Komsomolsk

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The city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur was first established as a settlement in 1860 and was known as Permskoye. As industry started to expand and factories started to appear, the settlement was given the status of town and renamed to Komsomolsk-on-Amur in 1932.

Komsomolsk is a Soviet-era planned city with wide tree-lined boulevards, set against the broad Amur River. It is set in the middle of vast, hilly forestland, and is miles away from any settlements but small villages. Komsomolsk-on-Amur was founded in 1932 as an industrial base for the Soviet defense industry. Its largest plants produced aircraft and ocean-going vessels. With its population of 294,500 people, it is the third largest city in the Russian Far East (RFE) after Vladivostok and Khabarovsk. The city economy is based on manufacturing, which accounts for 74 percent of the total output and 38 percent of employment.

One well known industrial name is the 'Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association' named after Y.A. Gagarin. this is the home of the famous fighter aircraft marque, Sukhoi and is Russia’s largest aircraft-manufacturing company. Built in 1934, the aircraft plant has now evolved in a major enterprice in the Far Eastern region of Russia, which has manufactured hundreds of civil aircraft and thousands of various-role military aircraft from the first recon aircraft to modern Su- series fighters and light amphibian aeroplanes.

Theatre enthusiasts will be thrilled to know that Komsomolsk-on-Amur does have a theatre. . Two of the most spectacular attractions are the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Folklore Museum and the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Fine Arts Museum. The Folklore Museum has an astounding collection of ethnographic items, archeological artifacts, natural history exhibits, documents, photos and various other interesting displays. The Fine Art Museum prides itself on its vast exhibits of paintings, sculptures, graphic arts, wood carvings, mosaics, fabric and clothing exhibits, embroideries, weavings and much more.

Komsomolsk-on-Amur has grown into a successful industrial and business center, as well as a fascinating tourist destination in Russia. It still has breathtaking monuments from the Soviet era scattered across the city, as a reminder to the past, but has become a modernized city that looks toward the future.

Soviet era workers monument	BAM Monument	Sukoi 35

River harbour showing hydrofoil passenger ships.