Chaykovsky
Description
Chaykovsky is a town in Perm Krai, Russia, located on the Kama River 325 km southwest of Perm, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 82,895 (2010).
Name
The town is named after the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who was born in the nearby town of Votkinsk.
Geography
The town is located in the Cis-Ural region on left bank of the Kama River, near its confluence with the Saygatka in the southwestern part of Perm Krai. The confluence of the Kama and the Saygatka and the nearby Votkinsk Reservoir form a peninsula on which the town is located.
The area of Chaykovskoye Urban Settlement is 56.49 square km (including the water surface), while the аrea of the town proper is about 31 square km.
Chaykovskoye Urban Settlement borders with Yelovsky District in the north, Vankovsky Rural Settlement in the northeast, Fokinsky and Bolshe-Bukorsky Rural Settlements in the east, Olkhovsky Rural Settlement in the south, and with Votkinsky District of the Udmurt Republic in the west.
History
It was founded in 1955 as a settlement serving the construction of Votkinsk's hydroelectric power station. The village of Saygatka, known since 1646, used to occupy the place where Chaykovsky now stands. In 1956, Chaykovsky was granted urban-type settlement status, and in 1962, it was granted town status.
Education, culture, sports
There are 13 schools, 1 gymnasium, 1 lyceum, 4 trade schools, 5 technical schools, 2 musical school. Possibility to get high education there is in Institute of physical culture and branches of two technical universities.
Chaykovsky has available museum of local lore and an art gallery, where there is a lot of works of famous Russian painters. Since 1982 there is Town Dramatic Theater. Since 1978, every three years traditional Festival of children musical art is conducted.
In Chaykovsky there is a modern mounting sky complex, biathlon complex, and many gymnasiums.
Tourism
Chaykovsky is a famous touristic center on Western Ural, especially for tourists that travel on touristic ships.
