a settlement next to the cast ironCast iron
Cast iron is derived from pig iron, and while it usually refers to gray iron, it also identifies a large group of ferrous alloys which solidify with a eutectic. The color of a fractured surface can be used to identify an alloy. White cast iron is named after its white surface when fractured, due...
smelting
Smelting
Smelting is a form of extractive metallurgy; its main use is to produce a metal from its ore. This includes iron extraction from iron ore, and copper extraction and other base metals from their ores...
factory and foundry
Foundry
A foundry is a factory that produces metal castings. Metals are cast into shapes by melting them into a liquid, pouring the metal in a mold, and removing the mold material or casting after the metal has solidified as it cools. The most common metals processed are aluminum and cast iron...
, commissioned on October 15, 1701. For the first two centuries of existence it was known for its cannons — best ones in the world.
The first schools opened in Kamensk in 1724. The cast iron smelting factory was rebuilt in 1825–1829. Railway traffic started on at 6 December 1885. The first library opened in 1899.
1934 - Sinarsky Pipe Works established.
1939 - Ural Aluminum Factory established.
Kamensk was granted city status in 1935 and renamed Kamensk-Uralsky in 1940.
During the World War II the city became the third by the population in the oblast.
Economy
Kamensk-Uralsky is one of the fastest-growing cities in the oblast. Industrial production is represented by all industries of national economy: fuel-energy and metallurgical complex, machinery construction, light and food industry, transport and communication.The most developed industry is metallurgical production, particularly non-ferrous metallurgy, which occupies 69% of the total volume of industrial production of the city and 12.9% of the oblast.
Ferrous metallurgy takes 17.5% (3.9% of the oblast).
Machinery construction and metal-working - 3.7% (1.3%).
Power industry - 3.5% (1.8%)
Main businesses
Four main companies (Sinarsky Pipe Works, Kamensk-Uralsky Metallurgical Works, SUAL-UAZ and Oktyabr Factory) account for 75% of the total value of industrial production.Sinarsky Pipe Works
SinTZ, a producer of steel, stainless steel and cast iron pipes, is recognized as one of the "G-7" among the biggest specialized plants in Russia. The annual number of contracts entered for manufacture and shipment amounts to over three thousand, covering more than 12 thousand items. SinTZ products are widely used in oil and gas production works, machine-building plants, power plants and many other construction and public services organizations.The Sinarsky Pipe Works is a modern, reliable, dynamic and developing enterprise.
Kamensk-Uralsky Metallurgical Works (KUMZ)
In 1945-1992 the mill has become one of the leading enterprises of the special metallurgy. Restructuring and diversification enabled the company to liquidate unprofitable production lines, master output new kinds of products, come to foreign markets, and significantly increase the mill's efficiency. In April 2000 KUMZ joined Russian Association of Metal Traders (RAMT).
Culture and education
There are 123 different cultural establishments in Kamensk-Uralsky: 10 educational institutions (4 music schools, 4 schools of art, 2 schools of drawing); 90 public libraries; 5 theatres; 11 clubs; 3 cinemas.There are branches of the Ural State Technical University
Ural State Technical University
Ural State Technical University is a higher education institute in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation. It is the biggest technical institution of higher education in Russia, with close ties to local industry in the Urals...
and of the Ural Institute of Economics, Management and Law in the city.
Tourism
Historical city of Russia
Historical cities and settlements of Russia are settlements of historical and archaeological importance in Russia.The official definition of this status was decreed in the Soviet Union in May of 1970, when the first official list of 115 historical settlements was declared...
.
Well known sights of Kamensk-Uralsky include:
- monument the Cannon - symbol of the city (sculptor Permyakov V.V., 1967),
- the Stone Gates (limestone rock, landmarkLandmarkThis is a list of landmarks around the world.Landmarks may be split into two categories - natural phenomena and man-made features, like buildings, bridges, statues, public squares and so forth...
of regional value), - unique project Railway bridge over Iset riverIset RiverIset River is a river in Sverdlovsk, Kurgan, and Tyumen Oblasts in Russia. It rises in the Ural Mountains 25km northwest of Yekaterinburg and flows east into the Tobol River. To the north of its basin is that of Tura River and to the south, the Uy River. The length of the Iset River is...
(Rosnovsky V.A., 1939, 140 m arch bridgeArch bridgeAn arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side...
of steel tubes filled with concrete), - the Building of administration of the State iron foundry (architect Malakhov M.P., 19th century).
And also rocks: Three caves, Mammoth, Seven Brothers, Eagle-owl, Dinosaur, Devil's finger, Elk, architecture monuments: Railway station, shops and houses of merchant
Merchant
A merchant is a businessperson who trades in commodities that were produced by others, in order to earn a profit.Merchants can be one of two types:# A wholesale merchant operates in the chain between producer and retail merchant...
s of 19th century in Old Kamensk, churches, Palace of Sports
Palace of Sports
The Kiev Palace of Sports is situated in the center of Kiev, Ukraine, on the right bank of the Dnieper River.It was built in 1960, under the leadership of Mykhailo Hrechyna and Aleksei Zavarov, as a major indoor sports arena....
«Salyut» and Pioneers Palace
Pioneers Palace
Young Pioneer Palaces or Palaces of Young Pioneers and Schoolchildren were youth centers designated for the creative work, sport training and extracurricular activities of Young Pioneers and other schoolchildren...
, Palace of Culture
Palace of Culture
Palace of Culture or House of Culture was the name for major club-houses in the former Soviet Union and the rest of the Eastern bloc. It was an establishment for all kinds of recreational activities and hobbies: sports, collecting, arts, etc., and the Palace of Culture was designed to have room...
of UAF. Less known are interesting objects: Kodinsky warm spring, the supporting wall of quarrystone of old dam on Kamenka river.
City traditions
- Ice (snow) Towns. on the eve of New YearNew YearThe New Year is the day that marks the time of the beginning of a new calendar year, and is the day on which the year count of the specific calendar used is incremented. For many cultures, the event is celebrated in some manner....
city companies build small towns of ice and snow. These towns include ice-hills, snow and ice figures of fairy tales characters, Chinese zodiac animalChinese zodiacThe Shēngxiào , better known in English as the Chinese Zodiac, is a scheme that relates each year to an animal and its reputed attributes, according to a 12-year mathematical cycle...
, Ded MorozDed MorozDed Moroz is a fictional character who in some Slavic cultures plays a role similar to that of Santa Claus. The literal translation of the name would be Grandfather Frost, although the name is often translated as Father Frost....
and SnegurochkaSnegurochkaSnegurochka , or The Snow Maiden, is a character in Russian fairy tales.In one story, she is the daughter of Spring and Frost, and yearns for the companionship of mortal humans. She grows to like a shepherd named Lel, but her heart is unable to know love...
. Towns are embellished with New Year's trees and garlands with hundreds of colored bulbs. This tradition is more than thirty years old. Ordinary main pretenders to the name of the best Ice Town are Central Town (built on the funds of Kamensk-Uralsky administration), Chkalovsky Town (KUMZKamensk Uralsky Metallurgical WorksKamensk-Uralsky Metallurgical Works J.S.Co. is one of the town-forming enterprises of Kamensk-Uralsky, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. KUMZ was founded especially for supplying of aerospace industry with semi-finished products in aluminium and magnesium alloys...
) and Trubniy Town (SinTZ). - Festival Kamensk-Uralsky – Bell Capital. This is all-Russian festival of the best bell ringers. Ringers exchange with experience, master classes take place during this time. First festival was conducted in 2005. It is a joint project of Kamensk-Uralsky administration and well-known bells manufacture, situated in the city, "Pyatkov and Co"
- Carnival (during celebration of City’s Day). It is a procession in fancy-dresses to the central square of the city. Kamensk-Uralsky City’s Day coincides with the Day of Metallurgist in Russia. It takes place on third Saturday of July. First Carnival was conducted on 15 July in 2000.
Aeronautics
Most celebrates are accompanied with flights of hot air balloonHot air balloon
The hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology. It is in a class of aircraft known as balloon aircraft. On November 21, 1783, in Paris, France, the first untethered manned flight was made by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes in a hot air...
, which is aviated by members of local aeronautics club and guests. First free flight of Kamensk balloon was performed on 22 July in 2009. Development of aeronautics in the city allows to take pleasure of bird's-eye view of pictorial surroundings.
Famous people
- Mikhail Pavlovich MalakhovMikhail Pavlovich MalakhovMikhail Pavlovich Malakhov was a Russian architect who graduated from the Imperial Academy of Arts in 1802 and was active primarily in Yekaterinburg...
— Russian Neoclassical architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
. - Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky — Russian chemistChemistA chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
and photographer. - Alexander Karpinsky — prominent Russian and Soviet geologistGeologistA geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...
and mineralogist. - Pavel BelyayevPavel BelyayevPavel Ivanovich Belyayev , , was a Soviet fighter pilot with extensive experience in piloting different types of aircraft...
— cosmonautAstronautAn astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
who flew on the historic Voskhod 2Voskhod 2Voskhod 2 was a Soviet manned space mission in March 1965. Vostok-based Voskhod 3KD spacecraft with two crew members on board, Pavel Belyaev and Alexei Leonov, was equipped with an inflatable airlock...
mission. - Vera MukhinaVera MukhinaVera Ignatyevna Mukhina was a prominent Soviet sculptor.- Life :Mukhina was born in Riga into a wealthy merchant family, and lived at Turgeneva st. 23/25, where a memorial plaque has now been placed. She later moved to Moscow, where she studied at several private art schools, including those of...
— prominent Soviet sculptor.