Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai

For other places with the same name, see Kropotkin (urban locality).
Kropotkin (English)
Кропоткин (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Location of Krasnodar Krai in Russia
Kropotkin
Location of Kropotkin in Krasnodar Krai
Coordinates: 45°26′N 40°34′E / 45.433°N 40.567°E / 45.433; 40.567Coordinates: 45°26′N 40°34′E / 45.433°N 40.567°E / 45.433; 40.567
Administrative status (as of May 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Krasnodar Krai[1]
Administratively subordinated to Town of Kropotkin[1]
Administrative center of Town of Kropotkin,[1] Kavkazsky District[1]
Municipal status (as of June 2009)
Municipal district Kavkazsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Kropotkinskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Kavkazsky Municipal District,[2] Kropotkinskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 80,765 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2010 205th
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded late 18th century
Town status since 1921
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Kropotkin (Russian: Кропо́ткин) is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kuban River. Population: 80,765(2010 Census);[3] 79,185(2002 Census);[5] 75,929(1989 Census);[6] 70,000 (1972); 42,000 (1939); 27,000 (1926).

History

It was founded as Romanovsky Khutor in the late 18th century, and was renamed Kropotkin (in honor of Peter Kropotkin) in 1921, when it was granted town status.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the Town of Kropotkin—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Kropotkin is incorporated within Kavkazsky Municipal District as Kropotkinskoye Urban Settlement.[2]

Transportation

The town's railway station is named Kavkazskaya.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Reference Information #34.01-707/13-03
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #713-KZ
  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. 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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