Mezhdurechensk
Междуреченск
City[1]
Mezhdurechensk, July 2006
Mezhdurechensk, July 2006
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Mezhdurechensk is located in Russia
Mezhdurechensk
Mezhdurechensk
Location of Mezhdurechensk
Mezhdurechensk is located in Kemerovo Oblast
Mezhdurechensk
Mezhdurechensk
Mezhdurechensk (Kemerovo Oblast)
Coordinates: 53°41′11″N 88°04′13″E / 53.68639°N 88.07028°E / 53.68639; 88.07028
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKemerovo Oblast[1]
Founded1948[2]
City status since1955[2]
Government
 • HeadVladimir Chernov
Elevation
240 m (790 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total101,678
 • Rank159th in 2010
 • Subordinated toMezhdurechensk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
 • Capital ofMezhdurechensky District,[1] Mezhdurechensk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
 • Urban okrugMezhdurechensky Urban Okrug[4]
 • Capital ofMezhdurechensky Urban Okrug[4]
Time zoneUTC+7 (MSK+4 Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
652870
Dialing code(s)+7 38475
OKTMO ID32725000001
Websitewww.mrech.ru

Mezhdurechensk (Russian: Междуреченск, IPA: [mʲɪʐdʊˈrʲetɕɪnsk]; Shor: Суғаразы-тура, Suƣarazь-tura) is a city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. Population: 101,678 (2010 Census);[3] 101,987 (2002 Census);[7] 107,014 (1989 Census).[8]

History

It was established in 1948 and granted town status in 1955.[2]

Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed near the city in 1994.[9]

Victory Day celebrations were cancelled in the city after the nearby Raspadskaya mine explosion killed 91 people in 2010.[10]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mezhdurechensk serves as the administrative center of Mezhdurechensky District, even though is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Mezhdurechensk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with a status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the territories of Mezhdurechensk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction and of Mezhdurechensky District are incorporated as Mezhdurechensky Urban Okrug.[4]

Notable people

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Law #215-OZ
  2. ^ a b c "General Information" (in Russian). Retrieved January 5, 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. ^ a b c Law #104-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. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Airbus A310 crashes in Russia". Flight International: 5. March 30 – April 5, 1994. Archived from the original on October 7, 2012.
  10. ^ http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews.shtml?/20100510130321.shtml Archived September 10, 2012, at archive.today RBC Information Systems

Sources

External links

Administrative divisions of Kemerovo Oblast
Authority control databases
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