Shushary, Saint Petersburg
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59°48′50″N 30°23′08″E / 59.81389°N 30.38556°E / 59.81389; 30.38556
Shushary ( Russian : Шуша́ры , from Finnish Suosaari , "marshy island") is a municipal settlement in Pushkinsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg , Russia , located on the slopes of the Pulkovo Heights . Population: 22,652 ( 2010 Census ) ; [1] 15,843 ( 2002 Census ) ; [2] 4,789 ( 1989 Census ) . [3]
Shushary gained importance in 1838 as the location of the first railway siding in the Russian Empire and one of the first railway stations in the country . A living-history steam-engine museum chronicles the town's long association with the Russian Railways .
In the beginning of the 21st century, Shushary was transformed into an industrial area comprising automotive plants such as Toyota , General Motors (now owned by Hyundai), [4] and Magna International .
References
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly .
- ↑ "Hyundai Acquires Decommissioned GM Factory in Russia" . December 23, 2020.
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