Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Kirovsk.
Kirovsk (English)
Кировск (Russian)
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Monument to Sergey Kirov in Kirovsk

Location of Leningrad Oblast in Russia
Kirovsk
Location of Kirovsk in Leningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 59°52′N 30°59′E / 59.867°N 30.983°E / 59.867; 30.983Coordinates: 59°52′N 30°59′E / 59.867°N 30.983°E / 59.867; 30.983
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Administrative status (as of June 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Leningrad Oblast[1]
Administrative district Kirovsky District[1]
Settlement municipal formation Kirovskoye Settlement Municipal Formation[1]
Administrative center of Kirovsky District,[1] Kirovskoye Settlement Municipal Formation[1]
Municipal status (as of May 2010)
Municipal district Kirovsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Kirovskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Kirovsky Municipal District,[2] Kirovskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 25,650 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1929[5]
Town status since 1953[5]
Previous names Nevdubstroy (until 1931),[6]
pri 8-y GES imeni Kirova (imeni Kirova) (until 1953)[7][8]
Postal code(s)[9] 187340–187344, 187349
Official website
Kirovsk on Wikimedia Commons

Kirovsk (Russian: Ки́ровск) is a town and the administrative center of Kirovsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Neva River, 33 kilometers (21 mi) east of St. Petersburg. Population: 25,650 (2010 Census);[3] 24,361 (2002 Census);[10] 23,655 (1989 Census).[11]

History

Kirovsk was founded in 1929 as the settlement of Nevdubstroy (Невдубстрой)[5] by Sergey Kirov and was serving the 8th Sergey Kirov Power Station. At the time, it was a part of Mginsky District with the administrative center in the settlement of Mga. The district was a part of Leningrad Okrug of Leningrad Oblast until August 15, 1930, when the okrugs were abolished as well, and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast.[12] On January 21, 1931 the settlement of Nevdubstroy was transferred to Leningradsky Prigorodny District.[6] On May 20, 1936, it was granted urban-type settlement status[7] and renamed pri 8-y GES imeni Kirova (при 8-й ГЭС имени Кирова); the name was later shortened to imeni Kirova (имени Кирова).[6] On August 19, 1936, when Leningradsky Prigorodny District was abolished, the settlement was transferred back to Mginsky District.[7] Between September 1941 and January 1944, during World War II, the settlement was occupied by German troops.[6] The settlement was renamed Kirovsk, after Sergey Kirov, and granted town status on November 5, 1953.[8]

On December 9, 1960, Mginsky District was abolished and split between Volkhovsky and Tosnensky Districts.[6] Kirovsk was transferred to Tosnensky District.[6] On February 1, 1963, it became a town of oblast significance.[13] On April 1, 1977, Kirovsky District was established[8] by splitting off Volkhovsky and Tosnensky Districts, with the administrative center in Kirovsk, essentially in the limits of former Mginsky District. In 2010, the administrative structure of Leningrad Oblast was harmonized with its municipal structure,[14] and Kirovsk became a town of district significance.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kirovsk serves as the administrative center of Kirovsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with settlement of Molodtsovo, incorporated within Kirovsky District as Kirovskoye Settlement Municipal Formation.[1] As a municipal division, Kirovskoye Settlement Municipal Formation is incorporated within Kirovsky Municipal District as Kirovskoye Urban Settlement.[2]

Economy and infrastructure

The town consists of the Old Town built in the 1950s and Ladoga, the part built during the Soviet construction boom of the 1980s. The main industries suffered severely during the 1990s. Most people try to find work in the nearby St. Petersburg.

Kirovsk has four high schools, a music school, and a hospital, but no maternity ward. The main employers are the Ladoga plant (which manufactured Soviet nuclear submarine equipment until it switched to machine parts and electronics), Dubrovsky Zavod, and the 8th Power Station. Because of these industries, Kirovsk was considered a closed town.

Kirovsk (Nevdubstroy railway station) is connected by railway to Mga. There are several direct suburban trains to St. Petersburg, Moskovsky railway station, and Ladozhsky railway station.

The A120 road, which encircles St. Petersburg, passes Kirovsk. The M18 Highway, which connects St. Petersburg and Murmansk, passes several kilometers north of the town. The Neva River is navigable.

Kirovsk is home to the Diorama, which is housed inside the Ladozhsky Bridge over the Neva River. The site, otherwise known as "The Road of Life", commemorates Kirovsk's role as being the sole entry point for goods destined to Leningrad when the Nazi German troops besieged the city during World War II.

A T-26 tank at Diorama

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Oblast Law #32-oz
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #100-oz
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ 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.).
  5. 1 2 3 Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 195. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Мгинский район (август 1927 г. - декабрь 1960 г.) (in Russian). Система классификаторов исполнительных органов государственной власти Санкт-Петербурга. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 Ленинградский Пригородный район (август 1930 г. - август 1936 г.) (in Russian). Система классификаторов исполнительных органов государственной власти Санкт-Петербурга. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 История нашего края (in Russian). Официальный сайт Кировского муниципального района Ленинградской области. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  9. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ Ленинградская область (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  13. ↑ Тосненский район (августь 1930 г. -) (in Russian). Система классификаторов исполнительных органов государственной власти Санкт-Петербурга. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  14. ↑ Отчет о работе комитета по взаимодействию с органами местного самоуправления Ленинградской области в 2010 году (in Russian). Комитет по печати и связям с общественностью Ленинградской области. Retrieved March 5, 2014.

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