Sterlitamak is a city in the Republic of Bashkortostan, founded in 1766 and located on an area of 108.5 square kilometers. According to estimates, at the beginning of 2014, 277, 05 thousand people lived in Sterlitamak - Russians, Tatars, Bashkirs, Chuvashs, Ukrainians, Mordovians and other nationalities. Back in Soviet times, the city earned the status of a "center of the chemical industry", which it has retained to this day.
A bit of history and geography
Sterlitamak is located on the left bank of the Belaya River, which is a tributary of the Kama, 120 kilometers from the capital of Bashkortostan - the city of Ufa.
Sterlitamak is the second largest city in the republic after the Bashkir capital.
According to historical information, the city got its name after the merger of the two words "erased" and "tamak". The first is the name of the river flowing near Sterlitamak, and the second is translated from the Turkic language as “mouth” or “mouth”. That is, the literal translation of the word is “the mouth of the Sterli River”.
To the east of Sterlitamak are the Ural Mountains, and to the west is the East European Plain.
The city owes its existence to the merchant Savva Nikiforov, who lived in the first half of the 18th century. It was he who initiated the construction of a pier next to a then small settlement on the site of Sterlitamak. The main purpose of the harbor was to transport salt to the Kama River, and then to other cities of the then Russian Empire.
Why is Sterlitamak called the "chemical capital"?
A large number of chemical and petrochemical enterprises are located on the territory of urban industrial zones, which provide significant tax payments to the republican budget. In 2008 alone, chemists and petrochemists produced products totaling 37.34 billion rubles.
One of the leaders in Sterlitamak and providing jobs for several thousand people is the Soda enterprise, which in the same 2008 produced various goods for 13, 788 billion rubles. A little behind the company and JSC "Kaustik", which shipped in the same year products for 10, 344 billion rubles.
Known throughout Russia and "Sterlitamak Petrochemical Plant", which is the only producer of phenolic antioxidants in the country, as well as stabilizers from the Agidol series.
The purpose of phenolic antioxidants is the further production of rubber.
There are engineering giants in Sterlitamak. These are the Sterlitamak Machine-Tool Plant (abbreviated as MTE), the Krasny Proletary plant, the large Wagon Repair Plant, the Stroymash Plant, and many others.
It does not apply to either mechanical engineering or the chemical industry, but the Sterlitamak Distillery Plant, which is a branch of Bashspirt OJSC, produces very popular products. The city also houses the Shihan brewery, owned by the Heiniken company.
