The first mention of this settlement occurs in 1734. The settlement was formed by the merger of two villages, one of them was called Ust-Iskitimskoe, then Shcheglovo. A variant of this toponym became the first name of the city, and this happened only in 1918. The second village, Kemerovo, gave the city its name in 1932. The modern toponym comes from the Türkic word "kemer", meaning a hill, a mountain or a slope of a mountain.
Time travel
During its long history, the settlement was part of various administrative-territorial entities. Among them are the following:
- Verkhne-Tomsk volost of the Tomsk province of the Russian Empire in the XIX - early. XX centuries;
- Scheglovskaya enlarged volost of the Tomsk province of the RSFSR in 1921-1924. with the center in Shcheglovsk;
- Scheglovsky district since August 1925 according to the zoning reform.
In 1932, an important event for the townspeople took place - the city was renamed Kemerovo. In addition, it is turning into a coordinating center for a new industrial area that is being created in this region. The next changes in the administrative-territorial system take place in 1937, when the settlement becomes a regional center, part of the Novosibirsk region.
This is how the history of Kemerovo is briefly described until 1943, when Kuzbass again becomes an independent industrial region, the Kemerovo region is formed, the city receives the status of a regional center.
During the war years and after
It is clear that the inhabitants of Kemerovo in the terrible years, when the Great Patriotic War was going on, were in the deep rear. But they did not remain idle either - many important enterprises were evacuated here. Victory at the front was forged in the rear, including in this large Siberian city, the center of the region, which is an important supplier of metal and coal. Scientists claim that the capacity of Kuzbass doubled during the war. Many enterprises remained here after the end of hostilities.
In the 1950s, the reorganization of the Kuzbass economy began, transferring it to a peaceful track, while coal mining and ferrous metallurgy remained the dominant branch of the region's economy. Construction was carried out at an active pace, large funds were invested in the development of agriculture.
