Omutninsk
Омутнинск
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Omutninsk is located in Russia
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Omutninsk is located in Kirov Oblast
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Omutninsk
Omutninsk (Kirov Oblast)
Coordinates: 58°40′N 52°11′E / 58.667°N 52.183°E / 58.667; 52.183
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKirov Oblast[1]
Administrative districtOmutninsky District[1]
TownOmutninsk[1]
First mentioned1773
Town status since1921
Elevation
210 m (690 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total23,615
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
22,009 (−6.8%)
 • Capital ofOmutninsky District,[1] Town of Omutninsk[1]
 • Municipal districtOmutninsky Municipal District[4]
 • Urban settlementOmutninskoye Urban Settlement[4]
 • Capital ofOmutninsky Municipal District,[4] Omutninskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
612740–612744, 612749
OKTMO ID33628101001
Websiteomutninsk-adm.ru

Omutninsk (Russian: Омутни́нск) is a town and the administrative center of Omutninsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia. Population: 23,615 (2010 Census);[2] 26,065 (2002 Census);[7] 29,248 (1989 Census).[8]

History

It was first mentioned in 1773; town status was granted to it in 1921.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Omutninsk serves as the administrative center of Omutninsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with four rural localities, incorporated within Omutninsky District as the Town of Omutninsk.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Omutninsk is incorporated within Omutninsky Municipal District as Omutninskoye Urban Settlement.[4]

Research

The Institute of Applied Biochemistry is situated near Omutninsk. According to Dr. Ken Alibek, a biological warfare expert, it was (and possibly still is) a combined pesticide production facility and reserve biological weapons production plant that could be activated in time of war.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Law #203-ZO
  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 d e Law #284-ZO
  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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