Kirovsk (Murmansk)

coat of arms
Federal district	Northwest Russia
Oblast	Murmansk
Urban district	Kirovsk
Founded	1929
City since	1931
surface	3450 km²
population	28,625 inhabitants ; (as of Oct. 14, 2010)
Population density	8.3 inhabitants / km²
Height of the center	380 m
Time zone	UTC + 3
Telephone code	(+7) 81531
Post Code	184255, 184256
License Plate	51
OKATO	47 412
Geographical location
Coordinates	67 ° 38 ' N , 33 ° 43' E Coordinates: 67 ° 38 '0 " N , 33 ° 43' 0" E
	Location in the western part of Russia
	Location in Murmansk Oblast
	List of cities in Russia

Kirovsk ( Russian Кировск ) is a city in Murmansk Oblast in Russia with 28,625 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010). The mining town is located about 175 km south of Murmansk on the southern edge of the Chibinen on Lake Bolshoi Vudjawr .

history

The place was founded in 1929 under the name Chibinogorsk ( Хибиногорск ) to mine apatite and nepheline deposits that had been discovered by an expedition led by Alexander Fersman . In 1931 the place received city rights and was renamed in 1934 in honor of the functionary Sergei Kirov , who had planned to build up the mining industry in Kirovsk and was murdered that year.

General view of the city from the east
City and Lake from the North (1989)
Greenhouse in the botanical garden from the outside - in April

Population development

year	Residents	comment
1939	31,492	thereof 8,950 workers' settlement Kukiswumtschorr (incorporated in 1958)
1959	39,047
1970	38,484
1979	40,521
1989	43,526
2002	31,593
2010	28,625

Note: census data

Attractions

One of the northernmost botanical gardens in the world is located in Kirovsk . The tourist significance of the region as a ski area and as a starting point for hikes is increasing.

Further educational institutions

Faculty of the Saint Petersburg State Mining Institute
Branch of the Kostroma State University

Town twinning

Finland Tornio , Finland
Norway Harstad , Norway
Sweden Gällivare , Sweden

sons and daughters of the town

Evgeni Prokopjewitsch Beljajew (1954–2003), cross-country skier
Wenedikt Wassiljewitsch Erofejew (1938–1990), writer
Anastassija Sergejewna Romanowa (* 1993), ski racer

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ ^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)

[einwohner_aktuell-1] 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)


Cities	Apatity ^S \| Gadschijewo ^G \| Kandalaksha ^R \| Kirovsk ^S \| Kola ^R \| Kowdor ^S \| Montchegorsk ^S \| Murmansk ^S \| Olenegorsk ^S \| Ostrownoi ^{S / G} \| Polyarny ^G \| Polyarnye Sori ^S \| Saozjorsk ^{S / G} \| Sapolyarny \| Severomorsk ^{S / G} \| Snezhnogorsk ^{S / G}
Urban-type settlements	Kildinstroi \| Molochny \| Murmaschi \| Nikel ^R \| Pechenga \| Rewda \| Safonowo ^G \| Zelenoborsky \| Tumanny \| Umba ^R \| Werkovulomsky \| Vysoki
Further administrative offices	Lowosero ^R \| Widjajewo ^{S / G}