Lesnoy, Sverdlovsk Oblast

Lesnoy (English) Лесной (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -
House of Culture in Lesnoy
Location of Sverdlovsk Oblast in Russia
Lesnoy Location of Lesnoy in Sverdlovsk Oblast
Coordinates: 58°38′N 59°47′E / 58.633°N 59.783°E / 58.633; 59.783Coordinates: 58°38′N 59°47′E / 58.633°N 59.783°E / 58.633; 59.783
Coat of arms	Flag
Administrative status (as of 2011)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sverdlovsk Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to	closed administrative-territorial formation of Lesnoy[1]
Administrative center of	closed administrative-territorial formation of Lesnoy[citation needed]
Municipal status (as of June 2009)
Urban okrug	Lesnoy Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of	Lesnoy Urban Okrug[2]
Mayor[citation needed]	Sergey Shchekalev[citation needed]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	50,363 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2010	317th
Time zone	YEKT (UTC+06:00)[4]
Founded	1947[citation needed]
Postal code(s)[5]	624200
Dialing code(s)	+7 34342[citation needed]

Lesnoy (Russian: Лесно́й) is a closed town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located 254 kilometers (158 mi) north of Yekaterinburg on the banks of the Tura River. Population: 50,363 (2010 Census);^[3] 53,195 (2002 Census).^[6]

History

It was founded in 1947 when Plant 418 was constructed to produce highly enriched uranium (HEU) for the production of nuclear weapons.^{[citation needed]} Nuclear weapons were also assembled there. In 1954, it became the closed town of Sverdlovsk-45 to support production of nuclear weapons.^[7]

Sverdlovsk-45 remained secret until President Boris Yeltsin decreed in 1992 that such places could use their historical names; the town had not appeared on official maps until then.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with one work settlement and three rural localities, incorporated as the closed administrative-territorial formation of Lesnoy^[1]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[8] As a municipal division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Lesnoy is incorporated as Lesnoy Urban Okrug.^[2]

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Sources

• Областная Дума Законодательного Собрания Свердловской области. Областной закон №30-ОЗ от 20 мая 1997 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Свердловской области», в ред. Закона №32-ОЗ от 25 апреля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Областной закон "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Свердловской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования за исключением отдельных положений, вступающих в силу в иные сроки. Опубликован: "Областная газета", №81, 3 июня 1997 г. (Oblast Duma of the Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Oblast Law #30-OZ of May 20, 1997 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Sverdlovsk Oblast, as amended by the Law #32-OZ of April 25, 2012 On Amending the Oblast Law "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Sverdlovsk Oblast". Effective as of the day of the official publication with the exception of several clauses which take effect on a different date.).
• Областная Дума Законодательного Собрания Свердловской области. Закон №85-ОЗ от 12 июля 2007 г. «О границах муниципальных образований, расположенных на территории Свердловской области», в ред. Закона №107-ОЗ от 29 октября 2013 г. «Об упразднении отдельных населённых пунктов, расположенных на территории города Ивделя, и о внесении изменений в Приложение 39 к Закону Свердловской области "О границах муниципальных образований, расположенных на территории Свердловской области"». Вступил в силу через 10 дней после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Областная газета", №232–249, 17 июля 2007 г. (Oblast Duma of the Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Law #85-OZ of July 12, 2007 On the Borders of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Sverdlovsk Oblast, as amended by the Law #107-OZ of October 29, 2013 On Abolishing Several Inhabited Localities on the Territory of the Town of Ivdul and on Amending the Law of Sverdlovsk Oblast "On the Borders of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Sverdlovsk Oblast". Effective as of the day which is 10 days after the official publication.).

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