Elektrogorsk

Elektrogorsk (English)
Электрогорск (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia
Elektrogorsk
Location of Elektrogorsk in Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 55°53′N 38°48′E / 55.883°N 38.800°E / 55.883; 38.800Coordinates: 55°53′N 38°48′E / 55.883°N 38.800°E / 55.883; 38.800
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of January 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Moscow Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to Elektrogorsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
Administrative center of Elektrogorsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
Municipal status (as of December 2010)
Urban okrug Elektrogorsk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Elektrogorsk Urban Okrug[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 22,480 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1912
Town status since 1946
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Elektrogorsk (Russian: Электрого́рск) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 75 kilometers (47 mi) east from Moscow. Population: 22,480(2010 Census);[3] 20,353(2002 Census);[5] 18,391(1989 Census).[6]

History

Elektrogorsk was founded in 1912 due to the construction of the first big peat-fired thermal power station in Russia, which would be called Elektroperedacha ("Электропередача", lit. "electric power transmission"). The settlement was named after the power station. In 1946, it was granted town status and renamed Elektrogorsk. It has a highly variable climate ranging from −30 °C (−22 °F) in the winter up to 25 °C (77 °F) in the summer.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the administrative divisions framework, it is incorporated as Elektrogorsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, Elektrogorsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Elektrogorsk Urban Okrug.[2]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #11/2013-OZ
  2. 1 2 3 Law #131/2004-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 №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.).
  5. 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.
  6. 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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