Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Mezhdurechensk.
Mezhdurechensk (English)
Междуреченск (Russian)
-  City[1]  -

Mezhdurechensk, July 2006

Location of Kemerovo Oblast in Russia
Mezhdurechensk
Location of Mezhdurechensk in Kemerovo Oblast
Coordinates: 53°41′N 88°03′E / 53.683°N 88.050°E / 53.683; 88.050Coordinates: 53°41′N 88°03′E / 53.683°N 88.050°E / 53.683; 88.050
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Administrative status (as of June 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kemerovo Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to Mezhdurechensk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
Administrative center of Mezhdurechensky District,[1] Mezhdurechensk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
Municipal status (as of January 2012)
Urban okrug Mezhdurechensky Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Mezhdurechensky Urban Okrug[2]
Head Vadim Shamonin
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 101,678 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2010 159th
Time zone KRAT (UTC+07:00)[4]
Founded 1946
City status since 1955
Previous names Olzheras (until 1955)
Postal code(s)[5] 652870
Dialing code(s) +7 38475
Official website
Mezhdurechensk on Wikimedia Commons

Mezhdurechensk (Russian: Междуреченск; IPA: [mʲɪʐdʊˈrʲetɕɪnsk]) is a city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. Population: 101,678(2010 Census);[3] 101,987(2002 Census);[6] 107,014(1989 Census).[7]

History

It was established in 1946 and granted town status in 1955.

Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed near the city in 1994.

Victory Day celebrations were cancelled in the city after the nearby Raspadskaya mine explosion killed 91 people in 2010.[8]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mezhdurechensk serves as the administrative center of Mezhdurechensky District, even though is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Mezhdurechensk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with a status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the territories of Mezhdurechensk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction and of Mezhdurechensky District are incorporated as Mezhdurechensky Urban Okrug.[2]

Notable people

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Law #215-OZ
  2. 1 2 3 Law #104-OZ
  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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. Russian 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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. 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). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews.shtml?/20100510130321.shtml RBC Information Systems

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