Vyazemsky, Khabarovsk Krai

Vyazemsky (in English)
Вяземский (Russian)
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Location of Khabarovsk Krai in Russia
Vyazemsky
Location of Vyazemsky in Khabarovsk Krai
Coordinates: 47°31′30″N 134°45′26″E / 47.52500°N 134.75722°E / 47.52500; 134.75722Coordinates: 47°31′30″N 134°45′26″E / 47.52500°N 134.75722°E / 47.52500; 134.75722
Administrative status (as of April 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Khabarovsk Krai[1]
Administrative district Vyazemsky District[1]
Administrative center of Vyazemsky District[2]
Municipal status (as of February 2012)
Municipal district Vyazemsky Municipal District[3]
Urban settlement Vyazemsky Urban Settlement[3]
Administrative center of Vyazemsky Municipal District,[3] Vyazemsky Urban Settlement[3]
Mayor Viktor Shashkun
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 14,555 inhabitants[4]
Time zone VLAT (UTC+10:00)[5]
Founded 1895[6]
Town status since 1951
Previous names Vyazemskaya
Postal code(s)[7] 682950
Dialing code(s) +7 42153
Vyazemsky on Wikimedia Commons

Vyazemsky (Russian: Вя́земский) is a town and the administrative center of Vyazemsky District in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located 130 kilometers (81 mi) southwest of Khabarovsk, the administrative center of the krai, close to the Ussuri River and the border with China. Population: 14,555 (2010 Census);[4] 15,760 (2002 Census);[8] 18,426 (1989 Census).[9]

History

It was founded in 1895[6] as a settlement during the construction of the railway between Khabarovsk and Vladivostok, which later became the easternmost section of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The settlement and the station were initially named Vyazemskaya (Вя́земская) after the lead engineer of the section, Orest Vyazemsky.

Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1938; town status was granted in 1951.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Vyazemsky serves as the administrative center of Vyazemsky District,[2] to which it is directly subordinated.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Vyazemsky is incorporated within Vyazemsky Municipal District as Vyazemsky Urban Settlement.[3]

Economy

The town's economy relies on the production of timber, foodstuffs, and construction materials, as well as on the Trans-Siberian Railway traffic.

Transportation

Vyazemskaya railway station

The town is served by Vyazemskaya railway station on the Trans-Siberian Railway and is the terminus for electrified suburban commuter trains from Khabarovsk. It is also on the M60 motorway.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Resolution #143-pr
  2. 1 2 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 08 217», в ред. изменения №275/2015 от 1 сентября 2015 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 08 217, as amended by the Amendment #275/2015 of September 1, 2015. ).
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #191
  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 №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 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 #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. 1 2 Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 98. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  7. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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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