Usman, Russia

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Usman (English)
Усмань (Russian)
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Location of Lipetsk Oblast in Russia
Usman
Location of Usman in Lipetsk Oblast
Coordinates: 52°03′N 39°44′E / 52.050°N 39.733°E / 52.050; 39.733Coordinates: 52°03′N 39°44′E / 52.050°N 39.733°E / 52.050; 39.733
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Administrative status (as of August 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Lipetsk Oblast[1]
Administrative district Usmansky District[1]
Town under district jurisdiction Usman[1]
Administrative center of Usmansky District,[1] Usman Town Under District Jurisdiction[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2013)
Municipal district Usmansky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Usman Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Usmansky Municipal District,[3] Usman Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 18,685 inhabitants[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
Founded 1645
Town status since 1779
Postal code(s)[6] 399370–399373, 399379
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Usman (Russian: Усмань) is a town and the administrative center of Usmansky District in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Usman River, 75 kilometers (47 mi) south of Lipetsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 18,685(2010 Census);[4] 20,133(2002 Census);[7] 20,878(1989 Census).[8]

History

It was founded in 1645 as an ostrog (fortress) on the Belgorod Line and named after the Usman River. In 1652, it was raided by the Tatars. It was granted town status in 1779.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Usman serves as the administrative center of Usmansky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Usmansky District as Usman Town Under District Jurisdiction.[1] As a municipal division, Usman Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Usmansky Municipal District as Usman Urban Settlement.[2]

Notable people

Usman was the birthplace of Nikolay Basov, co-recipient of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Law #382-OZ
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #126-OZ
  3. Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 42 648». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 42 648. ).
  4. 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.
  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. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  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.

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