Sosnogorsk
Сосногорск
Town[1]
Other transcription(s)
 • KomiСӧснагорт
Sosnogorsk railway station
Sosnogorsk railway station
Flag of Sosnogorsk
Flag
Coat of arms of Sosnogorsk
Coat of arms
Location of Sosnogorsk
Map
Sosnogorsk is located in Russia
Sosnogorsk
Sosnogorsk
Location of Sosnogorsk
Sosnogorsk is located in Komi Republic
Sosnogorsk
Sosnogorsk
Sosnogorsk (Komi Republic)
Coordinates: 63°36′N 53°54′E / 63.600°N 53.900°E / 63.600; 53.900
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKomi Republic[1]
Founded1939
Government
 • HeadNatalya Kupetskova
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total27,757
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
26,388 (−4.9%)
 • Subordinated totown of republic significance of Sosnogorsk[1]
 • Capital oftown of republic significance of Sosnogorsk[1]
 • Municipal districtSosnogorsk Municipal District[4]
 • Urban settlementSosnogorsk Urban Settlement[4]
 • Capital ofSosnogorsk Municipal District,[4] Sosnogorsk Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
169500–169502, 169509
Dialing code(s)+7 82149
OKTMO ID87626122001
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20090604053058/http://www.sosnogorsk.org/

Sosnogorsk (Russian: Сосного́рск; Komi: Сӧснагорт, Sösnagort) is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located on the Izhma River. Population: 27,757 (2010 Census);[2] 29,587 (2002 Census);[7] 30,439 (1989 Census).[8]

History

The settlement was first established in 1939 as a railway station. It was known as Izhma (Ижма) until 1957.[citation needed] During the Soviet era, a corrective labor camp was located here. Gas giant Gazprom has a natural-gas condensate factory in the town.[9]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the town of Sosnogorsk is, together with two urban-type settlement administrative territories (comprising the urban-type settlements of Voyvozh and Nizhny Odes and three rural localities) and thirteen rural localities, incorporated as the town of republic significance of Sosnogorsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Sosnogorsk is incorporated as Sosnogorsk Municipal District; the town of Sosnogorsk and thirteen rural localities are incorporated within it as Sosnogorsk Urban Settlement.[4] The two urban-type settlement administrative territories are incorporated into two urban settlements within the municipal district.[4]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #16-RZ
  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 f Law #11-RZ
  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. ^ "עסקת הגז בין רוסיה לפינלנד - והשוחד הישראלי שלא הועבר לגזפרום"

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