City of chemists Novomoskovsk: the population is declining

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:55

The modern city of chemists in the Tula region appeared during the Soviet industrialization to house the workers of the chemical plant. The latter is still the largest city enterprise. Novomoskovsk has been repeatedly recognized as one of the most comfortable and economically developed among large cities.

Geographic Information

Novomoskovsk is located on the Central Russian Upland with a predominance of forest-steppe and steppe. The city was built between the rivers Don and Shat. The source of the Don is located in the city, at an altitude of 236 meters above sea level. There are several large reservoirs in the city district that supply water to large enterprises, and one of them also breeds fish.

To the north of the city, 220 km away is Moscow, and to the northwest (60 km) is the regional center - Tula. The nearest settlements are in the south - Donskoy and Uzlovaya.

The region has a temperate continental climate with warm summers and not very cold winters. The coldest month is January with an averagetemperature is minus 6.8 °C, and the warmest month is July (plus 19.4 °C). In general, the weather is the same as in Tula. 614 mm of precipitation falls annually. The wind blows mainly from the south, west and southwest direction.

General information

Novomoskovsk is the administrative center of the municipality of the same name. Until 1934 it was called Bobriky, from 1934 to 1961 - Stalinogorsk. Area - 76 sq. km. In terms of population, Novomosskovsk is the second in the region.

The chemical, energy, food and construction industries are developed in the urban district. More than 100 industrial companies operate here, including Novomoskovsk Joint Stock Company Azot OJSC, Procter and Gamble-Novomoskovsk LLC, Orgsintez OJSC. The region is one of the largest in the country in the production of mineral fertilizers and chemical products. About 79% of goods in the city account for this industry.

Novomoskovsk railway junction was previously intended for the delivery of workers from residential areas to industrial areas and out-of-town trips to summer cottages of the population of Novomoskovsk. Now it carries out transportation both to the regional center and to neighboring regions.

The early years

The first known settlement that appeared in this area was named Bobriky, after the name of the estate that belonged to Alexei Grigoryevich Bobrinsky. He was the illegitimate son of the Russian Empress Catherine II and Count Grigory Orlov. village in1765 belonged to the autocrat.

In 1850, deposits of coal were discovered here, in addition, large deposits of red refractory clays and gypsum were explored. Thanks to these minerals, the presence of table s alt and fresh water, this area was chosen for the construction of a chemical plant.

In 1897, the population of Novomoskovsk was 13,000 people.

In 1929, one of the largest and most complex construction projects of the first years of Soviet industrialization began - the construction of a chemical plant. People arrived at the shock construction site from all regions of the country. In 1930, the city of Bobriky was formed with a population of 14,600 inhabitants. A year later, the population doubled, it was home to 28,900 people. In the pre-war years, the number of inhabitants continued to grow rapidly, in 1939 the population of the city was 76,186 people.

Recent Times

Despite the short stay under German occupation, the inhabitants and the city itself suffered greatly. By the 1950s, industry had finally recovered; in 1956, the population of Novomoskovsk was 109,000 people. The chemical plant was actively developing, in addition to chemical products, it began to produce mineral fertilizers. The city was actively beautified, new microdistricts, he althcare, sports and cultural facilities were built.

In 1986, the region fell into the zone of infection after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Since that time, the city has been in a period of crisis for a long time, only since 2007 the gradual recovery of the economy began. Population of Novomoskovskhas been declining in almost all recent years. The city had a population of 125,647 in 2017.

Employment of the population

City Employment Center Novomoskovsk is located at st. Sadovskogo, 16. The institution implements measures to reduce unemployment, including assisting in informing city residents about vacancies and helping employers to attract new employees. Currently, the following vacancies are available at the Novomoskovsk Employment Center:

• low-skilled workers, including a customer service specialist, an input operator, an engineer in the production and technical department, with a salary of 15,000–20,000 rubles;
• middle-skilled workers, including an economist, a sorter of semi-finished products and products of the 3rd category, a specialist in the preparation and verification of cost estimates, with a salary of 25,000–30,000 rubles;
• highly qualified workers, including a car mechanic, instrumentation and control engineer A, automated process control engineer, forwarding driver C, E with ADR, with a salary of 40,000 rubles or more.