Kirowski (Primorye)

Urban-type settlement Kirowski Кировский Federal district far East region Primorye Rajon Kirowski head Stanislaw Losowskich Founded 1891 Earlier names Uspenka (1891-1939) Urban-type settlement since 1939 population 9057 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 120  m Time zone UTC + 10 Telephone code (+7) 42354 Post Code 692091 License Plate 25, 125 OKATO 05 212 551 Website www.primorsky-kgp.ru Geographical location Coordinates 45 ° 6 '  N , 133 ° 30'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 5 '30 "  N , 133 ° 30' 15"  E

Situation in Russia

Location in the Primorye region

Kirowski ( Russian Кировский ) is an urban-type settlement in the Primorye Territory in Russia with 9057 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is located about 250 km as the crow flies north-northeast of the regional administration center Vladivostok on the left bank of the Amur tributary Ussuri , about 30 km from the border with the People's Republic of China .

Kirowski is the administrative center of the Rajons Kirowski and seat of the municipality Kirowskoje gorodskoje posselenije, among which also the villages Archangelowka, Awdejewka, Jelenowka, Lugowoje, Olkhovka, Pavlo-Fjodorowka, Podgornoje, Preobraschenka, Rodnikowy, Schmakowka and Uwalnoje that within up to 20 km.

history

The place was founded by resettlers from the Chernigov and Poltava Governments in 1891, not far from the village of Romanovka, which had existed since 1866 and which later became part of it. At first it was named Uspenka after the Orthodox holiday Uspenije Bogomateri (Dormition of the Virgin).

On March 23, 1935, Uspenka became the center of a newly formed rajon , which was initially called Uspenski rajon . As early as April 17, 1935, it was renamed Kirowski rajon after the politician Sergei Kirow, who was murdered in 1934 . In October 1939, the place received the status of an urban-type settlement and its current name in adaptation to the Rajon name.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	744
1939	3,650
1959	6.147
1970	8,170
1979	8,611
1989	10,662
2002	9,698
2010	9,057

Note: census data

traffic

Kirowski is located on the federal highway A370 Ussuri (formerly M60), which leads from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok and is part of the transcontinental road link. 15 km west of Kirowski is the members of the community village Awdejewka the station Schmakowka the Trans-Siberian Railway (8975 km route from Moscow ). The section was opened in 1897 as the Ussuri Railway and has been electrified since 2002 . The station is named after the closest place Schmakowka when it opened, about 5 km away on the road towards Kirowski.

Web links

• Official website of the municipal administration (Russian)

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)