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Sudzha

Coordinates: 51°12′N 35°15′E / 51.200°N 35.250°E / 51.200; 35.250
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Sudzha
Суджа
Town[1]
Central square in Sudzha
Central square in Sudzha
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Coat of arms of Sudzha
Coat of arms
Location of Sudzha
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Sudzha is located in Russia
Sudzha
Sudzha
Location of Sudzha
Sudzha is located in Kursk Oblast
Sudzha
Sudzha
Sudzha (Kursk Oblast)
Coordinates: 51°12′N 35°15′E / 51.200°N 35.250°E / 51.200; 35.250
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKursk Oblast[1]
Administrative districtSudzhansky District[1]
Founded1664
Elevation
135 m (443 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total6,036
 • Capital ofSudzhansky District[1]
 • Municipal districtSudzhansky Municipal District[3]
 • Urban settlementSudzha Urban Settlement
 • Capital ofSudzhansky Municipal District,[3] Sudzha Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5]
307800, 307801, 307839
OKTMO ID38640101001
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Sudzha (Russian: Су́джа) is a town and the administrative center of Sudzhansky District in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sudzha and Olyoshnya Rivers 105 kilometers (65 mi) southwest of Kursk, the administrative center of the oblast. It has a population of 5,127 people.[6] It is the natural gas exchange feeder where the Trans-Siberian pipeline meets the Brotherhood pipeline.[7]

History

Sudzha was founded in 1664.[8] It was initially a town of the Sumy Regiment within Sloboda Ukraine, and was fortified with ramparts and a moat.

In 1708 it was included within the Kiev Governorate, and in 1779 it became the seat of the Sudzhansky Uyezd.

In 1870, the town proper had a population of 4,482 and the suburbs had a population of 5,624. In 1869, there were 393 craftsmen in the town, and in 1871 there were nine factories. In the late 19th century, the town hosted four annual fairs and two weekly markets.[9]

According to the 1897 Russian Empire census, the town had a population of 7,433, of which 61.2% were Ukrainians, 37.2% were Russians, 1.2% were Jews and 0.3% were Poles.[10]

During World War II, Sudzha was occupied by German troops from October 18, 1941 to March 3, 1943.[citation needed]

Major Russian gas transits to Europe, among which the Brotherhood pipeline

Later in the 20th century a natural gas pipeline transit station was established near Sudzha. A gas metering station was installed. As of 2024 the output was fed to the Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline (est 1982),[7] and at least one writer warned in June 2024 that Gazprom and Russia stood to lose the most were the flow somehow interrupted by Putin's Special Military Operation.[11] Indeed, in early 2023 the owner planned to compensate for the loss of Nordstream 2 by increasing the flow rate by 20% from the previous year.[12]

Russo-Ukrainian War

After the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Sudzha became the last remaining point at which natural gas flowed from Russia to Europe through Ukraine after the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage.[13]

On 4 June 2023, Russia said it shot down a Ukrainian drone over Sudzha.[14]

2024 Ukrainian raid

Main article: August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion

In the night of 5 August to 6 August 2024, fierce fighting broke out at the border of Kursk Oblast and around Sudzha as part of an incursion of Ukrainian forces. Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian military personnel and members of the all-Russian pro-Ukrainian Russian Volunteer Corps were involved in the raids and the mechanized attack by Ukraine was claimed to have been repelled according to Russian sources.[15][16] However on 8 August, Russian milbloggers claimed that "Sudzha is basically lost to us" and that Ukrainian forces were pushing towards Lgov.[17] The situation is still ongoing in the region.

Government

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sudzha serves as the administrative center of Sudzhansky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Sudzhansky District as the town of district significance of Sudzha.[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Sudzha is incorporated within Sudzhansky Municipal District as Sudzha Urban Settlement.[3]

Demographics

The town's population has declined over the past few decades, from 7,487 in 1989[18] to 5,127 in 2021.[6]

Population history
Year 1897 1989 2002 2010 2021
Pop.7,433[10]7,487[18]7,045[19]6,036[2]5,127[6]
±% p.a.—    +0.01%−0.47%−1.91%−1.47%

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Губернатор Курской области. Постановление №489 от 6 ноября 2008 г. «Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных единиц населённых пунктов Курской области», в ред. Постановления №26-пг от 29 января 2013 г. «О внесении изменений и дополнений в Постановление Губернатора Курской области от 06.11.2008 №489 "Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных единиц населённых пунктов Курской области"». Вступил в силу 6 ноября 2008 г. (Governor of Kursk Oblast. Resolution #489 of November 6, 2008 On the Adoption of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and Inhabited Localities of Kursk Oblast, as amended by the Resolution #26-pg of January 29, 2013 On Amending and Supplementing Resolution #489 of the Governor of Kursk Oblast of November 6, 2008 "On the Adoption of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and Inhabited Localities of Kursk Oblast". Effective as of November 6, 2008.).
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ a b c Курская областная Дума. Закон №60-ЗКО от 1 декабря 2004 г. «О границах муниципальных образований Курской области», в ред. Закона №127-ЗКО от 17 декабря 2012 г. «О внесении дополнения в статью 1 Закона Курской области "О границах муниципальных образований Курской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Курская правда", №248, 18 декабря 2004 г. (Kursk Oblast Duma. Law #60-ZKO of December 1, 2004 On the Borders of the Municipal Formations of Kursk Oblast, as amended by the Law #127-ZKO of December 17, 2012 On Amending Article 1 of the Law of Kursk Oblast "On the Borders of the Municipal Formations of Kursk Oblast". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
  4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  6. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  7. ^ a b "Ukrainian transit through the Sudzha GIS decreased by 7%, but did not stop".
  8. ^ Tankov, Anatoly Alekseyevich (1913). "Суджанскiй уѣздъ" [Sudzhansky Uyezd]. Историческая лѣтопись курскаго дворянства (in Russian). Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  9. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XI (in Polish). Warszawa. 1890. p. 555.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. ^ a b "Sudzha district - the city of Sudzha". Demoscope Weekly. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  11. ^ "Frozen pipelines: Russia, not Europe, risks to lose most if natural gas transit through Ukraine stops".
  12. ^ "Russian gas transit to Europe via Ukraine to rise 20%: Gazprom".
  13. ^ "Russia reports explosion in pipeline supplying gas to Europe". December 20, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  14. ^ Kelly, Lidia (June 4, 2023). Mallard, William; Macfie, Nick; Craft, Diane (eds.). "Russia says shoots down Ukraine-launched drones over Crimea, Kursk". Reuters. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  15. ^ ""Fierce fighting" erupts in Russia's border region amid Ukrainian raid". Newsweek.
  16. ^ "Institute for the Study of War".
  17. ^ "Battles rage in Kursk region after Ukraine's largest incursion yet into Russia". France 24. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  18. ^ a b 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.
  19. ^ 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).
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