Chukhloma

Chukhloma (English)
Чухлома (Russian)
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Location of Kostroma Oblast in Russia
Chukhloma
Location of Chukhloma in Kostroma Oblast
Coordinates: 58°45′N 42°40′E / 58.750°N 42.667°E / 58.750; 42.667Coordinates: 58°45′N 42°40′E / 58.750°N 42.667°E / 58.750; 42.667
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of April 2014)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kostroma Oblast[1]
Administrative district Chukhlomsky District[1]
Town of district significance Chukhloma[1]
Administrative center of Chukhlomsky District,[1] town of district significance of Chukhloma[1]
Municipal status (as of March 2014)
Municipal district Chukhlomsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Chukhloma Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Chukhlomsky Municipal District,[2] Chukhloma Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 5,411 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
First mentioned 1381
Town status since 1778
Postal code(s)[5] 157130
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Chukhloma (Russian: Чу́хлома) is a town and the administrative center of Chukhlomsky District in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, located on Lake Chukhloma, 50 kilometers (31 mi) from the railway node Galich and 171 kilometers (106 mi) northeast of Kostroma, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 5,411(2010 Census);[3] 5,464(2002 Census);[6] 5,597(1989 Census).[7]

History

It was first mentioned in chronicles in 1381, and was destroyed during the Time of Troubles. It was granted town status in 1778.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Chukhloma serves as the administrative center of Chukhlomsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Chukhlomsky District as the town of district significance of Chukhloma.[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Chukhloma is incorporated within Chukhlomsky Municipal District as Chukhloma Urban Settlement.[2]

Culture

Near the town there is a historical family estate of the Lermontov family.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Law #133-a
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #237-ZKO
  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 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.).
  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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