Divnogorsk
Дивногорск
Town[1]
The Yenisei River as seen from the Divnogorsk town pier
The Yenisei River as seen from the Divnogorsk town pier
Flag of Divnogorsk
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Coat of arms of Divnogorsk
Coat of arms
Location of Divnogorsk
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Divnogorsk is located in Russia
Divnogorsk
Divnogorsk
Location of Divnogorsk
Divnogorsk is located in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Divnogorsk
Divnogorsk
Divnogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai)
Coordinates: 55°57′34″N 92°21′43″E / 55.95944°N 92.36194°E / 55.95944; 92.36194
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKrasnoyarsk Krai[1]
Founded1957[2]
Town status since1963[2]
Elevation
260 m (850 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total28,272
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
29,246 (+3.4%)
 • Subordinated tokrai town of Divnogorsk[1]
 • Capital ofkrai town of Divnogorsk[1]
 • Urban okrugDivnogorsk Urban Okrug[5]
 • Capital ofDivnogorsk Urban Okrug[5]
Time zoneUTC+7 (MSK+4 Edit this on Wikidata[6])
Postal code(s)[7]
663090, 663091, 663093, 663094
OKTMO ID04709000001
Websitewww.divnogorsk-adm.ru

Divnogorsk (Russian: Дивногорск, IPA: [dʲɪvnɐˈɡorsk]) is a town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River, 40 kilometers (25 mi) southeast of Krasnoyarsk, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 28,272 (2010 Census);[3] 30,137 (2002 Census);[8] 29,963 (1989 Census).[9]

History

Paleolithic remains, which was discovered on the western outskirts of the town, indicates that this land was inhabited by more than ten thousand years ago.

Where the town stands was the village Ovsyanka (Russian: с. Овсянка), founded in 1671.

In 1888 on the site of modern Divnogorsk celibate priest Filaret was founded Krasnoyarsk Znamensky obschezhitsky men's Skeet (closed in 1920); whose construction was begun on August 19 of that year. Over time, the monastery became a village Skeet. The monastery acted brick, smologonny, a candle factory, a variety of workshops. Skeet was the first above Krasnoyarsk pier for ships to stick to the sandy shore just below Filaretova stream. From the monastery buildings remained only a wooden two-storey house has been converted from an old church (now art studios are located here). In early 1920, monastery was closed and turned into a children's home, in 1921 transformed into a children's labor town number 2 for orphans. In 1930 in the village disbanded orphanage and experimental forestry and subsistence farming Krasnoyarsk Forestry College. At this time there were about a dozen families. Town status was granted to it in 1963.[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with seven rural localities, incorporated as the krai town of Divnogorsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the krai town of Divnogorsk is incorporated as Divnogorsk Urban Okrug.[5]

Economy

Town's main industrial facility is the Krasnoyarsk Dam on the Yenisei River.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #10-4765
  2. ^ a b c "General Information" (in Russian). Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  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 #13-2928
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in 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).
  9. ^ 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.

Sources

External links

Administrative divisions of Krasnoyarsk Krai
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