Alapayevsk

Alapayevsk
Алапаевск
Town
Holy Trinity Cathedral, July 2014
Holy Trinity Cathedral, July 2014
Flag of Alapayevsk
Flag
Coat of arms of Alapayevsk
Coat of arms
Location of Alapayevsk
Alapayevsk is located in Russia
Alapayevsk
Alapayevsk
Location of Alapayevsk
Alapayevsk is located in Sverdlovsk Oblast
Alapayevsk
Alapayevsk
Alapayevsk (Sverdlovsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 57°51′N 61°42′E / 57.850°N 61.700°E / 57.850; 61.700
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSverdlovsk Oblast
First Mentioned1639
Town status since1781
Area
 • Total25 km2 (10 sq mi)
Elevation
135 m (443 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)
 • Total38,192
 • Density1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
 • Subordinated toTown of Alapayevsk
 • Capital ofTown of Alapayevsk
 • Urban okrugAlapayevsk Urban Okrug
 • Capital ofAlapayevsk Urban Okrug
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata)
Postal code(s)
624600 — 624619
Dialing code(s)+7 34346
OKTMO ID65728000001

Alapayevsk (Russian: Алапа́евск) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. It is at the confluence of the Neyva and Alapaikha rivers. Population: 38,192 (2010 Census); 44,263 (2002 census); 50,060 (1989 census).

History

The town was founded in 1781.

Murder of Russian Imperial family members

On July 18, 1918, the day after the shooting of the last tsar Nicholas II and his family, other members of the Romanov family were thrown down a mineshaft near Alapayevsk by the Bolsheviks.

References

  1. 1 2 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. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Народная энциклопедия «Мой Город»
  4. ↑ 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]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. May 21, 2004. Retrieved 9 Feb 2012.
  5. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). 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). Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. Retrieved 9 Feb 2012.

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