Hypotheses about the origin of the city of Sudzha

Suja

(Kursk region)

OKATO code:
38240501
Founded:
17th century.
City from:
1664 City of district subordination (Sudzhansky district, Kursk region)
Center:
Sudzhansky district
Telephone code (reference phone)

Deviation from Moscow time, hours:
0
Geographic latitude:
51°12′
Geographic longitude:
35°16′
Altitude above sea level, meters:
135 Sunrise and sunset times in the city of Sudzha

Population[ | ]

As of January 1, 2022, in terms of population, the city was in 1057th place out of 1116[28]cities of the Russian Federation[29].

Map

Sudzha: photo from space (Google Maps) Sudzha: photo from space (Microsoft Virtual Earth)

a brief description of

The city is located on the southern edge of the Central Russian Upland, on the Sudzha and Oleshnya rivers (Dnieper basin), 3 km from the railway. station, 105 km southwest of Kursk.

Territory (sq. km): 4

Information about the city of Sudzha on the Russian Wikipedia site

Historical sketch

Sudzhanskaya Sloboda was founded in the 17th century. and was part of a system of fortifications that protected the southern approaches to Moscow. Rebuilt after the fire of 1663, the city since 1664. Named after its location on the river. Suja. Various opinions have been expressed about the origin of the hydronym Sudzha, but there is no reliable etymology.

The city was surrounded by a moat, a rampart and an oak wall. In the 17th - early 18th centuries. was ruled by Russian governors, and later became the city of hundreds of Slobodsky Cossack regiments.

In 1708, Sudzha was assigned to the Kyiv province, from 1719 as part of the Belgorod province of the Kyiv province, from 1727 as part of the same province of the Belgorod province. Since 1779, the district town of the Kursk governorate (since 1796 - Kursk province).

By 1786, the military-strategic significance of Sudzha was completely lost, the fortifications were destroyed. The city developed as a trade and craft center. The settlements adjacent to the city were Goncharnaya, Zaoleshnaya, Podol and Zamosc. Sudzhan blacksmiths produced axes, knives, drills, scissors, openers, and mill accessories, a significant part of which was exported outside the province. The Pottery Settlement was known for its pottery production within the Central Russian Black Earth Region.

In 1856, in the district town of Sudzha, Kursk province, there were 3 churches, 360 houses, 34 shops.

In the 1920s A theater was built in Sudzha.

During the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45, Sudzha was occupied by Nazi troops on October 18, 1941. It was liberated on March 3, 1943 by troops of the Voronezh Front during the Kharkov operation.

Economy

Factories: tractor units, building materials. Food enterprises: butter factory, meat processing plant, cannery, cereal factories. Carpet weaving factory. Elevator.

Main enterprises

ALCOHOL INDUSTRY

JSC "Spirto"
307815, Kursk region, Sudzhansky district, village.
Gusevo, st. Central Offers:
Ethyl alcohol, raw alcohol

MEAT INDUSTRY

CJSC "Sudzhansky Meat Processing Plant"
307800, Kursk region, Sudzhansky district, Sudzha, st.
Privokzalnaya, 2 Offers:
Meat, sausages

BUTTER CHEESE AND DAIRY INDUSTRY

OJSC "Sudzhansky butter-making plant"
307800, Kursk region, Sudzhansky district, Sudzha, st.
Pionerskaya, 21 Offers:
Animal butter, milk powder

Culture, science, education

Museum of Local Lore.

Monument to Russian actor M.S. Shchepkin (installed in 1895).

Artists L.I. were born or lived in Sudzha. Solomatkin, M.V. Nesterov, actor M.S. Shchepkin, aircraft designer M.I. Gurevich.

Universities of the city

Sudzhansky branch of the Modern Humanitarian Academy
307800, Kursk region, Sudzhansky district, Sudzha, Sovetskaya sq., 19

Museums, galleries, exhibition halls

Sudzhansky District Museum of Local Lore 307800, Kursk region, Sudzhansky district, Sudzha, st. K. Liebknecht, 14

Architecture, sights

Trinity Church (Voznesenskaya; circa 1811), Nativity Church (cemetery; 1799-1828).

Near Sudzha, in the settlements of Zamosc and Zaoleshenka, there are 5 domes of a church from the 19th century. in pseudo-Russian style.

15 km south of the city in the village of Guyva (Guevo), there is the former estate of the Dolgorukov princes: on a steep slope there is a park, in a clearing there is a palace (architect V.A. Shchuko; not completed, service buildings have been preserved).

Geography[ | ]

The city is located on the southwestern spurs of the Central Russian Upland, on the banks of the rivers Sudzha (tributary of the Psel River) and Oleshnya (tributary of the Sudzha), 105 km from Kursk, 9 km from the border with Ukraine.

Climate[ | ]

The climate of the area is moderate continental.
Winter is moderately cold. The first half of winter is milder than the second, there are thaws. In January-February the weather is mostly frosty, with severe frosts possible. March is quite cold, climatic spring begins in early April. Summers are moderately humid and warm, with periods of intense heat and cool weather. Autumn is relatively warm. Climate Sudzhi

Literature[ | ]

• Tsapenko M. P.
  On the western lands of Kursk and Belgorod - M., 1976.
• “Refusal book for the newly built city of Sudzha, made by steward Gerasim Semyonovich Rogozin in 1664” translation by A. Dmitryukov - 1853.
• Matsulevich L. A.
  Burial of a barbarian prince in Eastern Europe, - M.-L., 1934;
• Rybakov B. A.
  New Sudzhan treasure of the Antique period // “Brief reports on reports and field research of the Institute of the History of Material Culture” - 1949, century. 27.
• A. I. Dmitryukov. Materials for the archaeological map of the Kursk district // Proceedings of the Kursk GUAC. T. 1. Kursk, 1911.

brief information

Sudzha is a small town located in the southwest of the Kursk region, a regional center, the population of which with its suburbs is about 15 thousand people. The city is home to enterprises mainly in the processing industry, services and construction. Sudzha is one of the ancient cities of southern Russia. Its foundation dates back to 1664, although the historical monuments of this region go back to more ancient times. Thus, in the vicinity of the city in 1918 and 1936, famous treasures dating back to the 6th-9th centuries and of Byzantine origin were found. On the Psel River, 30 kilometers to the south, the remains of a fortified settlement from the Kievan Rus era have been preserved. 3 kilometers from the city, near the Knyazhiy farm, a human site dating back to the turn of the 1st century BC was discovered. e. There are also more ancient finds.

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Economics[ | ]

• OJSC "Sudzhansky Tractor Unit Plant"
• OJSC "Sudzhansky butter-making plant"
• CJSC "Sudzhansky Meat Processing Plant"
• LLC "Zernoservis" (elevator)
• OJSC "Christmas alcohol"
• JSC "Nadezhda"
• Compound feed plant
• Cold storage plant
• International checkpoint "Sudzha" - Sudzhan customs post
• Peaceful customs post
• Railway (bypass of Kursk, Kyiv)
• Gas measuring station "Sudzha" - the largest transit corridor for Russian gas supplies to Europe passes through the GIS "Sudzha", which consists of gas pipelines with a diameter of 1420 mm. The Sudzha GIS makes it possible to supply 2.5 times more gas at the entrance to the Ukrainian gas transportation system than through all other export GIS combined[30].

Notes[ | ]

1. ↑ 123
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2. Law of the Kursk Region of October 21, 2004 No. 48-ZKO “On municipalities of the Kursk Region”
3. Moszyński K.
   Pierwotny zasiąg języka prasłowiańskiego. - Wrocław-Kraków, 1957. - P. 189.
4. Ragozin G.S.
   Inventory of the newly built city of Sudzhi. - 1664.
5. Demoscope Weekly - Application. Directory of statistical indicators
6. ↑ 12
   Liberation of cities: A guide to the liberation of cities during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. / M. L. Dudarenko, Yu. G. Perechnev, V. T. Eliseev, etc. - M.: Voenizdat, 1985. - 598 p.
7. Red Army website. https://rkka.ru Archived copy dated September 30, 2022 on the Wayback Machine.
8. ↑ 1234
   List of streets in Sudzhi
9. ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
   People's Encyclopedia “My City”.
   Suja (undefined)
   . Retrieved June 1, 2014. Archived June 1, 2014.
10. Kursk provincial statistical department. Population of the cities of Kursk province according to the censuses of 1920 and 1923. [Vol. 3]. - Kursk, 1927.
11. All-Union Population Census of 1939. The size of the urban population of the USSR by urban settlements and intra-city areas (unspecified)
    . Retrieved November 30, 2013. Archived November 30, 2013.
12. All-Union Population Census of 1959. The size of the urban population of the RSFSR, its territorial units, urban settlements and urban areas by gender (Russian). Demoscope Weekly. Access date: September 25, 2013. Archived April 28, 2013.
13. All-Union Population Census of 1970 The size of the urban population of the RSFSR, its territorial units, urban settlements and urban areas by gender. (Russian). Demoscope Weekly. Access date: September 25, 2013. Archived April 28, 2013.
14. All-Union Population Census of 1979 The size of the urban population of the RSFSR, its territorial units, urban settlements and urban areas by gender. (Russian). Demoscope Weekly. Access date: September 25, 2013. Archived April 28, 2013.
15. All-Union population census of 1989. Urban population (undefined)
    . Archived from the original on August 22, 2011.
16. All-Russian population census 2002. Volume. 1, table 4. Population of Russia, federal districts, constituent entities of the Russian Federation, districts, urban settlements, rural settlements - regional centers and rural settlements with a population of 3 thousand or more (unspecified)
    . Archived from the original on February 3, 2012.
17. The size of the permanent population of the Russian Federation by cities, urban settlements and regions as of January 1, 2009 (unspecified)
    . Retrieved January 2, 2014. Archived January 2, 2014.
18. All-Russian population census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population of the Kursk region (unspecified)
    . Retrieved January 31, 2014. Archived January 31, 2014.
19. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities. Table 35. Estimated resident population as of January 1, 2012 (unspecified)
    . Retrieved May 31, 2014. Archived May 31, 2014.
20. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2013. - M.: Federal State Statistics Service Rosstat, 2013. - 528 p. (Table 33. Population of urban districts, municipal districts, urban and rural settlements, urban settlements, rural settlements) (undefined)
    . Retrieved November 16, 2013. Archived November 16, 2013.
21. Table 33. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2014 (unspecified)
    . Access date: August 2, 2014. Archived August 2, 2014.
22. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2015 (unspecified)
    . Access date: August 6, 2015. Archived August 6, 2015.
23. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2016 (Russian) (October 5, 2018). Retrieved May 15, 2022. Archived May 8, 2022.
24. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian) (July 31, 2017). Retrieved July 31, 2022. Archived July 31, 2022.
25. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian). Retrieved July 25, 2018. Archived July 26, 2022.
26. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian). Retrieved July 31, 2019. Archived May 2, 2022.
27. Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (Russian). Date accessed: October 17, 2022. Archived October 17, 2022.
28. taking into account the cities of Crimea
29. https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/bul_Chislen_nasel_MO-01-01-2021.rar Population of the Russian Federation by municipalities as of January 1, 2022 (1.85 Mb, 07/30/2021)
30. The route through the Sudzha GIS is the main route to the Balkans - Gazprom (unspecified)
    .
    Economy
    . RIA Novosti Ukraine (January 14, 2009). Access date: February 9, 2010. Archived February 9, 2012.
31. HONORABLE CITIZEN (undefined)
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    www.mke.su.
    _ Access date: January 18, 2022.