Uzlovaya
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Coordinates: 53°59′N 38°10′E / 53.983°N 38.167°E
A plant in Uzlovaya
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Coat of arms of Uzlovaya
Uzlovaya (Russian: Узлова́я) is a town and the administrative center of Uzlovsky District of Tula Oblast, Russia. Population: 55,282 (2010 Census);[1] 59,763 (2002 Census);[2] 64,889 (1989 Census).[3]
History
It was founded in 1873 as Khrushchyovskaya (Хрущёвская) railway station. It was renamed Uzlovaya in 1877 and granted town status in 1938. The station connects three important railway directions: Ryazhsk, Yelets and Tula. The railway influenced much the life and the future of the town. The first coal mines were founded in the late 1930s.
Notable people
- Vasiliy Podshibyakin, geologist
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- ↑ "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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