Konyshevka

Konyshevka
Конышёвка (Russian)
-  Urban-type settlement  -

Konyshevka's Train Station

Location of Kursk Oblast in Russia
Konyshevka
Location of Konyshevka in Kursk Oblast
Administrative status
Country Russia
Federal subject Kursk Oblast
Administrative district Konyshyovsky District
Administrative center of Konyshyovsky District
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 3,748 inhabitants[1]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[2]
Founded 1910
Postal code(s)[3] 307620
Dialing code(s) +7 471 56
Website конышевка.рф

Konyshevka (Russian: Конышёвка) is an urban-type settlement, the administrative center of Konyshyovsky District in Kursk Oblast, Russia. The population was 3748 at the 2010 census.

History

Konyshevka was first mentioned in the 19th century as the village on Dmitriyev to Lgov route. In 1891 the Moscow Railway was extended to that point. One version of the origin of the name Konyshevka (Конышёвка) is from Turkic word коныш 'konysh' meaning 'stop'.

Konyshevka as the town was founded in 1910 and had received the status of an urban-type settlement in 1968.

Demographics

Year Population
18971053
19391079
19591701
19703660
19793389
19894324
20024132
20103748

Note: Census data

Economy

Konyshevka has a granary, a combine fodder factory, a brick factory, an asphalt factory, a creamery, a food factory, a meat processing factory, and a pig farm.

Culture

There are different entertainment and educational organizations in town: museum of local lore, public library, children's art school. The available newspaper is "Трибуна" ("Tribune").

Sights

  • The sculpture on bed of honor of warriors of the Soviet army, who died in February 1943.
  • Some architectural monuments: building of railroad terminal, barracks, estate of Nenarokov landowner (19th century), water tower (19th century), pharmacy building (19th century), building of The District Committee of All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks (1946 until 1947).

References

  1. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  2. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  3. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
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