Elektrogorsk
Электрогорск
Town[1]
Elektrogorsk Train Station in Elektrogorsk
Elektrogorsk Train Station in Elektrogorsk
Flag of Elektrogorsk
Flag
Coat of arms of Elektrogorsk
Coat of arms
Location of Elektrogorsk
Map
Elektrogorsk is located in Russia
Elektrogorsk
Elektrogorsk
Location of Elektrogorsk
Elektrogorsk is located in Moscow Oblast
Elektrogorsk
Elektrogorsk
Elektrogorsk (Moscow Oblast)
Coordinates: 55°53′N 38°48′E / 55.883°N 38.800°E / 55.883; 38.800
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMoscow Oblast[1]
Founded1912
Town status since1946
Elevation
133 m (436 ft)
Population
 • Estimate 
(2018)[2]
22,950
 • Subordinated toElektrogorsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
 • Capital ofElektrogorsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
 • Urban okrugElektrogorsk Urban Okrug[3]
 • Capital ofElektrogorsk Urban Okrug[3]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5]
142530Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID46791000001

Elektrogorsk (Russian: Электрого́рск) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 75 kilometers (47 mi) east from Moscow. Population: 20,353 (2002 Census);[7] 18,391 (1989 Census).[8]

History

Elektrogorsk was founded in 1912 due to the construction of the first big peat-fired thermal power station in Russia, which would be called Elektroperedacha ("Электропередача", lit. "electric power transmission").[citation needed] The settlement was named after the power station. In 1946, it was granted town status and renamed Elektrogorsk.[citation needed] It has a highly variable climate ranging from −30 °C (−22 °F) in the winter up to 25 °C (77 °F) in the summer.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the administrative divisions framework, it is incorporated as Elektrogorsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, Elektrogorsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Elektrogorsk Urban Okrug.[3]

Notable people

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #11/2013-OZ
  2. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Law #131/2004-OZ
  4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  6. ^ 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.
  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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