Yeysk

Yeysk (English)
Ейск (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Yeysk port, 2006

Location of Krasnodar Krai in Russia
Yeysk
Location of Yeysk in Krasnodar Krai
Coordinates: 46°42′N 38°17′E / 46.700°N 38.283°E / 46.700; 38.283Coordinates: 46°42′N 38°17′E / 46.700°N 38.283°E / 46.700; 38.283
Coat of arms
Flag
Town Day Third Sunday of August
Administrative status (as of May 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Krasnodar Krai[1]
Administratively subordinated to Town of Yeysk[1]
Administrative center of Town of Yeysk,[1] Yeysky District[1]
Municipal status (as of July 2010)
Municipal district Yeysky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Yeyskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Yeysky Municipal District,[2] Yeyskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Head Valery Kulkov
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 87,769 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2010 192nd
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1848
Postal code(s)[5] 353680-353691
Dialing code(s) +7 86132
Official website
Yeysk on Wikimedia Commons

Yeysk (Russian: Ейск) is a port and a resort town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated on the shore of the Taganrog Gulf of the Sea of Azov. The town is build primarily on the Yeya Spit, which separates the Yeya River from the Sea of Azov. Population: 87,769 (2010 Census);[3] 86,349 (2002 Census);[6] 78,150 (1989 Census).[7]

History

Tsutsiev's Atlas[8] shows a Yeyskoye at the head of the Yeya bay for 1763-1785 and a Yeysk somewhat south of the present location from 1829-1839. The town was founded in 1848 by Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov in accordance with a royal order from the Tsar of Russia.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yeysk serves as the administrative center of Yeysky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with the territory of Shirochansky Rural Okrug (which comprises seven rural localities), incorporated separately as the Town of Yeysk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Yeysk is incorporated within Yeysky Municipal District as Yeyskoye Urban Settlement.[2]

Yeysk resorts

Yeysk is known for its mineral waters and its medicinal mud baths. This mud is brought from the neighboring Lake Khanskoye. The town has a number of parks, a sanatorium, several recreation centers, hotels, and beaches. The bathing season lasts from May until September. Yeysk offers a variety of attractions, restaurants, open-air cafes, clubs, bars, and night clubs.

The most popular resort area in Yeysk is Dolgaya Spit, near the village of Dolzhanskaya.

Airfield

Yeysk has a mixed military/civilian airfield (ru:Ейск (аэропорт)), home to the Yeysk Military Institute during the Cold War and the 10th Mixed Aviation Division (4th Air Army) during the 1990s.

After the disbandment of the 10th Mixed Aviation Division the headquarters of the 1st Guards Stalingrad, Svirsky Composite Air Division arrived. Also at the airport based aviation group Yeisk Higher Military Institute, armed with planes L-39.

In addition, the 959th Bomber Regiment was previously based at the airfield, which was part of the 1st Guards Composite Air Division. The 959th Bomber Aviation Regiment was previously the 959th Training Aviation Regiment.[9] In September 2009, due to the transfer of the airfield from the Air Force to the Navy, the regiment was disbanded, and its members were part of the aircraft Su-24 relocated to Morozovsk airfield (6970th Air Base, 7th Brigade of Aerospace Defence).

On February 1, 2010, 859th Naval Aviation Training Center under the leadership of Major-General Alexei Serdyuk was open at the airfield. To ensure the educational process training units will be relocated from the Ostrov (air base) (Pskov Oblast) and the village of Kacha. For service center from the previously disbanded and civilian staff will be involved in more than one thousand people.

Climate

Yeysk has a mild climate. Average temperature in January is −4 °C (25 °F). Summers are very warm, with average July temperature of +24 °C (75 °F). Average rainfall is about 450 millimeters (18 in) a year.

Climate data for Yeysk
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 15
(59)		 19
(66)		 28
(82)		 29
(84)		 33
(91)		 37
(99)		 41
(106)		 38
(100)		 34
(93)		 32
(90)		 27
(81)		 16
(61)		 39
(102)
Average high °C (°F) 1.2
(34.2)		 0.2
(32.4)		 4.7
(40.5)		 13.4
(56.1)		 21.0
(69.8)		 25.2
(77.4)		 27.9
(82.2)		 27.1
(80.8)		 21.4
(70.5)		 14.5
(58.1)		 7.1
(44.8)		 1.5
(34.7)		 13.8
(56.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) −3.9
(25)		 −3.3
(26.1)		 1.1
(34)		 9.2
(48.6)		 16.8
(62.2)		 21.3
(70.3)		 24.2
(75.6)		 23.2
(73.8)		 17.6
(63.7)		 10.8
(51.4)		 4.0
(39.2)		 −1.1
(30)		 10.0
(50)
Average low °C (°F) −6.7
(19.9)		 −6.4
(20.5)		 −1.9
(28.6)		 5.6
(42.1)		 12.8
(55)		 17.7
(63.9)		 20.4
(68.7)		 19.4
(66.9)		 14.0
(57.2)		 7.5
(45.5)		 1.5
(34.7)		 −3.6
(25.5)		 6.7
(44.1)
Record low °C (°F) −30
(−22)		 −29
(−20)		 −21
(−6)		 −5
(23)		 −1
(30)		 4
(39)		 13
(55)		 9
(48)		 1
(34)		 −6
(21)		 −20
(−4)		 −25
(−13)		 −30
(−22)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 36
(1.42)		 34
(1.34)		 31
(1.22)		 33
(1.3)		 36
(1.42)		 46
(1.81)		 48
(1.89)		 46
(1.81)		 29
(1.14)		 39
(1.54)		 39
(1.54)		 39
(1.54)		 456
(17.95)
Source: [10]

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Yeysk is twinned with:

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Reference Information #34.01-707/13-03
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #714-KZ
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 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 #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ (Russian) Russian postal objects - find by name
  6. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus, 2014
  9. ↑ Holm
  10. ↑ Ейск, Краснодарский край - климат, описание (in Russian). Retrieved September 3, 2009.

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