Kirovsky (Astrakhan)

Urban-type settlement Kirowski Кировский Federal district Southern Russia Oblast Astrakhan Rajon Kamysjak Earlier names Nikitinsky promysly (until 1934) Urban-type settlement since 1938 population 2249 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 24  m below sea level Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 85145 Post Code 416323 License Plate 30th OKATO 12 225 562 Geographical location Coordinates 45 ° 51 '  N , 48 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 51 '0 "  N , 48 ° 7' 15"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Astrakhan Oblast

Kirowski ( Russian Ки́ровский ) is an urban-type settlement in Astrakhan Oblast ( Russia ) with 2249 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located in the Caspian Depression , in the Volga Delta a good 50 km south of the Astrakhan Oblast Administrative Center , on the left bank of the Nikitinsky Bank of the Volga arm.

Kirowski belongs to the Kamysjak Rajon and is about 30 km south of the Kamysjak administrative center.

history

The place was initially called Nikitinskije promysli, after the arm of the Volga flowing there; promysly , something like 'fishing companies', referred to the local fishing industry. In 1934 it was named after the murdered politician Sergei Kirov and in 1938 received urban-type settlement status.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	2208
1959	2880
1970	2813
1979	2652
1989	2446
2002	2259
2010	2249

Note: census data

Economy and Infrastructure

The main industry is fishing and processing. Kirovsky is the end point of a road coming from Astrakhan, which initially leads as regional road R214 to the district center of Kamysjak and continues on the left bank of the Volga arms of Kamysjak, Artelnaya and Nikitsky Bank.

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. ↑ Article Kirowski in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D061436~2a%3DKirowski~2b%3DKirowski