The population of Leninogorsk is currently 63,049 people. This is a small city, which is part of the Republic of Tatarstan. Since 1955 it has been the administrative center of the Leninogorsk region. This is one of the cultural and industrial centers of the republic, which is part of the South-Eastern economic zone.
Location
The population of Leninogorsk has changed little in recent decades, remaining mostly constant. The city is located in the upper reaches of the Stepnaya Zaina River. It is located on the slopes of the Bugulma-Shugurovsky plateau.
At the same time, its area is quite small - about 24 and a half square meters. km. It is especially distinguished by the fact that throughout its history it has repeatedly been awarded the title of one of the most comfortable in the country. So you can definitely say that its residents are lucky in this regard.
History
The first settlements in the area of the future Leninogorsk in Tatarstan arose in the 30s of the 18th century. progenitor of the cityPismyanskaya Sloboda is officially considered, which later became known as Yasachinskaya Pismyanka, and eventually Old Pismyanka. It was one of the largest settlements in these places. Already five years after its foundation, there were more than 100 households and more than seven hundred adult residents.
Soon people became crowded here, nearby they founded the village of Novaya Pismyanka, which eventually became Leninogorsk in Tatarstan. This happened in 1795. Novaya Pismyanka grew very quickly, which was due to demographic, social and economic reasons. In 1859 a church was built here, the settlement received the status of a village. In 1883, the center of the parish moved here. By this time, the population of Leninogorsk was almost one and a half thousand inhabitants.
By the beginning of the First World War, it was one of the largest settlements in the entire region. About two thousand people lived in almost 400 households.
XX century
Soviet power was established quite early here. After the victory of the Bolsheviks, rural and volost deputies were quickly elected here.
In 1930, as part of collectivization, the first collective farm was organized, which was called "13 years of October", soon after that Novaya Pismyanka became part of the Bugulma district. In 1935, it became the center of the district of the same name.
June 22, 1941, when it became known about the Nazi attack on the Soviet Union, numerouslabor rallies. A large number of volunteers went to the front. By the middle of 1941, more than a thousand people from Novaya Pismyanka alone had left for the war. 12 residents of Leninogorsk became Heroes of the Soviet Union, many died without returning home.
After the war, the active development of industrial enterprises began here. In 1947, they started drilling an oil well, a large Romashkinskoye field was discovered in these places. Since 1950, the drilling trust "Tatburneft" has been operating here, and the oil-producing trust "Bugulmaneft" is being created. A tower-mounting office, a tractor, housing and communal offices were organized.
The large-scale construction of the first oil workers' settlement, which was named Zelenogorsk, has started. The work was carried out by a construction and assembly trust specially created for this purpose in the workers' settlement, and a part of the Soviet army helped in this. Over several years, more than 100 thousand square meters of housing, a school, a club, a fire station, a bakery and even a hospital campus were put into operation here.
City Status
In 1955, the working settlement of Novaya Pismyanka was officially given the status of a city, it was renamed Leninogorsk.
At the end of the 60s, it was decided to create new enterprises that could accommodate new residents of the city. A garment factory, an aggregate-mechanical plant, a Radiopribor plant, and another oil field appeared here. Capital housing construction is developing rapidly, a large number of four-story residential buildings appear in the city. Are increasingcapacity of the concrete products plant, a plant for the production of asph alt and bricks appears.
A new stage in urban planning is the master plan adopted by the authorities in the 70s. A full-scale reconstruction of Tukay, Leningradskaya, Sverdlov streets, Lenin Avenue is being carried out. Projects for the planning of new microdistricts are emerging, which attracts a large number of new residents.
Modern period
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the socio-economic situation in the country has changed dramatically. Many large industrial enterprises were on the verge of bankruptcy, and the situation in Tatarstan itself was not easy either. In Leninogorsk, the aggregate-mechanical plant, the Radiopribor plant, was closed, about four and a half thousand people were out of work.
But even despite such a difficult economic situation, new enterprises and social facilities were opened with the support of Tatneft. For example, Lyceum No. 12, agricultural park.
Population
The first data on the population of Leninogorsk date back to 1864, when the settlement was still a workers' settlement. At that time, almost 1,500 people lived there. In 1890, just over two thousand inhabitants officially lived here.
In Soviet times, when oil production appeared here, the population of Leninogorsk increased many times over. In 1959, almost 39 thousand inhabitants lived here. 50 markthousand inhabitants the city passes in 1976. During perestroika, about 62,000 people lived in Leninogorsk, Leninogorsk district. In the 90s, when there was a crisis and devastation in the country, the oil industry remained one of the most popular in the country, so even at that time the population in Leningorsk did not decrease, but systematically increased.
In 2007, the maximum number of inhabitants lived here - 65,751 people. After that, and until now, the number of Leninogorsk has slightly decreased, but not significantly. At the moment, 63,049 people live here. The dynamics in recent years remains negative. In recent years, the number of Leninogorsk residents has mainly decreased due to negative natural growth and migration. The birth rate in the city is approximately 10-11%, and the death rate is 14-15%. Every year, 4-5% fewer people are born than die.
The population density of Leninogorsk is about two and a half thousand people per square kilometer. Compared to the Republic of Tatarstan, this is an extremely low figure, since it is twice as high in the region. But it should be noted that this indicator was mainly achieved due to the million-plus city of Kazan, while in the rest of Tatarstan the density is still lower.
According to the forecasts of local authorities, by 2030 the population will decrease to 62.5 thousand people.
Age composition
1.62% of the population of all republics live in Leninogorsk, including 2.2% of the urban populationTatarstan.
Almost 17% of local residents are teenagers under the age of 16, the number of working-age population is almost 64%, in the city 19.2% are pensioners.
In total, more than 25 nationalities live in Leninogorsk. Two are predominant - Russians (43.3%) and Tatars (42.8%). In the same ratio are the most popular religions in the city - Orthodoxy and Islam, respectively. There are also slightly more than 5% Mordovians and Chuvashs in the region.
How much do Leninogorsk residents get?
Despite the fact that the oil industry is developed here, the standard of living in Leninogorsk is relatively low. The average salary in the city is 18,703 rubles.
But it should be borne in mind that the cost of food, a square meter of housing and apartment rentals are much lower than in the capitals and even Kazan itself, which is the center of Tatarstan. At the same time, the level of salaries for workers who are involved in oil refineries remains quite high.
The unemployment rate is about 1 percent of the economically active population. The Leninogorsk Employment Center is trying to remedy this situation. Anyone can apply there at 51 Gagarin Street.
In the city, the majority of the working-age population has higher and secondary education, which ensures such a low unemployment rate.
