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Kirovsk, Murmansk Oblast

Coordinates: 67°37′N 33°39′E / 67.617°N 33.650°E / 67.617; 33.650
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Kirovsk
Кировск
Town[1]
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Kirovsk is located in Russia
Kirovsk
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Kirovsk is located in Murmansk Oblast
Kirovsk
Kirovsk
Kirovsk (Murmansk Oblast)
Coordinates: 67°37′N 33°39′E / 67.617°N 33.650°E / 67.617; 33.650
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMurmansk Oblast[1]
Founded1929
Town status sinceOctober 30, 1931[2]
Elevation
380 m (1,250 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total
28,625
 • Subordinated toKirovsk Town with Jurisdictional Territory[1]
 • Capital ofKirovsk Town with Jurisdictional Territory[1]
 • Urban okrugKirovsk Urban Okrug[4]
 • Capital ofKirovsk Urban Okrug[4]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
184250
Dialing code(s)+7 81531
OKTMO ID47712000001
Websitekirovsk.ru
Central Kirovsk

Kirovsk (Russian: Ки́ровск), known as Khibinogorsk (Хибиного́рск) until 1934, is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located at the spurs of the Khibiny Mountains on the shores of the Lake Bolshoy Vudyavr, 175 kilometers (109 mi) south of Murmansk. Population: 28,625 (2010 Census).[3]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
193922,542—    
195939,047+73.2%
197038,484−1.4%
197940,521+5.3%
198943,526+7.4%
200231,593−27.4%
201028,625−9.4%
202124,857−13.2%
Population size may be affected by changes in administrative divisions.
Source: Censuses[7][8][9][10]

History

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A settlement which eventually became Kirovsk was founded in 1929, soon after an expedition led by Alexander Fersman had discovered large deposits of apatite and nepheline in the Khibiny Massif in the 1920s.[citation needed] By the end of 1930, its population grew to ten thousand people, and a mining and [11] chemical plant here was well under construction.[2] Due to the rapid growth, the Presidium of the Murmansk Okrug Executive Committee petitioned on January 18, 1931 to grant the settlement town status and to name it Khibinogorsk.[2] The petition was approved by the All-Russian Central Executive Committee Resolution on October 30, 1931 and the town was subordinated directly to the Murmansk Okrug Executive Committee.[2] On December 15, 1934, the town was renamed Kirovsk after recently assassinated Sergey Kirov,[12] who had been in charge of planning the development of the deposits.

On February 26, 1935, when new Kirovsky District was established on part of the territory of Kolsko-Loparsky District, Kirovsk was transferred to it and made its administrative center.[12] On May 6, 1954, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, Kirovsk was elevated in status to that of a town under oblast jurisdiction.[13] Kirovsky District was abolished, and its territory was subordinated to Kirovsk.[13]

By the September 20, 1965 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR Decree, the work settlement of Kovdor located on the territory under Kirovsk's jurisdiction was granted town under district jurisdiction status and subordinated to Kirovsk Town Soviet.[14] On January 6, 1966, the Murmansk Oblast Executive Committee petitioned to transform the work settlement of Molodyozhny located on the territory under Kirovsk's jurisdiction into a town under oblast jurisdiction called Khibinogorsk and on subordinating a part of the territory in Kirovsk's jurisdiction to it.[14] The petition was reviewed by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR, which, however, decreed on July 7, 1966 to merge the work settlements of Molodyozhny and Apatity into a town under oblast jurisdiction, which would retain the name Apatity.[14] Consequently, the Murmansk Oblast Executive Committee subordinated a part of the territory under Kirovsk's jurisdiction to the new town by the decision of October 13, 1966.[14]

Administrative and municipal status

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Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated as Kirovsk Town with Jurisdictional Territory—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, Kirovsk Town with Jurisdictional Territory is incorporated as Kirovsk Urban Okrug.[4]

Miscellaneous

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The northernmost botanical garden in Russia is located in Kirovsk.

Tourism

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Kirovsk is the northernmost mountained ski area in Europe. There are two major ski resorts in the town: Bigwood and Kukisvumchorr with nearly 50 km of slopes operating from November to June. The tourism industry is developing rapidly with new hotels and ski lifts opening every year.

International relations

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Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

Twin towns and sister cities

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Kirovsk is twinned with:

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Law #96-01-ZMO
  2. ^ a b c d Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, pp. 40–41
  3. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ^ a b c Law #533-01-ZMO
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Local post info http://www.russianpost.ru/PostOfficeFindInterface/FindOPSByPostOfficeID.aspx?index=184250
  7. ^ "(USSR) Urban population of the union republics, and their territorial units".
  8. ^ "Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года. Том. 1, таблица 4. Численность населения России, федеральных округов, субъектов Российской Федерации, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов - райцентров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более". Archived from the original on February 3, 2012.
  9. ^ "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Итоги по Красноярскому краю. 1.10 Численность населения гор.округов, мун.районов, гор. и сел. поселе". Archived from the original on December 22, 2015.
  10. ^ "Таблица 5. Численность населения России, федеральных округов, субъектов Российской Федерации, городских округов, муниципальных районов, муниципальных округов, городских и сельских поселений, городских населенных пунктов, сельских населенных пунктов с населением 3000 человек и более - Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2021 года". Archived from the original on September 1, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  11. ^ كأس مونديل العالم لكرة القدم الرجال كندا المكسيك الاو لاية المتحدة يونيو يوليو2026 العالم رياضةكرة القدم الحدث الرياضى االتارخى الميلاين والميلارة محبى الملعب ا لرياضى لكرة القدم العالم كأس موندايل العالمى الرياضية كرة القدم التصنيف القارة 6 للعالم 2026 كندا المكسيك الاولاية الم كأس مونديل العالم لكرة القدم Adbo Taer
  12. ^ a b Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, pp. 47–48
  13. ^ a b Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, pp. 54–55
  14. ^ a b c d Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, p. 57

Sources

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  • Мурманская областная Дума. Закон №96-01-ЗМО от 6 января 1998 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Мурманской области», в ред. Закона №1953-01-ЗМО от 24 декабря 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Мурманской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Мурманской области"». Опубликован: "Мурманский Вестник", №10, стр. 3, 16 января 1998 г. (Murmansk Oblast Duma. Law #96-01-ZMO of January 6, 1998 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Murmansk Oblast, as amended by the Law #1953-01-ZMO of December 24, 2015 On Amending the Law of Murmansk Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Murmansk Oblast". ).
  • Мурманская областная Дума. Закон №533-01-ЗМО от 2 декабря 2004 г. «О статусе муниципального образования город Кировск с подведомственной территорией», в ред. Закона №1601-01-ЗМО от 24 апреля 2013 г. «Об упразднении некоторых населённых пунктов Мурманской области и о внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Мурманской области». Вступил в силу 1 января 2005 г. Опубликован: "Мурманский Вестник", №234, стр. 3, 7 декабря 2004 г. (Murmansk Oblast Duma. Law #533-01-ZMO of December 2, 2004 On the Status of the Municipal Formation of the Town of Kirovsk with Jurisdictional Territory, as amended by the Law #1601-01-ZMO of April 24, 2013 On Abolishing Several Inhabited Localities of Murmansk Oblast and on Amending Various Legislative Acts of Murmansk Oblast. Effective as of January 1, 2005.).
  • Архивный отдел Администрации Мурманской области. Государственный Архив Мурманской области. (1995). Административно-территориальное деление Мурманской области (1920-1993 гг.). Справочник. Мурманск: Мурманское издательско-полиграфическое предприятие "Север".
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Kirovsk.
  • In the Botanical Garden
    In the Botanical Garden
  • A greenhouse in the Botanical Garden
    A greenhouse in the Botanical Garden
  • View of Kirovsk
    View of Kirovsk
  • View of Kirovsk from a cable car in winter
    View of Kirovsk from a cable car in winter
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