Akhtubinsk
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Astrakhan Oblast[1] |
| Administrative district | Akhtubinsky District[1] |
| Town of district significance | Akhtubinsk[1] |
| Administrative center of | Akhtubinsky District,[1] town of district significance of Akhtubinsk[1] |
| Municipal status (as of July 2013) | |
| Municipal district | Akhtubinsky Municipal District[2] |
| Urban settlement | Akhtubinsk Urban Settlement[2] |
| Administrative center of | Akhtubinsky Municipal District,[2] Akhtubinsk Urban Settlement[2] |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 41,853 inhabitants[3] |
| Time zone | SAMT (UTC+04:00)[4] |
| Founded | 1959[5] |
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Akhtubinsk (Russian: Ахту́бинск) is a town and the administrative center of Akhtubinsky District in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Akhtuba River (a tributary of the Volga), 292 kilometers (181 mi) north of Astrakhan, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 41,853 (2010 Census);[3] 45,542 (2002 Census);[6] 50,261 (1989 Census);[7] 30,000 (1968).
History
It was founded in 1959[5] by the merger of three settlements: Vladimirovka, Petropavlovskoye, and Akhtuba.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Akhtubinsk serves as the administrative center of Akhtubinsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated within Akhtubinsky District as the town of district significance of Akhtubinsk.[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Akhtubinsk is incorporated within Akhtubinsky Municipal District as Akhtubinsk Urban Settlement.[2]
Economy
The major enterprises in the town include a shipbuilding and repair plant, a milk factory, a meat factory, a bakery, and a mineral water plant.
Akhtubinsk is the transfer point for Bassol, the industrial complex which extracts salt from Lake Baskunchak.
Transportation
The Volgograd–Astrakhan road passes through Akhtubinsk.
- Vladimirovka and Akhtuba railway stations on the Volgograd-Verkhny Baskunchak railway branch
- Vladimirovskaya Quay terminal
- a cargo port on the Akhtuba River
- a military airbase
Military
A state flight testing center known as Valery Chkalov 929 GLITs VVS is located in Akhtubinsk. The Groshevo (Vladimirovka) military testing range is located to the north of Akhtubinsk.
In 2012 construction of a site for flight test operations began, including new runway specifically designed to accommodate flight testing of the Sukhoi T-50 stealth fighter currently under development.[8][9]
References
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Law #67/2006-OZ
- 1 2 3 4 5 Law #43/2004-OZ
- 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.
- ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 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 #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
- 1 2 Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 31. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ http://tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/201206202339-hh2o.htm
- ↑ http://www.vahtubinske.ru/news/pak_fa_budet_ispytan_v_akhtubinske/2010-02-01-327
Sources
- Государственная Дума Астраханской области. Закон №67/2006-ОЗ от 4 октября 2006 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Астраханской области», в ред. Закона №32/2015-ОЗ от 3 июня 2015 г. «О преобразовании муниципальных образований и административно-территориальных единиц "Оранжерейнинский сельсовет" и "Федоровский сельсовет" и внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Астраханской области». Вступил в силу по истечении 10 дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Сборник законов и нормативных правовых актов Астраханской области", №47, 19 октября 2006 г. (State Duma of Astrakhan Oblast. Law #67/2006-OZ of October 4, 2006 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Astrakhan Oblast, as amended by the Law #32/2015-OZ of June 3, 2015 On the Transformation of the Municipal Formations and the Administrative-Territorial Units of "Oranzhereyninsky Selsoviet" and "Fedorovsky Selsoviet" and on Amending Various Legislative Acts of Astrakhan Oblast. Effective as of after ten days from the day of the official publication have passed.).
- Государственная Дума Астраханской области. Закон №43/2004-ОЗ от 6 августа 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований и наделении их статусом сельского, городского поселения, городского округа, муниципального района», в ред. Закона №32/2015-ОЗ от 3 июня 2015 г. «О преобразовании муниципальных образований и административно-территориальных единиц "Оранжерейнинский сельсовет" и "Федоровский сельсовет" и внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Астраханской области». Вступил в силу через 10 дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Астраханские известия", №34, 12 августа 2004 г. (State Duma of Astrakhan Oblast. Law #43/2004-OZ of August 6, 2004 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations and on Granting Them the Status of Rural, Urban Settlement, Urban Okrug, Municipal District, as amended by the Law #32/2015-OZ of June 3, 2015 On the Transformation of the Municipal Formations and the Administrative-Territorial Units of "Oranzhereyninsky Selsoviet" and "Fedorovsky Selsoviet" and on Amending Various Legislative Acts of Astrakhan Oblast. Effective as of the day which is 10 days after the official publication.).
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