Kiselyovsk (Russian: Киселёвск) is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located in the foothill belt of the Salair Ridge, at the source of the Aba River, 193 kilometers (120 mi) south of Kemerovo. Population: 98,365 (2010 Census);[2] 106,341 (2002 Census);[6] 128,083 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
Kiselyovsk
Киселёвск | |
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 Former department store, Kiselyovsk | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Kiselyovsk  | |
  Kiselyovsk Location of Kiselyovsk  Kiselyovsk Kiselyovsk (Kemerovo Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 54°00′N 86°39′E / 54.000°N 86.650°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kemerovo Oblast[1] |
| Founded | 1917 |
| Town status since | 1936 |
| Elevation | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 98,365 |
| • Rank | 171st in 2010 |
| • Subordinated to | Kiselyovsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1] |
| • Capital of | Kiselyovsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1] |
| • Urban okrug | Kiselyovsky Urban Okrug[3] |
| • Capital of | Kiselyovsky Urban Okrug[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4  [4]) |
| Postal code(s)[5] | 652700—652799 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 38464 |
| OKTMO ID | 32716000001 |
The Kuzbass region, where Kiselyovsk is located, supplies 60% of Russia's coal, and the town suffers from heavy pollution due to the dominance of the coal mining and processing industries. The coal ash leads to a phenomenon known as "black snow". Another danger is spontaneous combustion of discarded coal.[8]
Administrative and municipal status
editWithin the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated as Kiselyovsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal divisions, Kiselyovsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Kiselyovsky Urban Okrug.[3]
History
editResidents of the town and Russian rights groups have campaigned for several years for the Russia government to move the city away from the immediate outskirts of the mine due to the extreme levels of pollution. In September 2019, a number of the town's residents lobbied the Canadian government to grant them status as environmental refugees.[9][10]
Notable people
edit- Vadim Bakatin (1937–2022), politician
- Bohdan Bandura (born 1960), football midfielder
- Sergey Dolmatov (born 1959), chess grandmaster
- Aleksei Perminov (born 1968), footballer
- Mikhail Shivlyakov (born 1980), strongman
- Serhiy Tkach (1952–2018), serial killer
References
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c d Law #215-OZ
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c Law #104-OZ
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in 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).
- ^ 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]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
- ^ Brown, Chris (June 11, 2019). "Women in Siberian coal town beg Trudeau to let them come to Canada as environmental refugees". CBC. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- ^ "Residents of a Siberian Town with Black Snow Are Pleading for Asylum in Canada".
- ^ "'The Kuzbass is now just one big hole': Siberian coal town residents on their failed effort to come to Canada | CBC News".
Sources
edit- Совет народных депутатов Кемеровской области. Закон №215-ОЗ от 27 декабря 2007 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Кемеровской области», в ред. Закона №131-ОЗ от 22 декабря 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Кемеровской области "О статусе и границах муниципальных образований" и Закон Кемеровской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Кемеровской области"». Вступил в силу в день, следующий за днём официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Кузбасс", №243, 28 декабря 2007 г. (Council of People's Deputies of Kemerovo Oblast. Law #215-OZ of December 27, 2007 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kemerovo Oblast, as amended by the Law #131-OZ of December 22, 2014 On Amending the Law of Kemerovo Oblast "On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations" and the Law of Kemerovo Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kemerovo Oblast". Effective as of the day following the official publication date.).
- Совет народных депутатов Кемеровской области. Закон №104-ОЗ от 17 декабря 2004 г. «О статусе и границах муниципальных образований», в ред. Закона №123-ОЗ от 22 декабря 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Кемеровской области "О статусе и границах муниципальных образований"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Кузбасс", №242, 24 декабря 2004 г. (Council of People's Deputies of Chelyabinsk Oblast. Law #104-OZ of December 17, 2004 On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations, as amended by the Law #123-OZ of December 22, 2015 On Amending the Law of Kemerovo Oblast "On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations". Effective as of the official publication date.).
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