Prokopyevsk
Прокопьевск
City[1]
Artyom Palace of Culture
Artyom Palace of Culture
Flag of Prokopyevsk
Flag
Coat of arms of Prokopyevsk
Coat of arms
Location of Prokopyevsk
Map
Prokopyevsk is located in Russia
Prokopyevsk
Prokopyevsk
Location of Prokopyevsk
Prokopyevsk is located in Kemerovo Oblast
Prokopyevsk
Prokopyevsk
Prokopyevsk (Kemerovo Oblast)
Coordinates: 53°53′N 86°43′E / 53.883°N 86.717°E / 53.883; 86.717
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKemerovo Oblast[1]
Founded1918
City status since1931[2]
Government
 • HeadMaksim Shkarabeynikov
Elevation
280 m (920 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total210,130
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
194,084 (−7.6%)
 • Rank88th in 2010
 • Subordinated toProkopyevsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
 • Capital ofProkopyevsky District,[1] Prokopyevsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
 • Urban okrugProkopyevsky Urban Okrug[5]
 • Capital ofProkopyevsky Urban Okrug,[5] Prokopyevsky Municipal District[5]
Time zoneUTC+7 (MSK+4 Edit this on Wikidata[6])
Postal code(s)[7]
653000
Dialing code(s)+7 3846
OKTMO ID32737000001
Websitepearlkuz.ru

Prokopyevsk (Russian: Прокопьевск, IPA: [prɐˈkopʲjɪfsk]) is a city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. Population: 210,130 (2010 Census);[3] 224,597 (2002 Census);[8] 273,838 (1989 Census).[9]

History

It was founded in 1918 as the settlement of Prokopyevsky (Проко́пьевский) from the existing villages of Monastyrskoye and Prokopyevskoye, and was granted town status and renamed in 1931.[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Town center

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Prokopyevsk serves as the administrative center of Prokopyevsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Prokopyevsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, Prokopyevsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Prokopyevsky Urban Okrug.[5]

Economy

Prokopyevsk is one of the main centers of the extraction of coking coal in the Kuznetsk Basin (Kuzbass).

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Law #215-OZ
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d Law #104-OZ
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  8. ^ 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).
  9. ^ 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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