Chaykovsky, Perm Krai

The town is named after the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who was born in the nearby town of Votkinsk.

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The town is located in the Cis-Ural region on left bank of the Kama River, near its confluence with the SaygatkaTrip-guide.ru. [http://www.trip-guide.ru/chaikovsky.htm Город Чайковский на реке Кама] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822202825/http://www.trip-guide.ru/chaikovsky.htm |date=August 22, 2011 }} {{in lang|ru}} 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 {{convert|56.49|km2|sp=us}} (including the water surface),Official website of Chaykovskoye Urban Settlement. [http://www.chaikovskiy.ru/index.php?dn=article&to=art&id=127 About the town] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018153922/http://www.chaikovskiy.ru/index.php?dn=article&to=art&id=127 |date=October 18, 2014 }} {{in lang|ru}} while the аrea of the town proper is about {{convert|31|km2|sp=us}}.{{citation needed|date=June 2011}}

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.

It was founded in 1955 as a settlement serving the construction of Votkinsk's hydroelectric power station.{{citation needed|date=May 2010}} 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.{{citation needed|date=May 2010}}

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with fifty rural localities, incorporated as the town of krai significance of Chaykovsky—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #416-67 As a municipal division, the town of Chaykovsky is incorporated as Chaykovskoye Urban Settlement within Chaykovsky Municipal District and serves as the municipal district's administrative center, while the fifty rural localities are grouped into nine rural settlements within Chaykovsky Municipal District.Law #1890-413

Igor Andriyiv has been head of the Chaykovsky urban settlement since 20 December 2009.{{Cite web |url=http://www.business-class.su/news.php?id=18969 |title=Игорь Андриив победил на выборах главы Чайковского |trans-title=Igor Andriyiv won the election of the head of Chaykovsky |url-status=dead |accessdate=2010-07-15 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225215811/http://www.business-class.su/news.php?id=18969 |archivedate=2014-12-25}} In Chaykovsky and the district, the election of the heads of local self-government has never been won by United Russia.[http://www.ura.ru/content/perm/21-12-2009/news/1052108082.html United Russia lost the elections in Chaykovsky. The new mayor will be a self-nominated]

• Construction on the Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station began in 1955 (full power since 1962). It has ten turbines for an installed capacity of 1,020 MW. The station produce 2.2 billion kilowatt-hours on average per year. As a result of its dam, the water level rose 23 meters and the reservoir has an area of 1125 square kilometers. The dam also supports a shipping lock with two lines.
• Combine of silk textile. Construction began in 1962 and the first factory was made at 1966. At that moment the combine was a large factory of that kind in Europe. In the late eighties 100 milliones meter of textile was produced per year by the combine. Now, the combine is world-famous factory "Joint Stock Company Tchaikovsky Textile"
• Works of synthetical caoutchouc, was founded at 1979. Now, the works is "Uralorgsynthes, JSC". It produce liquefied hydrocarbon gase, benzol, butane, izo-butane etc.
• Gazprom Transgas Chaykovsky, daughter enterprise of Gazprom, is engaged by transport of gas
• Works of gas-stove, make stove under trade mark "Darina"

Besides, there is a lot of less large factories, for example, yard and ship repair works, metal manufacture work, meat-packing factory, dairy factory and common for a town communal plants, like water-supply plant.

Chaykovsky is situated on the Kazan–Yekaterinburg route. From the town to Izhevsk about 100 km, to Perm about 300 km, to Kazan about 400 km, to Yekaterinburg about 600 km. There is bus service to these cities. Into the town bus service is used, too.

Trains to Izhevsk are possible from the town.

In the town there is railway, that sides to railway Kazan — Yekaterinburg. However, it not used for passengers.

There is river station, it not used for passengers, because of high prices, and earlier ships on underwater wings were going. However, river station is used as a tourist ship.

Chaykovsky closest airport is located in Izhevsk. Chaykovsky used to have a small airport, for small airplanes however there are now plans to develop a large modern airport.

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Chaykovsky has one of the highest levels of natality in Perm Krai, because of comparatively low death-rate and comparatively high birth-rate.

There are 13 schools, 1 gymnasium, 1 lyceum, 4 trade schools, 5 technical schools, 2 musical school. Possibility to get higher 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 are 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.

Chaykovsky is a famous touristic center on Western Ural, especially for tourists that travel on touristic ships.

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