Anzhero-Sudzhensk

Anzhero - Sudzhensk - a city (since 1931) in the Kemerovo region of Russia. Population 79,706 (2017). It was formed as a working village in 1928 from the mining villages of Anzherka and Sudzhenka. The village of Anzherka is named for its location on the river Anzhera; the name of the village of Sudzhenka is transferred by immigrants from the Kursk province, where there is a river and the city of Sudzha.

The distance from Anzhero - Sudzhensk to Tomsk is 145 kilometers, to Kemerovo - 103 kilometers.

The nature of the climate is continental-cyclonic: winters are cold and long (the average temperature in January is 17 C, the summer is short, the average temperature is 17 C).

Anzhero-Sudzhensk is one of the centers of coal mining of Kuzbass. JSC "Anzheromash", plant of mining equipment, chemical and pharmaceutical, reinforced concrete products, bakery, meat processing plant, dairy plant.

Railway station Anzherskaya on the line Taiga (West Siberian Railway) - Mariinsk (Krasnoyarsk Railway) Anzhero-Sudzhensky branch of Kemerovo State University was opened in the city. There's a local history museum.