Votkinsk
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy datesTemplate:Infobox Russian inhabited locality Votkinsk (Template:IPAc-en; Template:Langx), also known as Votka (Template:IPAc-en; Template:Langx), is an industrial town in the Udmurt Republic, Russia. As of 2021, its population was 97,471.<ref>rosstat2020 Template:Webarchive</ref>
History
Votkinsk was established in 1759,<ref name="gr">Template:Cite book</ref> initially as a center for metallurgical enterprises. It still has a major focus economic focus on these industries. It was officially granted town status in 1935.Template:Citation needed
It was one of the residence centers of the Udmurt Jews, who spoke Udmurt Yiddish.<ref>Altyntsev A.V., "The Concept of Love in Ashkenazim of Udmurtia and Tatarstan", Nauka Udmurtii. 2013. № 4 (66), p. 131. (Алтынцев А.В., "Чувство любви в понимании евреев-ашкенази Удмуртии и Татарстана". Template:Webarchive Наука Удмуртии. 2013. №4. С. 131: Комментарии.) Template:In lang</ref>
The town is famous as the birthplace of composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who was born there on May 7, 1840.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Votkinsk serves as the administrative center of Votkinsky District, even though it is not a part of it.<ref name="Ref149">Law #46-RZ</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Votkinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.<ref name="Ref149" /> As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Votkinsk is incorporated as Votkinsk Urban Okrug.<ref name="Ref912">Law #68-RZ</ref>
Economy
The Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology operates a machine plant in the town, the Votkinsk Machine Building Plant, which produces some of Russia's long-range ballistic missiles. Under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) concluded between the United States and the Soviet Union, the RSD-10 Pioneer missile production facility at Votkinsk was selected for long-term on-site monitoring by U.S. inspectors. The corresponding site for the Soviet Union in the United States was the Hercules missile production facility in Salt Lake City, Utah.Template:Citation neededTemplate:Update after
The town gives its name to the nearby Votkinsk Reservoir, filled in the 1960s following the construction of a dam for the Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station.
Geography
Climate
Votkinsk has a warm summer continental climate, according to Koppen Dfb.
Sports
The bandy team Znamya-Udmurtiya<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> has played in the highest division, and nowadays play in the second highest, Russian Bandy Supreme League.
Notable people
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), Russian composer<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
- Rudolf Povarnitsyn (born 1962), Ukrainian high jumper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Ksenia Garanina (born 1997), Armenian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Liudmyla Kuchma (born 1940), wife of second Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, former First Lady of Ukraine (1994-2005)
International relations
Votkinsk has one sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International:
- Template:Flagicon West Jordan, Utah, United States