Akhtubinsk

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Akhtubinsk (English)
Ахтубинск (Russian)
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Lenina Square in Akhtubinsk
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Location of Astrakhan Oblast in Russia
Akhtubinsk is located in Astrakhan Oblast
Akhtubinsk
Akhtubinsk
Location of Akhtubinsk in Astrakhan Oblast
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Administrative status (as of July 2013)
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]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 41,853 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1959[5]
Official website
Akhtubinsk on Wikimedia Commons

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.

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

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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.).

External links

  • Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Law #67/2006-OZ
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Law #43/2004-OZ
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 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 #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
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  8. ↑ http://tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/201206202339-hh2o.htm
  9. ↑ http://www.vahtubinske.ru/news/pak_fa_budet_ispytan_v_akhtubinske/2010-02-01-327
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