Kimovsk

Kimovsk (Russian: Ки́мовск) is a town and the administrative center of Kimovsky District of Tula Oblast, Russia, located at the watershed of the Don and Volga Rivers 77 kilometers (48 mi) southeast of Tula. Population: 28,493 (2010 Census preliminary results);[1] 33,169 (2002 Census);[2] 38,294 (1989 Census).[3]

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History

Kimovsk was founded during the Great Patriotic War in connection with intensive coal exploitation at the Moscow Coal Basin. The Soviets built numerous mines on the lands of a kolkhoz called Young Communist International (Коммунистический интернационал молодёжи, abbreviated as "КИМ", or KIM; hence the name "Kimovsk") and habitat for miners in a settlement of Mikhaylovka (Миха́йловка). In 1948, Mikhaylovka was renamed Kimovsk and granted town status in 1952.

Transport

Bus station and railway station share a building. Bus routes originating from Kimovsk include Moscow, Tula, Ryazan, Novomoskovsk, Uzlovaya, and other places.

Points of interest

References

  1. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved 2011-04-25. 
  2. ^ 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)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
  3. ^ "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.)" (in 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. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 

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Cities and towns in Tula Oblast
Administrative center: Tula
Aleksin · Belyov · Bogoroditsk · Bolokhovo · Chekalin · Donskoy · Kimovsk · Kireyevsk · Lipki · Novomoskovsk · Plavsk · Shchyokino · Sokolniki · Sovetsk · Suvorov · Uzlovaya · Venyov · Yasnogorsk · Yefremov