Snezhinsk

Snezhinsk (English)
Снежинск (Russian)
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A street in Snezhinsk
Snezhinsk
Location of Snezhinsk in Chelyabinsk Oblast
Coordinates: 56°05′N 60°44′E / 56.083°N 60.733°E / 56.083; 60.733Coordinates: 56°05′N 60°44′E / 56.083°N 60.733°E / 56.083; 60.733
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of September 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Chelyabinsk Oblast
Administratively subordinated to Town of Snezhinsk[1]
Administrative center of Town of Snezhinsk[1]
Municipal status (as of September 2011)
Urban okrug Snezhinsky Urban Okrug[1]
Administrative center of Snezhinsky Urban Okrug[1]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 48,810 inhabitants[2]
- Rank in 2010 326th
Time zone YEKT (UTC+05:00)[3]
Founded 1957
Town status since 1993
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Snezhinsk (Russian: Сне́жинск; IPA: [ˈsnʲeʐɨnsk]) is a closed town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. Population: 48,810 (2010 Census);[2] 50,451 (2002 Census).[4]

History

Founded in 1957, it was known as Chelyabinsk-70 until 1991. During the Soviet era, it had a closed status and not shown on maps. Additionally, civil flights over it were forbidden. Town status was granted to it in 1993.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Snezhinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Snezhinsk is incorporated as Snezhinsky Urban Okrug.[1]

Science

Snezhinsk is one of two centers of the Russian nuclear program (the other is Sarov) and is built around a scientific research institute—" the All-Russian Scientific Research Center of Technical Physics—Federal Nuclear Center".

International relations

Snezhinsk is a sister city of Livermore, California, United States.[5]

See also

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Resolution #161
  2. 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.
  3. ↑ 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.).
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ City of Livermore Sister City page accessed 10-21-2013. Archived October 21, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.

Sources

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