Belogorsk
Белогорск
Town[1]
Center of the city during the May day (holiday)
Center of the city during the May day (holiday)
Flag of Belogorsk
Flag
Coat of arms of Belogorsk
Coat of arms
Location of Belogorsk
Map
Belogorsk is located in Russia
Belogorsk
Belogorsk
Location of Belogorsk
Belogorsk is located in Amur Oblast
Belogorsk
Belogorsk
Belogorsk (Amur Oblast)
Coordinates: 50°55′N 128°28′E / 50.917°N 128.467°E / 50.917; 128.467
CountryRussia
Federal subjectAmur Oblast[1]
Founded1860[2]
Town status since1926
Elevation
170 m (560 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total68,249
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
66,183 (−3%)
 • Rank229th in 2010
 • Subordinated toBelogorsk Urban Okrug[1]
 • Capital ofBelogorsk Urban Okrug,[1] Belogorsky District[1][5]
 • Urban okrugBelogorsk Urban Okrug[6]
 • Capital ofBelogorsk Urban Okrug,[6] Belogorsky Municipal District[5]
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 Edit this on Wikidata[7])
Postal code(s)[8]
676805, 676845, 676846, 676850, 676852–676856, 676859, 676860, 676862–676865, 676869
Dialing code(s)+7 41641
OKTMO ID10710000001
Websitewww.belogorck.ru

Belogorsk (Russian: Белого́рск) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located on the river Tom, a tributary of the Zeya. Population: 68,249 (2010 Census);[3] 67,422 (2002 Census);[9] 73,435 (1989 Census);[10] 53,000 (1969); 34,000 (1939).

The town was previously known as Alexandrovskoye (until 1926),[11] Alexandrovsk (until 1931),[11] Krasnopartizansk (until 1935),[11] Kuybyshevka Vostochnaya (until 1957).

History

The selo of Alexandrovskoye (Алекса́ндровское) was founded in 1860[2] by the settlers[11] from the European part of Russia. In 1893, the selo of Bochkaryovka (Бочкарёвка) appeared nearby.[11] The two localities grew with the construction of a station on the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1913, and by 1923 Alexandrovskoye and Bochkarevka merged and were transformed into Alexandrovsk (Алекса́ндровск). Town status was granted to Alexandrovsk in 1926.[11] In 1931, it was renamed Krasnopartizansk (Краснопартиза́нск), then, in 1935, Kuybyshevka-Vostochnaya (Ку́йбышевка-Восто́чная), to commemorate the Soviet statesman Valerian Kuybyshev.[11] In 1957, possibly to reduce the number of localities named after Kuybyshev, the town was given its present name.[11] While the literal meaning of the name is white mountains, the reasons for renaming are unclear, as the town stands on a plain with no "white mountains" anywhere in the vicinity.[11] It is possible, however, that the name was due to the whitish color of the quartz sands of the bluffs on the Tom River, or that it was allegorical, with the meaning of a white town.[11]

Geography

Climate

Belogorsk saw a record high temperature for Asian Russia at 42.3 °C (108.1 °F) on 25 June 2010. This record was beaten two days later in Ust-Karsk.[12]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Belogorsk serves as the administrative center of Belogorsky District,[5] even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the selo of Nizinnoye), incorporated separately as Belogorsk Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.[6]

Economy

Belogorsk is a center for food production, as well as construction products.

Military

The town is home to important military elements of the Eastern Military District, specifically the headquarters of the 35th Army and the 21st Guards Motor Rifle Division. Nearby is the Ukrainka air base, home to elements of Long Range Aviation.

Notable people

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Law #127-OZ
  2. ^ a b Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 43. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Law #419-OZ
  6. ^ a b c Law #423-OZ
  7. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  9. ^ 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).
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Pospelov, p. 25
  12. ^ Masters, Jeff (October 15, 2010). "Paula dying; Zambia records its hottest temperature in history". Weather Underground. Retrieved August 21, 2018.

Sources

External links

Administrative divisions of Amur Oblast
Authority control databases: Geographic
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