Kunya, Pskov Oblast

Kunya (English)
Кунья (Russian)
-  Urban-type settlement[1]  -
Work settlement[2]

Location of Pskov Oblast in Russia
Kunya
Location of Kunya in Pskov Oblast
Coordinates: 56°17′N 30°58′E / 56.283°N 30.967°ECoordinates: 56°17′N 30°58′E / 56.283°N 30.967°E
Administrative status
Country Russia
Federal subject Pskov Oblast
Administrative district Kunyinsky District[3]
Administrative center of Kunyinsky District[3]
Municipal status (as of February 2010)
Municipal district Kunyinsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Kunya[2]
Administrative center of Kunyinsky Municipal District, Kunya Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 3,127 inhabitants[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
Urban-type settlement status since 1966[6]
Official website
Kunya on WikiCommons

Kunya (Russian: Кунья) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Kunyinsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kunya Urban Settlement, the only urban settlement in the district. Population: 3,127 (2010 Census);[4] 3,527 (2002 Census);[7] 4,023 (1989 Census).[8]

History

Kunya was founded in 1901 as a settlement serving the railway station on the newly constructed railway between Moscow and Riga.[9] It was the administrative center of Kunyinskaya Volost of Velikoluksky Uyezd of Pskov Governorate.

On August 1, 1927, the uyezds were abolished, and Kunyinsky District was established, with the administrative center in Kunya. Pskov Governorate was abolished as well, and the district became a part of Velikiye Luki Okrug of Leningrad Oblast. On June 17, 1929, the district was transferred to Western Oblast. On July 23, 1930, the okrugs were also abolished and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast. On January 1, 1932 the district was abolished, but on February 10, 1935, it was re-established as a part of Velikiye Luki Okrug of Kalinin Oblast, one of the okrugs abutting the state boundaries of the Soviet Union. On May 4, 1938, the district was subordinated directly to the oblast. Between August 1941 and January 1942, Kunya was occupied by German troops. On August 22, 1944, the district was transferred to newly established Velikiye Luki Oblast. On October 2, 1957, Velikiye Luki Oblast was abolished, and Kunyinsky District was transferred to Pskov Oblast.On February 1, 1963 the district was abolished and merged into Velikoluksky District; on January 12, 1965 it was re-established. On March 2, 1966 Kunya was granted urban-type settlement status.[6]

Economy

Industry

Industry in Kunya is represented by two bakeries.[10]

Transportation

Kunya railway station

Kunya has a railway station on the railway connecting Moscow via Velikiye Luki with Riga.

The M9 highway which connects Moscow and Riga crosses the district from east to west, bypassing Kunya from the south. Kunya is connected by road with Usvyaty. There are also local roads.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Law #833-oz
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Law #420-oz
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 58 216 551 002», в ред. изменения №243/2014 от 18 апреля 2014 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division . Code 58 216 551 002, as amended by the Amendment #243/2014 of April 18, 2014. ).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Герасимёнок, Т. Е.; Н. В. Коломыцева, И. С. Пожидаев, С. М. Фёдоров, К. И. Карпов (2002). Территориальное деление Псковской области (in Russian). Pskov. ISBN 5-94542-031-X.
  7. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "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] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ 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). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. ↑ История (in Russian). Администрация г.п.Кунья. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  10. ↑ Экономика (in Russian). Портал муниципальных образований Псковской области. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

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