Izhevsk - the capital of the Udmurt Republic
Izhevsk is the capital of
the Udmurt Republic. It is situated in the eastern part of the East-European plain in the European part of Russia between
rivers the Volga and the Ural, in interfluves of rivers the Kama and the Vyatka on unnavigable river Izh.
Izhevsk was founded in 1760
as the workers’ settlement at the ironworks, and then it grew into a major industrial, cultural, scientific centre of
the Udmurt Republic.
The population of Izhevsk
is 610 633 thousand of citizens (as of January 1st, 2010). Representatives of more than 130 nationalities live in
the city.
Izhevsk total area is 31 515
hectares and the city is reckoned among 10 biggest ones of the Volga Federal District. Geographically
Izhevsk is situated not very far from Moscow and major industrial centers of Volga and Ural regions. Distance between Izhevsk
and Moscow is 1129 km.
Here are the distances between
Izhevsk and principal cities of the Volga Federal District:
· Nizhny
Novgorod – 789 km
· Kazan
– 389 km
· Kirov
– 393 km
· Perm
– 275 km
· Ulianovsk
– 599 km
· Samara
– 559 km
· Saratov
– 1011 km
· Yoshkar-Ola
– 534 km
· Saransk
– 825 km
· Ufa
– 341 km
· Cheboksary
– 561 km
There is a highly developed
system of transport communications in the city: railway junction, modern
airport, automobile mains. In 40 km from Izhevsk
there is a river port Sarapul on the Kama river.
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