Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast

For other places with the same name, including in Arkhangelsk Oblast, see Mirny.
Mirny (English)
Мирный (Russian)
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Monument in Mirny, featuring a genuine spacecraft capsule, commemorating the Kosmos-2000 spacecraft launch from Plesetsk Cosmodrome on February 2, 1989

Location of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia
Mirny
Location of Mirny in Arkhangelsk Oblast
Coordinates: 62°46′N 40°20′E / 62.767°N 40.333°E / 62.767; 40.333Coordinates: 62°46′N 40°20′E / 62.767°N 40.333°E / 62.767; 40.333
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Administrative status (as of June 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Arkhangelsk Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of oblast significance of Mirny[1]
Administrative center of town of oblast significance of Mirny[1]
Municipal status (as of April 2014)
Urban okrug Mirny Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Mirny Urban Okrug[2]
Representative body Council of Town's Deputies[3]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 30,280 inhabitants[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
Founded November 23, 1960[6]
Town status since February 2, 1966[6]
Postal code(s)[7] 164170-164173, 164182–164184, 164188
Dialing code(s) +7 81834
Official website
Mirny on Wikimedia Commons

Mirny (Russian: Мирный; IPA: [ˈmʲirnɨj], lit. peaceful) is a closed town in the west of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, serving the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The town is located 9 kilometers (5.6 mi) from the urban-type settlement of Plesetsk and is connected to it by a road and a railway. Gorodskaya railway station is located within the town, being a terminus to cosmodrome's vast railway system. The Plestsy Airport is also located nearby. Population: 30,280 (2010 Census);[4] 30,502 (2002 Census).[8]

Location and geography

The area administered by the town borders with Kholmogorsky District in the north, Vinogradovsky District in the east, and Plesetsky District in the south and in the west. The area is elongated from the east to the west and is approximately 50 kilometers (31 mi) long and 20 kilometers (12 mi) wide. The town proper is located in the extreme southwestern end of the area. The Yemtsa River flows in the north of the area, whereas the Mekhrenga River crosses it south to north in the eastern part. The whole area belongs to the Northern Dvina River basin. Except for the military installations, it is covered by coniferous forest (taiga).

History

In 1957, an area for the settlement for ballistic missile launch site workers was designated. In 1958, the population of the area, about 4,000, was resettled; the same year the construction started. On November 23, 1960 the settlement of Mirny was established. In 1966, with the development of the cosmodrome, it was designated a closed town. Mirny was never mentioned in the media before 1983.[6]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the town of oblast significance of Mirny—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Mirny is incorporated as Mirny Urban Okrug.[2]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Oblast Law #65-5-OZ
  2. 1 2 3 Oblast Law #258-vneoch.-OZ
  3. ↑ Структура городского Совета депутатов Мирного
  4. 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.
  5. ↑ 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.).
  6. 1 2 3 "Information on Mirny on the official website". Mirny Urban Okrug. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  7. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  8. ↑ 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.

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