Korma ( Belorussian. Karma ) is an urban village , the administrative center of the Kormyansky district of the Gomel region of Belarus . It is located on the Sozh River at the confluence of the Kormyanka River, 110 km from Gomel , 55 km from the Rogachev railway station on the Mogilev - Zhlobin line , is connected by road to Chechersk and to the Bobruisk - Krichev and Gomel - Mogilev roads. The population of 7624 people (as of January 1, 2018) [1] .
| City Village | |||||
| Stern | |||||
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| Belor. Karma | |||||
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| A country |  Belarus | ||||
| Region | Gomel | ||||
| Area | Kormyansky | ||||
| History and Geography | |||||
| First mention | 1596 | ||||
| Urban village with | 1938 | ||||
| Timezone | UTC + 3 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | ▲ 7624 [1] people ( 2018 ) | ||||
| Digital identifiers | |||||
| Telephone code | +375 2337 | ||||
| Postcode | 247170 | ||||
| Car code | 3 | ||||
Content
Water system
Kormyanka River (the right tributary of the Sozh River ).
History
Korma has been known since 1596 as a place in the Rechitsa district of the Minsk Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . Since 1772, in the Russian Empire , the center of the Kormyansk volost of the Rogachev district of the Mogilev province , the property of the Bykovsky.
Soviet period
In 1919-1924 - a village in the Gomel province of the RSFSR , from March 1924 - in the BSSR . In 1924-1930 the center of the Kormyansky district in the Mogilev district , since 1938 in the Gomel region. Since 1938, the urban village. In 1962-1965 in Rogachevsky , in 1965-1966 in the Chechersky districts .
Enterprises of food, light industry, building materials industry. Hotel "Feed".
The flag and coat of arms of Korma and the Kormyansky district were approved by Decision No. 31 of the Kormyansky District Council of Deputies on September 22, 2000. The coat of arms was entered into the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Belarus on December 18, 2000 under No. 45. In the blue field of the “Spanish” shield there are two silver saber hilt laid in the Andreevsky cross. The author of the coat of arms project is the architect V.M. Melnikov. [2]
World War II period
The stern was occupied by units of the Wehrmacht on August 15, 1941 [3] . The territory of Korma was included in the military zone of occupation, which was the rear area of Army Group Center.
According to the 1939 census , 981 Jews lived in Korm - 40.27% of the total population [4] . All of them were driven by the Nazis into the Kormyansk ghetto and killed on November 8, 1941.
Name Origin
The name of the village is associated with the river Kormyanka (originally - Korma). The hydronym dates back to ancient times, has pre-Slavic origins and can be explained from the Finno-Ugric kurm (“bay”, “corner”), kurna (“trough”) or kurma (“fish trap”). [five]
Population
| Population [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] : | |||||||
| 1939 | 1959 | 1970 | 1979 | 1989 | 2006 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2436 | ▲ 2950 | ▲ 4106 | ▲ 5624 | ▲ 7201 | ▼ 6239 | ▲ 7624 |
In 2017, 117 people were born in Korm and 73 died. The birth rate is 15.4 per 1000 people (the average in the district is 15.2, in the Gomel region - 11.3, in the Republic of Belarus - 10.8), the mortality rate is 9.6 per 1000 people (the average in the district - 15.8, in the Gomel region - 13, in the Republic of Belarus - 12.6) [13] .
Education
In the town there is one comprehensive school and one gymnasium.
Natives
The Israeli surgeon Arie Alotin (1898-1979) was born in Korm .
See also
- Kormyansk Ghetto
- Towns of Belorussia
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Regions of the Republic of Belarus. - T. 1. - Mn. : National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus, 2018 .-- P. 80.
- ↑ S. Ya. Rassadin, and A. M. Mikhalchanka “Coats of arms and flags of cities and regions of Belarus”, Minsk, 2005
- ↑ Karmyansyu district / redkal: M. Ya. Dzyatkou, Ya. V. Malashevich i shh. - Minsk: Belarus, 2003 .-- 464 p. (belor.)
- ↑ Distribution of the Jewish population of the USSR 1939 / edit. Mordechai Altshuler. - Jerusalem, 1993. - P. 40. (English)
- ↑ Rogalev A.F. Geographical names in the kaleidoscope of time. - Gomel: Bark, 2011 .-- S. 113-118. - 256 s. - ISBN 978-985-6763-71-0 .
- ↑ All-Union Population Census of 1939. The number of urban population of the USSR by urban settlements and intracity regions . Demoscope Weekly . Date of treatment February 12, 2019.
- ↑ 1959 All-Union Population Census. The urban population of the Union republics (except the RSFSR), their territorial units, urban settlements, and urban areas by gender . Demoscope Weekly . Date of treatment February 12, 2019.
- ↑ 1970 All-Union Population Census. The number of urban population of the Union republics (except the RSFSR), their territorial units, urban settlements and urban areas by gender . Demoscope Weekly . Date of treatment February 12, 2019.
- ↑ All-Union Census of 1979. The number of urban population of the Union Republics (except the RSFSR), their territorial units, urban settlements and urban areas by gender . Demoscope Weekly . Date of treatment February 12, 2019.
- ↑ All-Union Census of 1989. The number of urban population of the Union republics, their territorial units, urban settlements and urban areas by gender . Demoscope Weekly . Date of treatment February 12, 2019.
- ↑ Statistical Yearbook of the Gomel Region. - Gomel, 2014 .-- S. 44-46.
- ↑ Statistical Yearbook of the Gomel Region. - Mn. : National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus, 2018. - P. 45-47.
- ↑ Demographic Yearbook of the Republic of Belarus. - Mn. : National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus, 2018. - S. 164-166.