Kirovsk (Leningrad)

city Kirovsk Кировск flag coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Leningrad Rajon Kirovsk mayor Vadim Nekrasov Founded 1929 City since 1953 surface 85  km² population 25,650 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 302 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 20  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81362 Post Code 187340-187344 License Plate 47 OKATO 41 428 Website www.kirovsklenobl.ru Geographical location Coordinates 59 ° 52 ′  N , 30 ° 59 ′  E Coordinates: 59 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  N , 30 ° 59 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Leningrad Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Kirovsk ( Russian Кировск ) is a city in Leningrad Oblast in Russia .

Kirovsk is located 33 km east of Saint Petersburg and 7 km southwest of Lake Ladoga on the Neva . The nearest town is nine kilometers away Schlüsselburg . There are 25,650 inhabitants in Kirovsk (as of October 14, 2010). The city is the administrative center of the Rajons Kirovsk.

history

Kirov Monument in Kirovsk

The place was founded on the left bank of the Neva in 1929. The reason for the establishment was the expansion of the power plants, which was driven forward in the early Soviet period , in order to ensure the power supply of large cities. A new thermal power station for the electrification of Leningrad was built near today's Kirovsk on the initiative of the statesman Sergei Kirov . Originally the associated settlement was called Newdubstroi ( Невдубстрой ). The power plant was commissioned in 1933.

During the Second World War , a few kilometers from the settlement in January 1943, fierce fighting broke out between the Wehrmacht and the Soviet Army , which was part of the operation to break the long- standing Leningrad blockade . A museum complex on the former battlefield near the city has been commemorating these events since 1985.

In 1953, the settlement in what was then Mga Raion of Leningrad Oblast was given city status and its current name in honor of Sergei Kirov, whose name the thermal power station had been bearing since 1934. In 1977 Kirovsk became the administrative center of the Raion of the same name.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	8,364
1959	11,059
1970	12,043
1979	16,985
1989	23,655
2002	24,361
2010	25,650

Note: census data

Economy and Transport

In addition to the thermal power station ( GRES ), there are several industrial plants in Kirovsk, including a shipbuilding plant and a reinforced concrete plant. A new industrial area is also under construction in the city.

Kirovsk is the starting point of the A120 motorway , which branches off the M18 highway (St. Petersburg - Murmansk ) near the city and leads to the Baltic Sea at Bolshaya Ischora. The city also has a train station that bears its historical name (Newdubstroi).

See also

• List of cities in Leningrad Oblast

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ dp.ru, May 27, 2008  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

Commons : Kirovsk  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Kirovsk Official Website (Russian)
• Kirovsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)