Mtsensk

Mtsensk (English)
Мценск (Russian)
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Location of Oryol Oblast in Russia
Mtsensk
Location of Mtsensk in Oryol Oblast
Coordinates: 53°17′N 36°34′E / 53.283°N 36.567°E / 53.283; 36.567Coordinates: 53°17′N 36°34′E / 53.283°N 36.567°E / 53.283; 36.567
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Administrative status (as of April 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Oryol Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to town of oblast significance of Mtsensk[1]
Administrative center of Mtsensky District,[1] town of oblast significance of Mtsensk[1]
Municipal status (as of June 2010)
Urban okrug Mtsensk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Mtsensk Urban Okrug,[2] Mtsensky Municipal District[3]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 43,222 inhabitants[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
First mentioned 1146
Town status since 1778
Postal code(s)[6] 303030–303032, 303035, 303036, 303039
Dialing code(s) +7 48646
Official website
Mtsensk on Wikimedia Commons

Mtsensk (Russian: Мценск) is a town in Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the Zusha River (Oka's tributary) 49 kilometers (30 mi) northeast of Oryol, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 43,222(2010 Census);[4] 47,807(2002 Census);[7] 48,400(1989 Census);[8] 28,000 (1970).

History

It was first mentioned in the Nikon Chronicle in 1146 as a part of the Principality of Chernigov. The name comes from the Mtsena River, a tributary of the Zusha, beside which the fortress stood. In 1238, Mtsensk was destroyed by Batu Khan. Since 1320, it was under the rule of Lithuania, eventually becoming a part of the Russian state in 1505. Since the beginning of the 19th century, Mtsensk was rapidly developing as an industrial town.

During Operation Barbarossa, German armored forces captured the town in the fall of 1941. In particular, troops of the 3rd Panzer Division, 4th Panzer Division, and Infantry Regiment Großdeutschland saw combat in the immediate vicinity. During the Battle of Kursk in 1943, Mtsensk served as the primary war zone.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mtsensk serves as the administrative center of Mtsensky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Mtsensk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Mtsensk is incorporated as Mtsensk Urban Okrug.[2]

See also

References

Mtsensk railway station
St. George Church in Mtsensk

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Law #522-OZ
  2. 1 2 3 Law #435-OZ
  3. Law #434-OZ
  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 №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.).
  6. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  7. 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.
  8. 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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