Kirovsk, Murmansk Oblast

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For other places with the same name, see Kirovsk.
Kirovsk (English)
Кировск (Russian)
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View of Kirovsk
Map of Russia - Murmansk Oblast (2008-03).svg
Location of Murmansk Oblast in Russia
Kirovsk is located in Murmansk Oblast
Kirovsk
Kirovsk
Location of Kirovsk in Murmansk Oblast
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Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of April 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Murmansk Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to Kirovsk Town with Jurisdictional Territory[1]
Administrative center of Kirovsk Town with Jurisdictional Territory[1]
Municipal status (as of April 2013)
Urban okrug Kirovsk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Kirovsk Urban Okrug[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 28,625 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1929[citation needed]
Town status since October 30, 1931[5]
Previous names Khibinogorsk (until December 15, 1934)[5]
Postal code(s)[6] 184250
Dialing code(s) +7 81531[citation needed]
[[:commons:Category:{{#property:Commons category}}|Kirovsk]] on Wikimedia Commons
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Central Kirovsk

Kirovsk (Russian: Ки́ровск), known as Khibinogorsk (Хибиного́рск) until 1934, is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located at the spurs of the Khibiny Mountains on the shores of the Lake Bolshoy Vudyavr, 175 kilometers (109 mi) south of Murmansk. Population: 28,625 (2010 Census).[3]

History

A settlement which eventually became Kirovsk was founded in 1929, soon after an expedition led by Alexander Fersman had discovered large deposits of apatite and nepheline in the Khibiny Massif in the 1920s.[citation needed] By the end of 1930, its population grew to ten thousand people, and a mining and chemical plant here was well under construction.[5] Due to the rapid growth, the Presidium of the Murmansk Okrug Executive Committee petitioned on January 18, 1931 to grant the settlement town status and to name it Khibinogorsk.[5] The petition was approved by the All-Russian Central Executive Committee Resolution on October 30, 1931 and the town was subordinated directly to the Murmansk Okrug Executive Committee.[5] On December 15, 1934, the town was renamed Kirovsk after recently assassinated Sergey Kirov,[7] who had been in charge of planning the development of the deposits.

On February 26, 1935, when new Kirovsky District was established on part of the territory of Kolsko-Loparsky District, Kirovsk was transferred to it and made its administrative center.[7] On May 6, 1954, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, Kirovsk was elevated in status to that of a town under oblast jurisdiction.[8] Kirovsky District was abolished, and its territory was subordinated to Kirovsk.[8]

By the September 20, 1965 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR Decree, the work settlement of Kovdor located on the territory under Kirovsk's jurisdiction was granted town under district jurisdiction status and subordinated to Kirovsk Town Soviet.[9] On January 6, 1966, the Murmansk Oblast Executive Committee petitioned to transform the work settlement of Molodyozhny located on the territory under Kirovsk's jurisdiction into a town under oblast jurisdiction called Khibinogorsk and on subordinating a part of the territory in Kirovsk's jurisdiction to it.[9] The petition was reviewed by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR, which, however, decreed on July 7, 1966 to merge the work settlements of Molodyozhny and Apatity into a town under oblast jurisdiction, which would retain the name Apatity.[9] Consequently, the Murmansk Oblast Executive Committee subordinated a part of the territory under Kirovsk's jurisdiction to the new town by the decision of October 13, 1966.[9]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated as Kirovsk Town with Jurisdictional Territory—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, Kirovsk Town with Jurisdictional Territory is incorporated as Kirovsk Urban Okrug.[2]

Population development

Miscellaneous

The northernmost botanical garden in Russia is located in Kirovsk.

International relations

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Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

Twin towns and sister cities

Kirovsk is twinned with:

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Law #96-01-ZMO
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Law #533-01-ZMO
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  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. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, pp. 40–41
  6. ↑ Local post info http://www.russianpost.ru/PostOfficeFindInterface/FindOPSByPostOfficeID.aspx?index=184250
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, pp. 47–48
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, pp. 54–55
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Administrative-Territorial Division of Murmansk Oblast, p. 57
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Народная энциклопедия городов и регионов России - Кировск
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Sources

  • Мурманская областная Дума. Закон №96-01-ЗМО от 6 января 1998 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Мурманской области», в ред. Закона №1953-01-ЗМО от 24 декабря 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Мурманской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Мурманской области"». Опубликован: "Мурманский Вестник", №10, стр. 3, 16 января 1998 г. (Murmansk Oblast Duma. Law #96-01-ZMO of January 6, 1998 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Murmansk Oblast, as amended by the Law #1953-01-ZMO of December 24, 2015 On Amending the Law of Murmansk Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Murmansk Oblast". ).
  • Мурманская областная Дума. Закон №533-01-ЗМО от 2 декабря 2004 г. «О статусе муниципального образования город Кировск с подведомственной территорией», в ред. Закона №1601-01-ЗМО от 24 апреля 2013 г. «Об упразднении некоторых населённых пунктов Мурманской области и о внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Мурманской области». Вступил в силу 1 января 2005 г. Опубликован: "Мурманский Вестник", №234, стр. 3, 7 декабря 2004 г. (Murmansk Oblast Duma. Law #533-01-ZMO of December 2, 2004 On the Status of the Municipal Formation of the Town of Kirovsk with Jurisdictional Territory, as amended by the Law #1601-01-ZMO of April 24, 2013 On Abolishing Several Inhabited Localities of Murmansk Oblast and on Amending Various Legislative Acts of Murmansk Oblast. Effective as of January 1, 2005.).
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External links

  • Kirovsk3.jpg

    In the Botanical Garden

  • A greenhouse in the Botanical Garden

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    View of Kirovsk

  • Kirovsk winter.jpg

    View of Kirovsk from a cable car in winter

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