Shimanovsk

Shimanovsk (English)
Шимановск (Russian)
-  Town  -
Shimanovsk
Coordinates:
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of December 2008)
Country Russia
Federal subject Amur Oblast
Administratively subordinated to Shimanovsk Urban Okrug[1]
Administrative center of Shimanovsky District, Shimanovsk Urban Okrug[1]
Municipal status (as of November 2004)
Urban okrug Shimanovsk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Shimanovsk Urban Okrug[2]
Mayor Vasily Baulo
Statistics
Population (2010 Census,
preliminary)
19,815 inhabitants[3]
Population (2002 Census) 22,267 inhabitants[4]
Time zone YAKST (UTC+10:00)[5]
Founded 1910
Dialing code(s) +7 41651
Official website

Shimanovsk (Russian: Шима́новск) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshaya Pyora River, a right-hand tributary of the Zeya, 250 kilometers (160 mi) northwest of Blagoveshchensk. Population: 19,815 (2010 Census preliminary results);[3] 22,267 (2002 Census);[4] 26,274 (1989 Census).[6]

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History

It was founded in conjunction with the construction of the Amur railway in 1910, originally named Pyora after the river on which it stands. It was renamed Gondatti in 1914 in honor of the then-governor of Amur Oblast, Nikolay Gondatti. In 1920, it was renamed Vladimiro-Shimanovsky after Vladimir Shimanovsky, a railway engineer and member of the Red Army who was shot dead in Blagoveshchensk during the Russian Civil War. It was granted town status and its name shortened to Shimanovsk in 1950.

During the construction of the Baikal Amur Mainline in the 1970s, Shimanovsk saw new growth as a center for production of construction materials.

Administrative and municipal status

Administratively, it is incorporated as Shimanovsk Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] Municipally, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.[2]

Economy and infrastructure

The town's primary industries are production of heavy machinery and building materials. Kranspetsburmash corporation produces cranes and drilling equipment in Shimanovsk.

The town has a railroad station (Shimanovskaya) on the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Shimanovsk Airport is situated 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) southwest of the town.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c Law #127-OZ
  2. ^ a b c Law #374-OZ
  3. ^ a b 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. 
  4. ^ a b 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. 
  5. ^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication).
  6. ^ "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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