Chebarkul

Chebarkul (English)
Чебаркуль (Russian)
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A park in the center of Chebarkul
Chebarkul
Location of Chebarkul in Chelyabinsk Oblast
Coordinates: 54°59′N 60°22′E / 54.983°N 60.367°E / 54.983; 60.367Coordinates: 54°59′N 60°22′E / 54.983°N 60.367°E / 54.983; 60.367
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of September 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Chelyabinsk Oblast
Administratively subordinated to Town of Chebarkul[1]
Administrative center of Chebarkulsky District,[1] Town of Chebarkul[1]
Municipal status (as of September 2011)
Urban okrug Chebarkulsky Urban Okrug[1]
Administrative center of Chebarkulsky Urban Okrug,[1] Chebarkulsky Municipal District[1]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 42,844 inhabitants[2]
Time zone YEKT (UTC+05:00)[3]
Founded 1736[4]
Town status since October 25, 1951[4]
Postal code(s)[5] 456438–456447, 456449
Official website
Chebarkul on Wikimedia Commons

Chebarkul (Russian: Чебарку́ль) is a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the shores of Lake Chebarkul, 78 kilometers (48 mi) west of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 42,844 (2010 Census);[2] 47,144 (2002 Census);[6] 50,062 (1989 Census).[7]

Etymology

The name of the town derives from the Bashkir/Tatar words meaning "a particolored lake".[4]

History

Founded in 1736 as a fortress on the border between Russian and Bashkir lands,[4] it later grew into a large Cossack stanitsa. The fortress was founded with the permission of Bashkir Tarkhan Taymas Shaimov, who was the owner of these lands. Town status was granted to it on October 25, 1951.[4]

2013 meteor event

Main article: Chelyabinsk meteor

In February 2013, a meteor exploded in earth's atmosphere and a part of it fell into Lake Chebarkul causing a 6-meter (20 ft) wide hole in the ice covering the lake.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Chebarkul serves as the administrative center of Chebarkulsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the Town of Chebarkul—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Chebarkul is incorporated as Chebarkulsky Urban Okrug.[1]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Resolution #161
  2. 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.
  3. ↑ 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.).
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Cities and Towns of Russia Encyclopedia, p. 510
  5. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  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.

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