Shchuchye, Shchuchansky District, Kurgan Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Shchuchy.
Shchuchye (English)
Щучье (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Location of Kurgan Oblast in Russia
Shchuchye
Location of Shchuchye in Kurgan Oblast
Coordinates: 55°13′N 62°45′E / 55.217°N 62.750°E / 55.217; 62.750Coordinates: 55°13′N 62°45′E / 55.217°N 62.750°E / 55.217; 62.750
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Administrative status (as of November 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kurgan Oblast[1]
Administrative district Shchuchansky District[1]
Town under district jurisdiction Shchuchye[1]
Administrative center of Shchuchansky District,[1] Shchuchye Town Under District Jurisdiction[1]
Municipal status (as of June 2013)
Municipal district Shchuchansky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Shchuchye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Shchuchansky Municipal District,[2] Shchuchye Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 10,973 inhabitants[3]
Time zone YEKT (UTC+05:00)[4]
Known since 1750
Town status since 1945
Postal code(s)[5] 641010

Shchuchye (Russian: Щу́чье) is a town and the administrative center of Shchuchansky District in Kurgan Oblast, Russia, located on Lake Shchuchye, 180 kilometers (110 mi) west of Kurgan, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 10,973(2010 Census);[3] 10,602(2002 Census);[6] 11,094(1989 Census).[7]

History

It has been known since 1750 as a selo and was granted town status in 1945.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shchuchye serves as the administrative center of Shchuchansky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Shchuchansky District as Shchuchye Town Under District Jurisdiction.[1] As a municipal division, Shchuchye Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Shchuchansky Municipal District as Shchuchye Urban Settlement.[2]

Military

About 14% of Russian chemical weapons are stored in Shchuchye[8] and, with the help of the US-supported Nunn-Lugar program, a new facility to destroy these chemical weapons was opened there in May 2009.[9]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Law #316
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #419
  3. 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.
  4. 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.).
  5. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Levy, Clifford J. (2009-05-27). "In Siberia, the Death Knell of a Complex Holding a Deadly Stockpile". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
  9. http://lugar.senate.gov/nunnlugar/index.cfm

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