Kimovsk

Kimovsk
Кимовск
Town
Market in Kimovsk, 2005
Market in Kimovsk, 2005
Flag of Kimovsk
Flag
Coat of arms of Kimovsk
Coat of arms
Interactive map of Kimovsk
Kimovsk is located in Russia
Kimovsk
Kimovsk
Location of Kimovsk
Kimovsk is located in Tula Oblast
Kimovsk
Kimovsk
Kimovsk (Tula Oblast)
Coordinates: 53°58′N 38°32′E / 53.967°N 38.533°E / 53.967; 38.533
CountryRussia
Federal subjectTula Oblast
Administrative districtKimovsky District
Town under district jurisdictionSelsovietKimovsk
Known since17th century
Town status since1952
Elevation
210 m (690 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)
 • Total
28,485
 • Estimate 
(2021)
26,475 (−7.1%)
 • Capital ofKimovsky District, Kimovsk Town Under District Jurisdiction
 • Municipal districtKimovsky Municipal District
 • Urban settlementKimovsk Urban Settlement
 • Capital ofKimovsky Municipal District, Kimovsk Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata)
Postal code
301720–301723
Dialing code+7 48735
OKTMO ID70626101001

Kimovsk (Russian: Ки́мовск) is a town and the administrative center of Kimovsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located at the watershed of the Don and Volga Rivers, 77 kilometers (48 mi) southeast of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 28,485 (2010 census); 33,169 (2002 census); 38,294 (1989 Soviet census).

History

The village of Mikhaylovka (Михайловка) has been known since the 17th century.[citation needed] It developed during the Great Patriotic War of 1941 to 1945 in connection with intensive coal exploitation at the Moscow Coal Basin. The Soviets built numerous mines on the lands of a kolkhoz called Young Communist International (Russian: Коммунистический интернационал молодёжи, abbreviated as Russian: КИМ, or KIM) and a habitat for miners. It was granted work-settlement status and given its present name in 1948; town status was granted to it in 1952.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kimovsk serves as the administrative center of Kimovsky District. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Kimovsky District as Kimovsk Town Under District Jurisdiction. As a municipal division, Kimovsk Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Kimovsky Municipal District as Kimovsk Urban Settlement.

Transportation

Bus station and railway station share a building. Bus routes originating from Kimovsk include Moscow, Tula, Ryazan, Novomoskovsk, Uzlovaya, and other destinations.

Culture

There is a museum of local lore in Kimovsk. The Memorial of the Great Patriotic War is located on the outskirts of Karachevsky forest.

References

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #954-ZTO
  2. 1 2 Law #954-ZTO defines a town under district jurisdiction as a town which is a part of one of the districts of the oblast. OKATO lists the town of Kimovsk as a part of Kimovsky District and separately from other administrative divisions of the district.
  3. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ↑ Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 70 226 501», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 70 226 501, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  5. 1 2 3 4 Law #547-ZTO
  6. ↑ Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 70 626 101». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 70 626 101. ).
  7. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  9. ↑ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  10. ↑ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

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