Kuznetsk
Town in Penza Oblast, Russia
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::summary Town in Penza Oblast, Russia ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Russian inhabited locality"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| en_name | Kuznetsk |
| ru_name | Кузнецк |
| image_skyline | Центральная площадь Кузнецка.jpg |
| image_caption | Central square in Kuznetsk |
| coordinates | |
| map_label_position | left |
| image_coa | Coat of Arms of Kuznetsk (Penza oblast).png |
| image_flag | Flag of Kuznetsk (Penza oblast).png |
| federal_subject | Penza Oblast |
| federal_subject_ref | |
| adm_city_jur | town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk |
| adm_city_jur_ref | |
| adm_ctr_of1 | Kuznetsky District |
| adm_ctr_of1_ref | |
| adm_ctr_of2 | town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk |
| adm_ctr_of2_ref | |
| inhabloc_cat | Town |
| inhabloc_cat_ref | |
| urban_okrug_jur | Kuznetsk Urban Okrug |
| urban_okrug_jur_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of1 | Kuznetsk Urban Okrug |
| mun_admctr_of1_ref | |
| mun_admctr_of2 | Kuznetsky Municipal District |
| mun_admctr_of2_ref | |
| area_km2 | 42.08 |
| area_km2_ref | |
| pop_2010census | 88839 |
| pop_2010census_rank | 189th |
| pop_2010census_ref | |
| pop_latest | 88806 |
| pop_latest_date | January 2011 |
| pop_latest_ref | |
| established_date | 1699 |
| current_cat_date | 1780 |
| postal_codes | 442530–442535, 442537–442539, 442541–442544, 442549 |
| dialing_codes | 84157 |
| website | http://gorodkuzneck.ru |
| :: |
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Kuznetsk (Кузне́цк) is a town in Penza Oblast, Russia, located in the foothills of the Volga Upland, mainly on the left bank of the . Population:
Administrative and municipal status
Within Russia's framework of administrative divisions, Kuznetsk serves as the administrative center of Kuznetsky District, even though it does not form a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk is incorporated as Kuznetsk Urban Okrug.
History
founded the settlement of Truyovo on the river in 1699. It became known as Truyovo-Voskresenskoe and then as Naryshkino. An ukaz of Catherine II renamed the village Kuznetsk in November 1780.
During the Soviet era the Duvanny Ravine was used as a place of execution and burial between 1918 and the 1930s. In 1997 a commemorative wooden cross was erected there.
Twin towns and sister cities
Kuznetsk is twinned with:
- HUN Gyula, Hungary (1970)
- RUS Dimitrovgrad, Russia (1972)
References
Notes
Sources
References
- {{OKTMO reference. 56 640
- Федеральная служба государственной статистики. БД ПМО Пензенской области. Показатели, характеризующие состояние экономики и социальной сферы муниципального образования. Городские округа Пензенской области. [http://www.gks.ru/scripts/db_inet2/passport/table.aspx?opt=56705000200620072008200920102011 Город Кузнецк]
- {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
- Law #774-ZPO
- Law #690-ZPO
- https://en.mapofmemory.org/58-04
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