Kanach

Kanach (in Russian: Кана́ш) is a city of the République of Tchouvachie, in Russia, and the administrative center of the Raïon of Kanachski. It is located at 76 km in the south of the capital of the republic, Tcheboksary. The city is a major railway crossroads. Its population rose with: 50593 inhabitants with the Census of 2002 against: 54585 with that of 1989.

History

The history of Kanach, called Chikhrany (Шихраны) until in 1925, is closely related to the development of the railroad. The line Moscow - Kazan was completed in December 1894 - except for the railway bridge Imperatorski Romanovski on the the Volga. This line was exploited by a private company, the Railroad company Moscow Kazan, which had succeeded in 1891 the Railroad company Moscow Riazan. This company ensured all the railway services of the area until in 1918. The government Bolshevik nationalized then all the still private railroad companies.

The opening of the station of Chikhrany, which was in the middle of a very wooded area, provides a practical production site for the industry of wood. Windmills were also built in the area. In 1911, there was more than forty business enterprises with Chikhrany. An elementary school was open in 1912 and an establishment of secondary education two years later.

In 1919, the station of Chikhrany was connected to Arzamas (Oblast de Nijni-Novgorod) by a 261 km long railway, in construction since 1914.

In 1925, Chikhrany accepted the statute of city and was famous Kanach. Its population rose then with 2 323 inhabitants.

One second station was built in 1926 for the transit of the goods. The first powerplant, which fed the station, part of the city and thirteen villages surrounding, entered in service in 1929.

The construction of the Kanach-Tcheboksary railway started in 1939, changing to four the number of lines serving Kanach. During the Second world war, the railway capacities of Kanach, in particular for the transit of the goods, were appreciably increased.

After the war, the industry of Kanach diversified. Factories of pieces of furniture, tools and plastics were built as well as repair shops car.

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