Votkinsk

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Coordinates: 57°3′N 53°58′E / 57.05, 53.967

Votkinsk (Russian: Во́ткинск; Udmurt: Вотка) is an industrial town in the Republic of Udmurtia, Russia, located about 1,000 kilometers (621 mi) ENE of Moscow. Population: 99,441 (2002 Census);[1] 103,509 (1989 Census).[2] It was the birthplace (1840) and early residence of the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

The Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology operates a machine plant here, the Votkinsk Machine Building Plant, which produces some of Russia's long-range ballistic missiles. Under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty INF concluded between the United States and the Soviet Union, the missile production facility at Votkinsk was selected for long-term on-site monitoring by U.S. inspectors. The corresponding site for the USSR in the United States was the Hercules missile production facility in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Votkinsk was the birthplace of the composer Tchaikovsky, in 1840.

Votkinsk has a sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International, Inc. (SCI):

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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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