Kirowske (Kirowske)

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Kirovsky
Кіровське
	Kirovsky
Basic data
Oblast :	Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Rajon :	Kirovsky district
Height :	23 m
Area :	5.99 km²
Residents :	7,024 (01/01/2012)
Population density :	1,173 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	97300
Area code :	+380 6555
Geographic location :	45 ° 13 '  N , 35 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 13 '25 "  N , 35 ° 12' 19"  E
KOATUU :	121655100
Administrative structure :	1 urban-type settlement
Mayor :	Olexandr Jewsjejew
Address:	вул. Р. Люксембург 28 97300 смт. Кіровське
Statistical information
Kirovsky

Kirovske (Ukrainian Кіровське - Ukrainian officially since May 12, 2016 Isljam-Terek / Іслям-Терек; Russian Кировское / Kirowskoje , Crimean Tatar Islam Terek ) is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of the same name Rajons east of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , Ukraine with about 7,000 inhabitants.

geography

Kirovsk is in the east of the Crimea, the distance to Simferopol , the western capital of the Crimea, is 102 km.

history

The first mention of Islam-Direk , later Isljam-Terek (Ukrainian Іслям-Терек ), the name of the village at that time, comes from the year 1783. In the 1840s, a settlement was founded by German colonists on the local area, this became Neudorf called.

See also : Crimean Germans

Since 1892 the place has had a railway station on the Kherson – Kerch railway line , in 1935 it became the center of the Rajon and since 1957 the place has had the status of an urban-type settlement.

After the occupation by German troops in 1941 during the Second World War , the place was recaptured in 1944 and the name was renamed Kirovskoye in the course of Russification efforts in honor of the Soviet functionary Sergei Kirov .

The Ukrainian Falcons , the aerobatic team of the Ukrainian Armed Forces , were stationed at the airfield south of the village ( Lage ) from 1995 to 2014 .

Population development

1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2013
5,497	5,630	6,708	7,627	7,465	7.118

Source: 1959–1989; 2001-2013

Web links

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

• History of Towns and Villages / Kirovsk (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Верховна Рада України; Постанова від May 12th, 2016 № 1352-VIII Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів Автононів Автоноіксв Автатанолскрем перейменуваної респатуб
2. ↑ Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org
3. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Population figures on World Gazetteer