Syzran

Syzran (Roushie: Сызрань) is the third lairgest^[3] ceety in Samara Oblast, Roushie, locatit on the richt bank o Saratov Reservoir o the Volga River. Population: 178,750 (2010 Census);^[3] 188,107 (2002 Census);^[7] 174,335 (1989 Census).^[8]

Syzran Сызрань
Ceety[1]
Banner Coat airms
Location o Syzran
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Coordinates: 53°10′N 48°28′E
Kintra	Roushie
Federal subject	Samara Oblast[2]
Foondit	1683
Ceety status syne	1796
Govrenment
• Mayor	Viktor Khlystov
Area
• Total	117 km2 (45 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	178,750
• Rank	101st in 2010
• Density	1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Admeenistrative status
• Subordinatit tae	ceety o oblast signeeficance o Syzran[2]
• Caipital o	Syzransky Destrict[1], ceety o oblast signeeficance o Syzran[2]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Syzran Urban Okrug[4]
• Caipital o	Syzran Urban Okrug[4], Syzransky Municipal Destrict[4]
Time zone	UTC+4 ([5])
Postal code(s)[6]	446000
Dialin code(s)	+7 8464
Twin touns	Pingdingshan
OKTMO ID	36735000001
Website	adm.syzran.ru

Syzran I railwey station (biggit in 1874)

History

It wis foondit in 1683 as a fortress, an wis grantit toun status in 1796. Ane touer frae the 17t-century fortress still staunds. It is an aa the steid o Syzran Bridge, ance the langest bridge in Europe.

Admeenistrative an municipal status

Within the framewirk o admeenistrative diveesions, Syzran serves as the admeenistrative center o Syzransky Destrict,^[1] even tho it is nae a pairt o it.^[9] As an admeenistrative diveesion, it is, thegither wi three rural localities, incorporatit separately as the ceety o oblast signeeficance o Syzran—an admeenistrative unit wi the status equal tae that o the destricts.^[2] As a municipal diveesion, the ceety o oblast signeeficance o Syzran is incorporatit as Syzran Urban Okrug.^[4]

Economy

The ceety's main employers are a lairge ile refinery awned bi Rosneft, OAO Tyazhmash, an the Syzran pouer station.

Twin touns an sister ceeties

Syzran is twinned wi:

• Pingdingshan, Cheenae (November 28, 2000)^[10]

Notable fowk

• Konstantin Fedin, novelist an literar functionar
• Alexey Tolstoy, writer
• Arkady Ostrovsky, componer
• Andrei Sinyavsky, writer
• Mikhail Korniyenko, cosmonaut
• Glukoza, sangster
• Viktor Nikitin, sangster
• Ekaterina Vetkova, haundbaw player