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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Murmansk Oblast |
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| Urban okrug | Kirovsk Urban Okrug |
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| Population (2010 Census, preliminary) |
28,639 inhabitants[1] |
| Population (2002 Census) | 31,593 inhabitants[2] |
| Time zone | MSD (UTC+04:00)[3] |
| Founded | 1929 |
| Town status since | October 30, 1931[4] |
| Previous names | Khibinogorsk (until December 15, 1934)[4] |
| Postal code(s) | 184250[5] |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 81531 |
Kirovsk (Russian: Ки́ровск), known as Khibinogorsk (Хибиного́рск) until 1934, is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located at the spurs of the Khibiny Massif on the shores of the Lake Bolshoy Vudyavr, 175 kilometers (109 mi) south of Murmansk. Population: 28,639 (2010 Census preliminary results);[1] 31,593 (2002 Census);[2] 43,526 (1989 Census).[6]
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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. By the end of 1930, its population grew to ten thousand people, and a mining and chemical plant here was well under construction.[4] Due to 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.[4] 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.[4] On December 15, 1934, the town was renamed Kirovsk after recently assassinated Sergey Kirov,[7] 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.[7] 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.[8] Kirovsky District was abolished, and its territory was subordinated to Kirovsk.[8]
By the September 20, 1965 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR Decree, the work settlement of Kovdor in the suburban area of Kirovsk was granted the status of a town under district jurisdiction and subordinated to Kirovsk Town Soviet.[9] On January 6, 1966, the Murmansk Oblast Executive Committee petitioned to transform the work settlement of Molodyozhny in the suburban area of Kirovsk into a town under oblast jurisdiction called Khibinogorsk and on subordinating a part of the Kirovsk's suburban area to it.[9] The petition was reviewed by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, 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.[9] Consequently, the Murmansk Oblast Executive Committee subordinated a part of Kirovsk's suburban area to the new town by the decision of October 13, 1966.[9]
The northernmost botanical garden in Russia is located in Kirovsk.
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