Michurinsk - one of the cities of the Tambov region, located on the River Forest Voronezh. It is the administrative center of the Michurinsky district. The population of Michurinsk is 93 thousand 690 people. Previously, the city had a different name - Kozlov. The year of foundation of this district center is 1635. Michurinsk has the official status of a science city.
Geography and climate
Michurinsk is located in the eastern part of the Central region, northwest of the city of Tambov and southeast of the city of Moscow. It has an area of 78 square meters. km Located in UTC + 3 time zone.
The climate in Michurinsk is temperate continental. Winters are cold and long, but not extreme. The average temperature in January is -9.4 degrees. Summer, by contrast, is short and not at all hot. The average temperature in July is +19.3 degrees. The average annual rainfall is 575 mm.
Transport system
The city is a major railway junction and has several railway stations. The Caspian Motorway passes through it. Intracity transport is represented by buses and minibuses.
sights
In Michurinsk there are several cultural and educational sites that could be visited:
- the house-museum of Michurin himself;
- Museum of Local History;
- house-museum of Gerasimov;
- Golitsyn estate (museum of music and literature);
- drama theatre.
In addition, there are 2 rather ancient Orthodox churches and the memorial "Defenders of the Fatherland".
City industry
In Michurinsk, there are 6 different enterprises that are a source of jobs for local residents, affecting employment. This is :
- factory "Progress";
- Michurinsk Flour Mill;
- locomotive repair plant;
- The company "Main oil pipelines";
- experimental center.
Also in the city there are centers for genetics and selection, a center for horticulture, a research institute for gardening named after Michurin. Thus, Michurinsk will be of interest to those who have already worked in this field or are interested in cultivated plants.
The population of Michurinsk
The population of the city tended to gradually and continuously increase until 1976 (until 1998). It was the highest in 1997 - 123 thousand people, and at the beginning of the XX century, only 40 000 people lived in the city. After 1998, the downward trend prevailed. In 2017, the number of inhabitants amounted to 93,690 people.
In the same year, the city was located on 185th place among the cities of the Russian Federation by the number of inhabitants.
Employment Center
The Michurinsk Employment Center solves the following tasks:
- Assisting citizens in finding work, and organizations in finding workers.
- Providing reliable information about the situation in the local labor market.
- Organization of temporary work for minors during the holidays, the unemployed, who so far cannot find a permanent job.
- Providing social benefits to the unemployed, registered in the employment center.
- Organization of paid public works (with the provision of relevant information).
In addition to these services, the center also works in the following areas:
- Organization of so-called job fairs.
- Psychological assistance, training of professional workers, professional development work.
- Assistance to self-employed citizens.
- Assistance in the choice of vocational guidance and training for professions.
- Helping citizens wishing to find work and live in rural areas.
Jobs of the employment center
Currently (July 2018), the city needed specialists and workers of various fields of activity. Salaries are generally not very high. The highest rates are offered to doctors. Here salaries range from 22,300 to 40,000 rubles. Salaries of workers, including specialists, are very low and range from 11,163 to 18,000 rubles, an average of about 15,000 rubles. Such a salary is offered to those applying for a programmer’s vacancy, which, of course, is very small for this specialty. In other professions, salaries are also small.
Thus, the situation with the material well-being of citizens in the city of Michurinsk is not very good.
Conclusion
Thus, the population of the city of Michurinsk in recent decades has been decreasing. The peak was reached in 1998. Most likely, such negative dynamics after 1998 is associated with a deterioration in the life of the population in this city. It is well known that the development of science in our country is not given due attention. As a result, technological backwardness in many areas. The city of Michurinsk did not stand aside from these trends.
Obviously, now he is going through hard times. This is also evidenced by the rather low level of wages that appear in the vacancy catalog of the employment center of Michurinsk. This situation forces many young people to move to more prosperous Russian regions, and the remaining ones will have little incentive to have children.
To prevent a further decline in the population of Michurinsk and other similar cities, increased attention should be paid to the quality of life of citizens.