Kirovgrad
Coordinates: 57°26′6″N 60°3′22″E / 57.435°N 60.05611°E
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Kirovgrad (Russian: Кировград) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. Population: 21,006 (2010 Census preliminary results);[1] 23,197 (2002 Census);[2] 25,598 (1989 Census).[3]
[edit] History
The settlement Kalatay (Kala-ata in Turkic means «fathers place») was, according to various sources, founded in 1661, 1663, or 1675. In 1932, it was given its present name; after Sergey Kirov, a prominent Bolshevik.
[edit] Administrative and municipal status
Administratively, along with the town of Verkhny Tagil and ten rural localities, it is incorporated as the Town of Kirovgrad—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
Municipally, Kirovgrad and eight rural localities are incorporated as Kirovgradsky Urban Okrug. The town of Verkhny Tagil, along with two other rural localities, is independently incorporated as Verkhny Tagil Urban Okrug.
[edit] References
- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (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)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ^ "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.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
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