Omutninsk

Omutninsk (English)
Омутнинск (Russian)
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Location of Kirov Oblast in Russia
Omutninsk
Location of Omutninsk in Kirov Oblast
Coordinates: 58°40′N 52°11′E / 58.667°N 52.183°E / 58.667; 52.183Coordinates: 58°40′N 52°11′E / 58.667°N 52.183°E / 58.667; 52.183
Administrative status (as of July 2012)
Country Russia
Federal subject Kirov Oblast[1]
Administrative district Omutninsky District[1]
Town Omutninsk[1]
Administrative center of Omutninsky District,[1] Town of Omutninsk[1]
Municipal status (as of July 2012)
Municipal district Omutninsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Omutninskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Omutninsky Municipal District,[2] Omutninskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 23,615 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
First mentioned 1773
Town status since 1921
Postal code(s)[5] 612740–612744, 612749
Official website
Omutninsk on Wikimedia Commons

Omutninsk (Russian: Омутни́нск) is a town and the administrative center of Omutninsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia. Population: 23,615 (2010 Census);[3] 26,065 (2002 Census);[6] 29,248 (1989 Census).[7]

History

It was first mentioned in 1773; town status was granted to it in 1921.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Omutninsk serves as the administrative center of Omutninsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with four rural localities, incorporated within Omutninsky District as the Town of Omutninsk.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Omutninsk is incorporated within Omutninsky Municipal District as Omutninskoye Urban Settlement.[2]

Research

The Institute of Applied Biochemistry is situated near Omutninsk. According to Dr. Ken Alibek, a biological warfare expert, it was (and possibly still is) a combined pesticide production facility and reserve biological weapons production plant that could be activated in time of war.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Law #203-ZO
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #284-ZO
  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.

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