Korkino
Коркино
Town[1]
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Korkino is located in Russia
Korkino
Korkino
Location of Korkino
Korkino is located in Chelyabinsk Oblast
Korkino
Korkino
Korkino (Chelyabinsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 54°54′N 61°25′E / 54.900°N 61.417°E / 54.900; 61.417
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChelyabinsk Oblast[1]
Administrative districtKorkinsky District[1]
TownKorkino[1]
Foundedsecond half of
the 18th century
Town status sinceOctober 2, 1942
Elevation
243 m (797 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total38,597
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
34,672 (−10.2%)
 • Capital ofKorkinsky District,[1] Town of Korkino[1]
 • Municipal districtKorkinsky Municipal District[1]
 • Urban settlementKorkinskoye Urban Settlement[1]
 • Capital ofKorkinsky Municipal District,[1] Korkinskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
456550, 456551, 456554, 456555, 456559
OKTMO ID75633101001
Websitewww.korkino74.ru

Korkino (Russian: Ко́ркино) is a town and the administrative center of Korkinsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern slope of the Southern Ural Mountains, 42 kilometers (26 mi) south of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 38,597 (2010 Census);[2] 41,501 (2002 Census);[7] 45,198 (1989 Census).[8]

History

It was founded as a village of the same name in the second half of the 18th century.[citation needed] It was granted town status on October 2, 1942.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Korkino serves as the administrative center of Korkinsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Korkinsky District as the Town of Korkino.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Korkino is incorporated within Korkinsky Municipal District as Korkinskoye Urban Settlement.[1]

Economy

Korkino is an important coal-mining center.

Notable people

Mountain climber Anatoli Boukreev was born here in 1958. Professional hockey player Artemi Panarin was raised by his grandparents in Korkino from 1992 onward. He currently plays for the New York Rangers.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Resolution #161
  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. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 75 633 101». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 75 633 101. ).
  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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