Shelekhov

Shelekhov (English) Шелехов (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -
In Shelekhov
Location of Irkutsk Oblast in Russia
Shelekhov Location of Shelekhov in Irkutsk Oblast
Coordinates: 52°13′N 104°07′E / 52.217°N 104.117°E / 52.217; 104.117Coordinates: 52°13′N 104°07′E / 52.217°N 104.117°E / 52.217; 104.117
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of July 2013)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Irkutsk Oblast[1]
Administrative district	Shelekhovsky District[2]
Administrative center of	Shelekhovsky District[3]
Municipal status (as of June 2013)
Municipal district	Shelekhovsky Municipal District[4]
Urban settlement	Shelekhovskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Administrative center of	Shelekhovsky Municipal District,[4] Shelekhovskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Head	Valery Desyatov
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	47,943 inhabitants[5]
Time zone	IRKT (UTC+08:00)[6]
Founded	May 1953
Town status since	1962
Postal code(s)[7]	666031–666037
Dialing code(s)	+7 39550
Official website
Shelekhov on Wikimedia Commons

Shelekhov (Russian: Шелехов; IPA: [ˈʂelʲɪxəf]) is a town and the administrative center of Shelekhovsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located 20 kilometers (12 mi) southwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast. It is located on the plains between the rivers Irkut and Olha. The official day of the city is celebrated on 12 July.

History

Example of dwelling housing in Block No3.

Etymology

In 1956, it was named Shelekhov honoring a Russian explorer Grigory Shelikhov. The name of the city is spelled differently from the surname of the explorer as Grigory himself used two different signatures with both spelling variants of his surname. In 1962, Shelekhov was granted town status.

Development

The city was founded in May 1953 when the first construction workers of the Irkutsk Aluminum Smelter had installed the first six housing tents. In memory of these first construction workers, a monument of concrete in the form of tents referred to as "The First Tent" was erected near the administrative building of the plant. However, this year mostly symbolizes first mention of an actual inhabited area as the settlement was then called by the abbreviation of the aluminum plant- IrkAZ, and not Shelekhov.

According to GIPROGOR, a Russian urban planning and investment company, it was initially planned to create a city with a population of 100,000 people. The first inhabitants were the people of the villages Olkha, Markovo, Vvedenschina and the settlement of Bolshoj Lug.

On March 30, 1954 the commission adopted a temporary construction scheme of dwelling houses. In autumn a film projector was launched that held regular movie showings. In October the first ten members of the Komsomol had arrived for the construction of the Irkutsk Aluminum Smelter.^[8] By the end of the year 2148m² of living space was commissioned.

Initially, the residential buildings were planned to be divided into different blocks. However currently, the city is represented by several blocks and residential areas.

By the end of 1955 the construction site and the settlement received permanent electric lighting from the grid. In June 1956 the first workers of the Orel Komsomol arrived on train to the site. Over a thousand people were initially housed in a tent city near Kultuk. Given the increase in demand, the first kindergarten was opened on 15 September 1955 and the first high school was opened by the end of 1956.^[9]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shelekhov serves as the administrative center of Shelekhovsky District,^[3] to which it is directly subordinated.^[2] As a municipal division, the town of Shelekhov is incorporated within Shelekhovsky Municipal District as Shelekhovskoye Urban Settlement.^[4]

Sports

The Canada-United States match of the 2012 Women's Bandy World Championship was played in Shelekhov.^[10] Irkutsk was awarded the 2014 World Championship for men and some of the matches were played in Shelekhov,^[11][12] at the Stroitel Stadium.

International relations

Twin towns and sister cities

Shelekhov is twinned with:

• Nomi, Japan
• Rylsk, Russia

References

Notes

Sources

• Законодательное Собрание Иркутской области. Постановление №9/5-ЗС от 15 апреля 2009 г. «Устав Иркутской области», в ред. Закона №2-У от 7 июля 2015 г. «О поправках к Уставу Иркутской области». Вступил в силу по истечении десяти дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Областная", №45, 24 апреля 2009 г. (Legislative Assembly of Irkutsk Oblast. Resolution #9/5-ZS of April 15, 2009 Charter of Irkutsk Oblast, as amended by the Law #2-U of July 7, 2015 On Amending the Charter of Irkutsk Oblast. Effective as of the day following a ten-day period after the day of the official publication.).
• Законодательное Собрание Иркутской области. Закон №49-ОЗ от 21 июня 2010 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Иркутской области», в ред. Закона №183-ОЗ от 31 декабря 2014 г. «Об отдельных вопросах административно-территориального устройства Иркутской области и о внесении изменений в Закон Иркутской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Иркутской области"». Вступил в силу после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Областная", №71, 25 июня 2010 г. (Legislative Assembly of Irkutsk Oblast. Law #49-OZ of June 21, 2010 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Irkutsk Oblast, as amended by the Law #183-OZ of December 31, 2014 On Various Issues Regarding the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Irkutsk Oblast and on Amending the Law of Irkutsk Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Irkutsk Oblast". Effective as of after the day of the official publication.).
• Законодательное Собрание Иркутской области. Закон №89-оз от 16 декабря 2004 г. «О статусе и границах муниципальных образований Шелеховского района Иркутской области», в ред. Закона №43-ОЗ от 21 июня 2013 г. «О распространении действия Закона Иркутской области "О статусе и границах муниципальных образований Шелеховского района Иркутской области" на всю территорию нового субъекта Российской Федерации — Иркутской области и внесении в него изменений». Вступил в силу с 31 декабря 2004 г., но не ранее чем через 10 дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Восточно-Сибирская правда", №254–255, 20 декабря 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of Irkutsk Oblast. Law #89-oz of December 16, 2004 On the Status and Borders of the Municipal Formations of Shelekhovsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, as amended by the Law #43-OZ of June 21, 2013 On Expanding the Scope of the Law of Irkutsk Oblast "On the Status and Borders of the Municipal Formations of Shelekhovsky District of Irkutsk Oblast" to the Whole Territory of the New Federal Subject of the Russian Federation—Irkutsk Oblast—and on Amending It. Effective as of December 31, 2004, but not earlier than 10 days after the official publication date.).
• Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast (Russian)

Administrative divisions of Irkutsk Oblast
Administrative center: Irkutsk
Cities and towns	Alzamay Angarsk Baykalsk Biryusinsk Bodaybo Bratsk Cheremkhovo Irkutsk Kirensk Nizhneudinsk Sayansk Shelekhov Slyudyanka Svirsk Tayshet Tulun Usolye-Sibirskoye Ust-Ilimsk Ust-Kut Vikhorevka Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky Zima
Districts	Angarsky Balagansky Bodaybinsky Bratsky Cheremkhovsky Chunsky Irkutsky Kachugsky Katangsky Kazachinsko-Lensky Kirensky Kuytunsky Mamsko-Chuysky Nizhneilimsky Nizhneudinsky Olkhonsky Shelekhovsky Slyudyansky Tayshetsky Tulunsky Usolsky Ust-Ilimsky Ust-Kutsky Ust-Udinsky Zalarinsky Zhigalovsky Ziminsky
Districts of Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug	Alarsky Bayandayevsky Bokhansky Ekhirit-Bulagatsky Nukutsky Osinsky