Akhtubinsk

Akhtubinsk (English)
Ахтубинск (Russian)
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Lenina Square in Akhtubinsk


Location of Astrakhan Oblast in Russia
Akhtubinsk
Location of Akhtubinsk in Astrakhan Oblast
Coordinates: 48°17′N 46°10′E / 48.283°N 46.167°E / 48.283; 46.167Coordinates: 48°17′N 46°10′E / 48.283°N 46.167°E / 48.283; 46.167
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Administrative status (as of July 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Astrakhan Oblast[1]
Administrative district Akhtubinsky District[1]
Town of district significance Akhtubinsk[1]
Administrative center of Akhtubinsky District,[1] town of district significance of Akhtubinsk[1]
Municipal status (as of July 2013)
Municipal district Akhtubinsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Akhtubinsk Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Akhtubinsky Municipal District,[2] Akhtubinsk Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 41,853 inhabitants[3]
Time zone SAMT (UTC+04:00)[4]
Founded 1959[5]
Official website
Akhtubinsk on Wikimedia Commons

Akhtubinsk (Russian: Ахту́бинск) is a town and the administrative center of Akhtubinsky District in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Akhtuba River (a tributary of the Volga), 292 kilometers (181 mi) north of Astrakhan, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 41,853(2010 Census);[3] 45,542 (2002 Census);[6] 50,261(1989 Census);[7] 30,000 (1968).

History

It was founded in 1959[5] by the merger of three settlements: Vladimirovka, Petropavlovskoye, and Akhtuba.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Akhtubinsk serves as the administrative center of Akhtubinsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated within Akhtubinsky District as the town of district significance of Akhtubinsk.[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Akhtubinsk is incorporated within Akhtubinsky Municipal District as Akhtubinsk Urban Settlement.[2]

Economy

The major enterprises in the town include a shipbuilding and repair plant, a milk factory, a meat factory, a bakery, and a mineral water plant.

Akhtubinsk is the transfer point for Bassol, the industrial complex which extracts salt from Lake Baskunchak.

Transportation

The VolgogradAstrakhan road passes through Akhtubinsk.

Military

A state flight testing center known as Valery Chkalov 929 GLITs VVS is located in Akhtubinsk. The Groshevo (Vladimirovka) military testing range is located to the north of Akhtubinsk.

In 2012 construction of a site for flight test operations began, including new runway specifically designed to accommodate flight testing of the Sukhoi T-50 stealth fighter currently under development.[8][9]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Law #67/2006-OZ
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #43/2004-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 №248-ФЗ от 05 апреля 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 #248-FZ of April 05, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. 1 2 Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 31. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. http://tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/201206202339-hh2o.htm
  9. http://www.vahtubinske.ru/news/pak_fa_budet_ispytan_v_akhtubinske/2010-02-01-327

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