Shatura
Coordinates: 55°34′33.96″N 39°32′39.12″E / 55.5761000°N 39.5442000°E
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Shatura (Russian: Шату́ра) is a town and the administrative center of Shatursky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on Lake Svyatoye 124 kilometers (77 mi) east of Moscow. Population: 32,885 (2010 Census);[1] 30,393 (2002 Census);[2] 31,635 (1989 Census).[3]
A settlement on place of modern Shatura has been known to exist since 1423. In 1917, peat deposits started to be mined in the vicinity. In 1918, construction of the first peat-fueled electric Shatura Power Station started near the village of Torbeyevka (Торбе́евка). In 1919, the settlement of Shaturstroy (Шатурстро́й) was founded nearby, and in the 1920—the settlement of Chyornoye Ozero (Чёрное О́зеро). In 1928, all three settlements were merged to form the settlement of Shatura, which was granted town status in 1936.
Shatura have a bandy club.
References
- ↑ "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ↑ "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]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. May 21, 2004. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989) (in Russian). Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
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- (Russian) Nature of Shatursky District (Dr. Igor Savin)
- (Russian) Website of regional studies, the town of Shatura and Shatursky District
- (English) Shatura | Traveller's Photoreport
