The modern city of chemists in the Tula region appeared during the Soviet industrialization for the residence of workers of the chemical plant. The latter is now the largest urban enterprise. Novomoskovsk has been repeatedly recognized as one of the most comfortable and economically developed among large cities.
Geographic information
Novomoskovsk is located on the Central Russian Upland with a predominance of forest-steppe and steppe. The city was built between the rivers Don and Chat. In the urban area is the source of the Don, at an altitude of 236 meters above sea level. On the territory of the urban district there are several large reservoirs that supply water to large enterprises, and in one of them fish are also bred.
Moscow is located 220 km to the north of the city, and Tula is the regional center to the north-west (60 km). The nearest settlements are in the south - Donskoy and Uzlovaya.
The region has a temperate continental climate with warm summers and not very cold winters. The coldest month is January with an average temperature of minus 6.8 ° C, and the warmest month is July (plus 19.4 ° C). In general, the weather is the same as in Tula. Precipitation here averages 614 mm. The wind blows mainly from the south, west and south-west.
General information
Novomoskovsk is the administrative center of the eponymous municipality. Until 1934, it was called Beaver, from 1934 to 1961 - Stalinogorsk. Area - 76 sq. Km. By population, Novomosskovsk is the second in the region.
The urban district has a developed chemical, energy, food and construction industries. More than 100 industrial companies work here, including OJSC Novomoskovsk Joint Stock Company Azot, LLC Procter and Gamble-Novomoskovsk, OJSC Orgsintez. The region is one of the largest in the country in the production of mineral fertilizers for chemical products. About 79% of the country's production goods in the city falls on this industry.
The Novomoskovsk railway junction was previously intended to deliver workers from residential areas to industrial areas and suburban trips to summer cottages of the Novomoskovsk population. Now it carries out transportation both to the regional center and to neighboring regions.
Early years
The first known settlement that appeared in this area was called Bobriki, after the name of the estate that belonged to Alexey Grigoryevich Bobrinsky. He was the illegitimate son of the Russian Empress Catherine II and Count Grigory Orlov. The village in 1765 belonged to the autocrat.
In 1850, coal deposits were discovered here, in addition, large deposits of red refractory clays and gypsum were explored. Due to these minerals, the presence of sodium chloride and fresh water, this territory was chosen for the construction of a chemical plant.
In 1897, the population of Novomoskovsk was 13,000 people.
In 1929, one of the largest and most complex construction projects of the first years of Soviet industrialization began - the construction of a chemical plant. People arrived at shock construction from all regions of the country. In 1930, the city of Bobriki was formed with a population of 14,600 inhabitants. A year later, the population doubled, 28,900 people lived in it. In the pre-war years, the number of residents continued to grow rapidly, in 1939 the population of the city was 76,186 people.
Latest time
Despite a short stay under German occupation, residents and the city itself were badly damaged. By the 50s, industry had finally recovered; in 1956, the population of Novomoskovsk was 109,000. The chemical plant was actively developing, in addition to chemical products, it began to produce mineral fertilizers. The city was actively landscaping, new microdistricts, objects of health care, sports and culture were being built.
In 1986, the region fell into the zone of infection after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Since that time, the city has long been in a period of crisis; only in 2007 did the gradual recovery of the economy begin. The population of Novomoskovsk has been declining for almost all recent years. In 2017, 125 647 people lived in the city.
Employment
The City Employment Center of Novomoskovsk is located at ul. Sadovsky, 16. The institution implements measures to reduce unemployment, including assisting in informing city residents about available jobs and helping employers attract new workers. Currently, the following vacancies of the Employment Center of Novomoskovsk are available:
- low-skilled workers, including a customer service specialist, input operator, engineer of the production and technical department, with a salary of 15,000–20,000 rubles;
- medium-skilled workers, including an economist, a sorter of semi-finished products and products of the 3rd category, a specialist in the preparation and verification of budget documentation, with a salary of 25,000-30,000 rubles;
- highly qualified workers, including a car mechanic, an adjustment engineer for instrumentation and automation, an automated process control engineer, a forwarding driver C, E with ADR, with a salary of more than 40,000 rubles.