Kropotkin
Кропоткин | |
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Coordinates: 45°26′N 40°34′E / 45.433°N 40.567°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Krasnodar Krai[1] |
Founded | late 18th century |
Town status since | 1921[2] |
Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 80,765 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 78,631 (−2.6%) |
• Rank | 205th in 2010 |
• Subordinated to | Town of Kropotkin[1] |
• Capital of | Town of Kropotkin,[1] Kavkazsky District[1] |
• Municipal district | Kavkazsky Municipal District[5] |
• Urban settlement | Kropotkinskoye Urban Settlement[5] |
• Capital of | Kavkazsky Municipal District,[5] Kropotkinskoye Urban Settlement[5] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
Postal code(s)[7] | |
OKTMO ID | 03618101001 |
Website | www |
Kropotkin (Russian: Кропо́ткин) is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kuban River.
It was founded as Romanovsky Khutor in the late 18th century, and was renamed Kropotkin in honor of the outstanding natural scientist, geographer and revolutionary anarchist Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin in 4 February 1921, when it was granted town status.[2] Population: 80,765 (2010 Census);[3] 79,185 (2002 Census);[8] 75,929 (1989 Census);[9] 70,000 (1972); 42,000 (1939); 27,000 (1926).
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the Town of Kropotkin—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Kropotkin is incorporated within Kavkazsky Municipal District as Kropotkinskoye Urban Settlement.[5]
The town's railway station is named Kavkazskaya.