Yeysk

Yeysk (Russian: Ейск) is a port and a resort town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated on the shore of the Taganrog Gulf of the Sea of Azov. The town is built primarily on the Yeysk Spit, which separates the Yeya River from the Sea of Azov. Population: 82,943 (2021 Census);^[6] 87,769 (2010 Census);^[2] 86,349 (2002 Census);^[7] 78,150 (1989 Soviet census).^[8]

Yeysk Ейск
Town[1]
Yeysk port, 2006
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Yeysk
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Coordinates: 46°42′40″N 38°16′24″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Krasnodar Krai[1]
Founded	1848
Government
• Head	Valery Kulkov
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	87,769
• Rank	192nd in 2010
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Town of Yeysk[1]
• Capital of	Town of Yeysk,[1] Yeysky District[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Yeysky Municipal District[3]
• Urban settlement	Yeyskoye Urban Settlement[3]
• Capital of	Yeysky Municipal District,[3] Yeyskoye Urban Settlement[3]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	353680-353691
Dialing code(s)	+7 86132
OKTMO ID	03616101001
Town Day	Third Sunday of August
Website	www.adm-yeisk.ru

Yeysk
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History

In the 14th century, in this area was a Genoese colony with a port called Balzimachi (or Bacinaci), which is mentioned in Pratica della mercatura.

Tsutsiev's Atlas^[9] shows a Yeyskoye at the head of the Yeya bay for 1763-1785 and a Yeysk somewhat south of the present location from 1829 to 1839. In 1783 it was involved in the Kuban Nogai Uprising. The town was founded in 1848 by Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov in accordance with a royal order from the Tsar of Russia.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yeysk serves as the administrative center of Yeysky District, even though it is not a part of it.^[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with the territory of Shirochansky Rural Okrug (which comprises seven rural localities), incorporated separately as the Town of Yeysk — an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Yeysk is incorporated within Yeysky Municipal District as Yeyskoye Urban Settlement.^[3]

Yeysk resorts

Yeysk is known for its mineral waters and its medicinal mud baths. This mud is brought from the neighboring Lake Khanskoye. The town has a number of parks, a sanatorium, several recreation centers, hotels, and beaches. The bathing season lasts from May until September. Yeysk offers a variety of attractions, restaurants, open-air cafes, clubs, bars, and night clubs.

Dolgaya Spit, near the village of Dolzhanskaya, has holiday houses.^[10]

Airfield

Main article: Yeysk Airport

Yeysk has a mixed military/civilian airfield, home to the Yeysk Military Institute during the Cold War and the 10th Mixed Aviation Division (4th Air Army) during the 1990s.

After the disbandment of the 10th Mixed Aviation Division the headquarters of the 1st Guards Stalingrad, Svirsky Composite Air Division arrived. Also at the airport based aviation group Yeisk Higher Military Institute, armed with planes L-39.

In addition, the 959th Bomber Regiment was previously based at the airfield, which was part of the 1st Guards Composite Air Division. The 959th Bomber Aviation Regiment was previously the 959th Training Aviation Regiment.^[11] In September 2009, due to the transfer of the airfield from the Air Force to the Navy, the regiment was disbanded, and its members were part of the aircraft Su-24 relocated to Morozovsk airfield (6970th Air Base, 7th Brigade of Aerospace Defence).

On February 1, 2010, 859th Naval Aviation Training Center under the leadership of Major-General Alexei Serdyuk was open at the airfield. To ensure the educational process training units will be relocated from the Ostrov (air base) (Pskov Oblast) and the village of Kacha. For service center from the previously disbanded and civilian staff will be involved in more than one thousand people.

On 17 October 2022, a Sukhoi Su-34 from the airfield accidentally struck an apartment building in Yeysk, killing at least 13.^[12][13]

Climate

Yeysk has a mild climate. Average low temperature in January is −4 °C (25 °F). Summers are very warm, with average July temperature of +24 °C (75 °F). Average rainfall is about 450 mm (18 in) a year.

Climate data for Yeysk
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	14.8 (58.6)	27.0 (80.6)	28.2 (82.8)	29.0 (84.2)	35.0 (95.0)	38.5 (101.3)	38.7 (101.7)	40.2 (104.4)	34.8 (94.6)	32.0 (89.6)	27.0 (80.6)	19.0 (66.2)	40.2 (104.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	1.9 (35.4)	3.2 (37.8)	8.1 (46.6)	16.4 (61.5)	21.9 (71.4)	25.7 (78.3)	29.9 (85.8)	29.7 (85.5)	23.6 (74.5)	16.5 (61.7)	9.1 (48.4)	3.5 (38.3)	15.8 (60.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−0.8 (30.6)	−0.1 (31.8)	4.8 (40.6)	11.4 (52.5)	16.7 (62.1)	21.0 (69.8)	24.2 (75.6)	24.0 (75.2)	18.5 (65.3)	12.0 (53.6)	5.3 (41.5)	1.1 (34.0)	11.5 (52.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−3.4 (25.9)	−3.3 (26.1)	1.4 (34.5)	6.3 (43.3)	11.4 (52.5)	16.3 (61.3)	18.4 (65.1)	18.2 (64.8)	13.3 (55.9)	7.4 (45.3)	1.5 (34.7)	−1.4 (29.5)	7.2 (45.0)
Record low °C (°F)	−30.0 (−22.0)	−29.0 (−20.2)	−21.0 (−5.8)	−6.1 (21.0)	−1.0 (30.2)	4.0 (39.2)	11.9 (53.4)	9.0 (48.2)	1.1 (34.0)	−9.4 (15.1)	−20.0 (−4.0)	−25.0 (−13.0)	−30.0 (−22.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	53 (2.1)	43 (1.7)	48 (1.9)	44 (1.7)	39 (1.5)	48 (1.9)	26 (1.0)	25 (1.0)	35 (1.4)	32 (1.3)	41 (1.6)	60 (2.4)	494 (19.4)
Source: [14]

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

Twin towns — Sister cities

Yeysk is twinned with:

• Baranovichi, Belarus
• Barysaw, Belarus

References

Notes

1. Reference Information #34.01-707/13-03
2. 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. Law #714-KZ
4. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
5. "Russian postal objects - find by name" (in Russian). Archived from the original on September 25, 2009. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
6. 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. 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).
8. 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.
9. Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus, 2014
10. Mamykina, V.A.; Khrustalev, Yuri (2012) [1989]. Fabbri, Paolo (ed.). Recreational Uses of Coastal Areas: A Research Project of the Commission on the Coastal Environment, International Geographical Union. Springer Netherlands. p. 68. ISBN 9789400923911.
11. Holm
12. "Fighter jet crashes into Russian building in Yeysk". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on October 17, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
13. "A Russian warplane crashes near an apartment building and kills at least 13". NPR.org. October 18, 2022.
14. Ейск, Краснодарский край - климат, описание (in Russian). Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2009.

Sources

• Управление по взаимодействию с органами местного самоуправления Администрации Краснодарского края. Справочная информация №34.01-707/13-03 от 23 мая 2013 г. «Реестр административно-территориальных единиц Краснодарского края». (Department of Cooperation with the Organs of the Local Self-Government of the Administration of Krasnodar Krai. Reference Information #34.01-707/13-03 of May 23, 2013 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units of Krasnodar Krai. ).
• Законодательное Собрание Краснодарского края. Закон №714-КЗ от 7 июня 2004 г «Об установлении границ муниципального образования Ейский район, наделении его статусом муниципального района, образовании в его составе муниципальных образований — городского и сельских поселений — и установлении их границ», в ред. Закона №2053-КЗ от 28 июля 2010 г «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Краснодарского края». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Кубанские новости", №103, 29 июня 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai. Law #714-KZ of June 7, 2004 On the Establishment of the Borders of the Municipal Formation of Yeysky District, on Granting It the Status of a Municipal District, on the Establishment of the Municipal Formations—Urban and Rural Settlements—Within Its Structure and on the Establishment of Their Borders, as amended by the Law #2053-KZ of July 28, 2010 On Amending Several Legislative Acts of Krasnodar Krai. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).

External links

• Official website of Yeysk (in Russian)
• Pictures of Yeysk Archived August 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
• Old maps of Yeysk (in Russian)