Novoaltaysk
Новоалтайск
Town[1]
Coat of arms of Novoaltaysk
Coat of arms
Location of Novoaltaysk
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Novoaltaysk is located in Russia
Novoaltaysk
Novoaltaysk
Location of Novoaltaysk
Novoaltaysk is located in Altai Krai
Novoaltaysk
Novoaltaysk
Novoaltaysk (Altai Krai)
Coordinates: 53°23′N 83°56′E / 53.383°N 83.933°E / 53.383; 83.933
CountryRussia
Federal subjectAltai Krai[1]
Founded1736
Town status since1942
Government
 • HeadSergey Mukhortov
Area
 • Total72.2 km2 (27.9 sq mi)
Elevation
140 m (460 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total70,437
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
73,439 (+4.3%)
 • Rank225th in 2010
 • Density980/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
 • Subordinated totown of krai significance of Novoaltaysk[1]
 • Capital oftown of krai significance of Novoaltaysk,[1] Pervomaysky District[1]
 • Urban okrugNovoaltaysk Urban Okrug[4]
 • Capital ofNovoaltaysk Urban Okrug,[4] Pervomaysky Municipal District[4]
Time zoneUTC+7 (MSK+4 Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
658080–658084, 658087, 658089–658091, 658095, 658099
Dialing code(s)+7 38532
OKTMO ID01713000001
Websitewww.novoaltaysk.ru

Novoaltaysk (Russian: Новоалта́йск) is a town in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Ob River, in the lower reaches of its right tributary the Chesnokovka, 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) across from Barnaul, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 70,437 (2010 Census);[2] 60,015 (2002 Census);[7] 53,642 (1989 Census);[8] 51,000 (1974); 9,000 (1939).

History

It was founded in 1736 as the village of Chesnokovka (Чесноковка).[citation needed] In 1934, a sawmill was built. In 1941, during the Great Patriotic War, Dniprodzerzhynsk Carriage Works was evacuated here from Dniprodzerzhynsk, on the Eastern Front in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1942, Chesnokovka was granted town status and in 1962 it was given its present name.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Novoaltaysk serves as the administrative center of Pervomaysky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of krai significance of Novoaltaysk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of krai significance of Novoaltaysk is incorporated as Novoaltaysk Urban Okrug.[4]

Transportation

Novoaltaysk is a major transportation hub and home to one of the ten largest railway station units in Russia.[citation needed] The town is located at the intersection of railways and highways of federal importance.

Notable people

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Law #28-ZS
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d Law #143-ZS
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ^ 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).
  8. ^ 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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