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Town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia

Town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia

Kiselyovsk Киселёвск
Town
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Coordinates: 54°00′N 86°39′E / 54.000°N 86.650°E / 54.000; 86.650
Country Russia
Federal subject Kemerovo Oblast[1]
Founded 1917
Town status since 1936
Elevation 320 m (1,050 ft)
Population (2010 Census)[2]
• Total 98,365
• Estimate (2025)[3] 80,115 (−18.6%)
• Rank 171st in 2010
Administrative status
• Subordinated to Kiselyovsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
• Capital of Kiselyovsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug Kiselyovsky Urban Okrug[4]
• Capital of Kiselyovsky Urban Okrug[4]
Time zone UTC+7 (MSK+4 Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code[6] 652700—652799
Dialing code +7 38464
OKTMO ID 32716000001

Soviet coat of arms of Kiselyovsk

Kiselyovsk (Russian: Киселёвск) is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located in the foothill belt of the Salair Ridge, at the source of the Aba River, 193 kilometers (120 mi) south of Kemerovo. Population: 98,365 (2010 census);[2] 106,341 (2002 census);[7] 128,083 (1989 Soviet census).[8]

The Kuzbass region, where Kiselyovsk is located, supplies 60% of Russia's coal, and the town suffers from heavy pollution due to the dominance of the coal mining and processing industries. The coal ash leads to a phenomenon known as "black snow". Another danger is spontaneous combustion of discarded coal.[9]

Administrative and municipal status

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Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated as **Kiselyovsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction**—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal divisions, Kiselyovsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Kiselyovsky Urban Okrug.[4]

Residents of the town and Russian rights groups have campaigned for several years for the Russia government to move the city away from the immediate outskirts of the mine due to the extreme levels of pollution. In September 2019, a number of the town's residents lobbied the Canadian government to grant them status as environmental refugees.[10][11]

  1. ^ a b c d Law #215-OZ
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2025 года (in Russian), Moscow: Federal State Statistics Service, April 25, 2025, Wikidata Q133797648
  4. ^ a b c Law #104-OZ
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ^ 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).
  8. ^ 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]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  9. ^ Brown, Chris (June 11, 2019). "Women in Siberian coal town beg Trudeau to let them come to Canada as environmental refugees". CBC. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  10. ^ "Residents of a Siberian Town with Black Snow Are Pleading for Asylum in Canada".
  11. ^ "'The Kuzbass is now just one big hole': Siberian coal town residents on their failed effort to come to Canada | CBC News".