Rubtsovsk

Rubtsovsk (English)
Рубцовск (Russian)
-  City[1]  -

Lenina Avenue in Rubtsovsk

Location of Altai Krai in Russia
Rubtsovsk
Location of Rubtsovsk in Altai Krai
Coordinates: 51°31′N 81°12′E / 51.517°N 81.200°E / 51.517; 81.200Coordinates: 51°31′N 81°12′E / 51.517°N 81.200°E / 51.517; 81.200
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of October 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Altai Krai[1]
Administratively subordinated to city of krai significance of Rubtsovsk[1]
Administrative center of city of krai significance of Rubtsovsk,[1] Rubtsovsky District[1]
Municipal status (as of October 2008)
Urban okrug Rubtsovsk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Rubtsovsk Urban Okrug,[2] Rubtsovsky Municipal District[3]
Head[4] Vladimir Larionov[4]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 147,002 inhabitants[5]
- Rank in 2010 116th
Time zone KRAT (UTC+07:00)[6]
Founded 1892
Postal code(s)[7] 658200
Dialing code(s) +7 38557
Rubtsovsk on Wikimedia Commons

Rubtsovsk (Russian: Рубцо́вск) is a city in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the Aley River (Ob's tributary) 281 kilometers (175 mi) southwest of Barnaul. Population: 147,002(2010 Census);[5] 163,063(2002 Census);[8] 171,792(1989 Census);[9] 167,000 (1975); 111,000 (1959); 38,000 (1939).

History

It was founded in 1892.

A number of anti-Semitic incidents took place in the city in 1945.[10]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Rubtsovsk serves as the administrative center of Rubtsovsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the city of krai significance of Rubtsovsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the city of krai significance of Rubtsovsk is incorporated as Rubtsovsk Urban Okrug.[2]

Transportation

The Rubtsovsk Airport is a derelict airfield which is used most commonly by local youth for drag racing.

Climate

Notable people

Cultural references

Novelist Esther Hautzig recounts her experiences in Rubtsovsk during World War II in The Endless Steppe.

Twin towns and sister cities

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Law #28-ZS
  2. 1 2 3 Law #83-ZS
  3. Law #35-ZS
  4. 1 2 Official website of Rubtsovsk
  5. 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.
  6. 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.).
  7. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. War, Holocaust and Stalinism: a ... - Google Książki. Books.google.pl. Retrieved 2010-04-08.

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