Lesnoy
Лесной
Town[1]
House of Culture in Lesnoy
House of Culture in Lesnoy
Flag of Lesnoy
Flag
Coat of arms of Lesnoy
Coat of arms
Location of Lesnoy
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Lesnoy is located in Russia
Lesnoy
Lesnoy
Location of Lesnoy
Lesnoy is located in Sverdlovsk Oblast
Lesnoy
Lesnoy
Lesnoy (Sverdlovsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 58°38′N 59°47′E / 58.633°N 59.783°E / 58.633; 59.783
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSverdlovsk Oblast[1]
Founded1947
Government
 • MayorSergey Cherepanov
Elevation
200 m (700 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total50,363
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
49,056 (−2.6%)
 • Rank316th in 2010
 • Subordinated toclosed administrative-territorial formation of Lesnoy[1]
 • Capital ofclosed administrative-territorial formation of Lesnoy
 • Urban okrugLesnoy Urban Okrug[4]
 • Capital ofLesnoy Urban Okrug[4]
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
624200
Dialing code(s)+7 34342
OKTMO ID65749000001

Lesnoy (Russian: Лесно́й) is a closed town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located 254 kilometers (158 mi) north of Yekaterinburg on the banks of the Tura River. Population: 50,363 (2010 Census);[2] 53,195 (2002 Census).[7]

History

It was founded in 1947 when Plant 418 was constructed to produce highly enriched uranium (HEU) for the production of nuclear weapons.[citation needed] Nuclear weapons were also assembled there. In 1954, it became the closed town of Sverdlovsk-45 to support production of nuclear weapons.[8]

Sverdlovsk-45 remained secret until President Boris Yeltsin decreed in 1992 that such places could use their historical names; the town had not appeared on official maps until then.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with one work settlement and three rural localities, incorporated as the closed administrative-territorial formation of Lesnoy[1]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[9] As a municipal division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Lesnoy is incorporated as Lesnoy Urban Okrug.[4]

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 65 542», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 65 542, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  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 Law #85-OZ
  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. ^ Making the Russian Bomb: From Stalin to Yeltsin, Cochran, Thomas et al., Westview Press, 1995.
  9. ^ Law #30-OZ

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