๐ท๐บ Engels is a city in Saratov Oblast, Russia. An important port located on the Volga River across from Saratov, Engels is the administrative centre of the oblast, and is connected to it with a bridge. It is the second-largest city in Saratov Oblast. Historically a major centre for Volga Germans, the city was known jointly as Pokrovsk (Pokrovskaya sloboda (until 1914), Pokrovsk (until 1931)) in Russian and as Kosakenstadt in German, until it was renamed after German Marxist theoretician Friedrich Engels in 1931. Engels served as the capital of the Volga German ASSR from 1918 until its abolition in 1941.
History What would become the city was founded as a sloboda named Pokrovskaya Sloboda by Ukrainian Chumak settlers in 1747. During the reign of Catherine the Great, ethnic Germans were encouraged to settle in the Volga region and many moved into the town, making it a major centre of the Volga German culture. It was granted official town status and renamed Pokrovsk (ะะพะบัะพะฒัะบ) in 1914. At that time, the town was commonly known as Kosakenstadt ("Cossacks' Town") in German, alongside its official Russian name. During the Russian Civil War, the region came under control of the Bolshevik Russian SFSR, and in 1918 it became the capital of the newly established Volga German ASSR within the Russian SFSR. Pokrovsk/Kosakenstadt was renamed Engels in 1931, after German communist philosopher Friedrich Engels. The Volga German ASSR was abolished in 1941 with the German invasion of Russia serving as a pretext, and the city became part of Saratov Oblast. Its German inhabitants suffered persecution as Soviet authorities accused them of being spies for Nazi Germany. All Germans were deported from Engels, with most being sent to far away in Siberia and the Kazakh SSR. On Augustย 26, 2011, a monument in honor of the Russian-German victims of repression within the Soviet Union was unveiled in the city.
Engels-2 (air base), a Russian Air Force base is nearby.
Geography: Administrative status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Engels serves as the administrative centre of Engelssky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is, together with four rural localities, incorporated separately as Engels City Under Oblast Jurisdictionโan administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, Engels City Under Oblast Jurisdiction, together with the work settlement of Privolzhsky and one rural locality (the settlement of Geofizik) in Engelssky District, are incorporated within Engelssky Municipal District as Engels Urban Settlement.
Economy Engels is an industrial city. The Trolza factory manufactures trolleybuses for Russia's public transportation networks. The Engelssky factory of transport mechanical engineering produces rolling stock for railways. The Bosch-Saratov plant, previously Autotractor Spark Plugs, produces spark plugs, and the German Henkel company operates a factory producing domestic laundry detergent and chemical products for the auto-industry. The Engelssky pipe factory makes steel electro-welded pipes, steel water pipeline, and profile pipes.
In August 2015, a prototype 1520ย mm gauge Bombardier Traxx F120MS locomotive was unveiled at a ceremony to mark the inauguration of First Locomotive Company's factory at Engels.
Engels has a population of over 227,049 people. Engels also forms one of the centres of the wider Saratov Oblast which has a population of over 1,090,000 people.
To set up a UBI Lab for Engels see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Engels has links with:
๐บ๐ธ Edmond, USA๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Shepherds Bush 51.504
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Acton 51.506
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Thurrock 51.507
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Bridgend 51.507
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Slough 51.508
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Tower Hamlets 51.509
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ City of Westminster 51.509
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ South London 51.5
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Bankside 51.5
๐ณ๐ฑ Middelburg 51.5
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Kensington 51.5
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ London 51.5
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Southwark 51.499
๐ฉ๐ช Nordhausen 51.498
๐ณ๐ฑ Bergen op Zoom 51.494
๐ท๐บ Khasavyurt 46.582
Locations Near: Engels 46.1257,51.5021
๐ท๐บ Saratov 46.037,51.533 d: 7
๐ท๐บ Kamyshin 45.406,50.099 d: 164
๐ท๐บ Balakovo 47.804,52.02 d: 129
๐ท๐บ Zarechny 45.167,53.2 d: 199.7
๐ท๐บ Penza 45.006,53.207 d: 204.3
๐ท๐บ Saransk 45.184,54.189 d: 305.4
๐ท๐บ Syzran 48.479,53.158 d: 243.8
๐ท๐บ Volzhsky 44.738,48.805 d: 315.8
Antipodal to: Engels -133.874,-51.502
๐ต๐ซ Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15993.1
๐น๐ด Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 15111.3
๐ฆ๐ธ Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 14736.1
๐ผ๐ธ Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 14635.2
๐จ๐ฑ Valdivia -73.233,-39.8 d: 15272
๐จ๐ฑ Port Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 15360.8
๐จ๐ฑ Puerto Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 15360.8
๐จ๐ฑ Coyhaique -72.067,-45.567 d: 15554.3
๐จ๐ฑ San Pedro de la Paz -73.1,-36.833 d: 15059.5