Information about the city of Michurinsk
Status: a town of regional subordination, the administrative center of Michurinsk district in the Tambov Region
Phone code:+7 343*******
It is situated in the western part of the Oka-Don (Tambov) plane, on the right
bank of the Lesnoy Voronezh River (Don basin), 73 km north-east of Tambov.
Economy
Main industries and enterprises:
- Machinebuilding and metalworking (АО "Michurinsk Plant of Automotive Pumps" JSC
- "Michurinsk Plant of Piston Rings" CJSC
- "Michurinsk Plant Progress" OJSC
- "Michurinsk Locomotive Repair Plant Milorem" ltd.
- "Michurinsk Automotive Repair Plant" JSC, Michurinsk machinebuilding plant
Food industry: ("M-Kons" JSC (Michurinsk Experimental Cannery), "Khleb (bread)" ltd., meat processing plant,
experimental distillery).
Light industry: (production association "Lenta", 2 garment factories, factory of non-woven materials).
Wall ceramic materials production plant, furniture plant.
Michurinsk - All-Russian gardening center, there are All-Russian Scientific
and Research Institute of Fruit Growing n.a. Michurin, Central Genetic Laboratory
n.a. Michurin.
There are large fruit tree nurseries and fruit growing farms in Michurinsk district.
Grain crops, sugar beet, sunflower are cultivated. Cattle, pig, sheep breeding
is practiced.
Culture
Legitimate Drama Theatre (since 1897).
Museums: Local Lore Museum n.a. I.V. Michurin, Museum-Estate of the artist
A.M. Gerasimov. Exhibition hall.
Sights: Ilinskaya Church, Bogolyubsky Cathedral - undersized and a
little simplified copy of The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, built in Moscow.
The central part of Michurinsk is an integrated architectural complex, fully formed
at the end of the 19th century.
