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2024 Author: Harold Hamphrey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:06
Podolsk is an important city in the Moscow region, a cultural, industrial and sports center. The population of Podolsk has almost doubled in recent years. The cost of housing here is several times lower than in the capital. This is the third largest city in the Moscow region.
Brief description and history
The city of Podolsk is the capital of the Podolsky district, located in the Moscow region. It has regional significance. Podolsk stands on the Pakhra River, just 15 kilometers from the Moscow Ring Road. The north of the city adjoins directly to the capital.
On the site of modern Podolsk there used to be the village of Podol. It served as an important transit point in the Smolensk and Moscow principalities. There are stories about the name of the village: allegedly, Empress Catherine, passing here, wet the hem of her dress.
By 1781, the village received the status of a city. The number of inhabitants has increased greatly.
At the end of the 19th century, a railway line of the Kursk direction was laid through Podolsk. This gave impetus to the industrial development of the city. Numerous enterprises, plants, factories began to appear, for example, the clothing magnate Zinger.
It is worth noting the rapid developmentPodolsk in the middle of the twentieth century. In the postwar years, he was recognized as the best in terms of improvement among Russian cities. The industrial leap led to an improvement in the demographic situation. The population of Podolsk increased from several thousand to several hundred thousand citizens. In 1979, the two hundred thousandth resident appeared in Podolsk. The city has become the largest in the suburbs.
Population of Podolsk
The area of the city is only 40 km2. About 229 thousand people live in Podolsk. The density is 5,500 people per km2.
It is worth noting that the number of citizens is constantly and rapidly growing. The city owes this to its proximity to Moscow. In new buildings in Podolsk, the cost of housing is lower than in the capital, and there are only two stops to the city by train. In 2006, only 170 thousand people lived here, in ten years the population has almost doubled.
Mean life expectancy of Podolsk residents: 68 years. Women live longer. Their life expectancy averages 74 years. Men, as a rule, live only up to 63 years. The 1 cause of death in Podolsk is heart and cardiovascular disease.
Resettlement of residents by districts
Construction of Podolsk is proceeding at an accelerated pace. Currently, there are 14 districts in the city: Krasnaya Gorka, Yubileiny, Novo-Syrovo, Mezhshoseiny, Zalineiny, Central, Zelenovsky, Parkovy, Ivanovsky, Grasshoppers, Shepchinki, Fetishchevo, Kutuzovo and Vysotny. The latter is modern, green and livable. Lots of industrialproduction facilities are located in Zalineiny. That is why the population of Podolsk is practically not represented here. Zelenovsky is the most prestigious, central district of the city.
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