Pokrovsk, Sakha Republic
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Pokrovsk (Russian: Покро́вск) is a town in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located 78 kilometers (48 mi) south-west of Yakutsk on the Lena River. Population: 10,092 (2002 Census);[1] 9,283 (1989 Census).[2]
Founded by the Cossacks in 1682 as Karaulny Mys (Карау́льный Мыс), it later became a village (selo) of Pokrovskoye (Покро́вское). It was granted urban-type settlement status and renamed Pokrovsk in 1941, and it was granted town status in 1998.
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- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000) (Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.) (Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics (1989). Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
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