Desnogorsk

Desnogorsk (English)
Десногорск (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Location of Smolensk Oblast in Russia
Desnogorsk
Location of Desnogorsk in Smolensk Oblast
Coordinates: 54°09′N 33°17′E / 54.150°N 33.283°E / 54.150; 33.283Coordinates: 54°09′N 33°17′E / 54.150°N 33.283°E / 54.150; 33.283
Administrative status (as of November 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Smolensk Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to Desnogorsk Urban Okrug[1]
Administrative center of Desnogorsk Urban Okrug[1]
Municipal status (as of November 2011)
Urban okrug Desnogorsk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Desnogorsk Urban Okrug[2]
Leader Mikhail Khobotov
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 29,677 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1974
Town status since 1989
Official website
Desnogorsk on Wikimedia Commons

Desnogorsk (Russian: Десного́рск) is a town in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Desna River 153 kilometers (95 mi) southeast of Smolensk. Population: 29,677(2010 Census);[3] 32,070(2002 Census);[5] 32,302(1989 Census).[6]

History

It was founded as a settlement around the Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant in 1974. It was granted town status in 1989.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with one rural locality, incorporated as Desnogorsk Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.[2]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Resolution #261
  2. 1 2 3 Law #118-z
  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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