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Town in Altai Krai, Russia

Town in Altai Krai, Russia

Novoaltaysk Новоалтайск
Town[1]
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Coordinates: 53°23′N 83°56′E / 53.383°N 83.933°E / 53.383; 83.933
Country Russia
Federal subject Altai Krai[1]
Founded 1736
Town status since 1942
Government
• Head Sergey Mukhortov
Area
• Total 72.2 km2 (27.9 sq mi)
Elevation 140 m (460 ft)
Population (2010 Census)[2]
• Total 70,437
• Rank 225th in 2010
• Density 980/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Administrative status
• Subordinated to town of krai significance of Novoaltaysk[1]
• Capital of town of krai significance of Novoaltaysk,[1] Pervomaysky District[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug Novoaltaysk Urban Okrug[3]
• Capital of Novoaltaysk Urban Okrug,[3] Pervomaysky Municipal District[3]
Time zone UTC+7 (MSK+4 Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5] 658080–658084, 658087, 658089–658091, 658095, 658099
Dialing code(s) +7 38532
OKTMO ID 01713000001
Website www.novoaltaysk.ru

Novoaltaysk (Russian: Новоалта́йск) is a town in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Ob River, in the lower reaches of its right tributary the Chesnokovka, 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) across from Barnaul, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 70,437 (2010 Census);[2] 60,015 (2002 Census);[6] 53,642 (1989 Soviet census);[7] 51,000 (1974); 9,000 (1939).

It was founded in 1736 as the village of Chesnokovka (Чесноковка).[_citation needed_] In 1934, a sawmill was built. In 1941, during the Great Patriotic War, Dniprodzerzhynsk Carriage Works was evacuated here from Dniprodzerzhynsk, on the Eastern Front in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1942, Chesnokovka was granted town status and in 1962 it was given its present name.[_citation needed_]

Administrative and municipal status

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Within the framework of administrative divisions, Novoaltaysk serves as the administrative center of Pervomaysky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of krai significance of Novoaltaysk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of krai significance of Novoaltaysk is incorporated as Novoaltaysk Urban Okrug.[3]

Novoaltaysk is a major transportation hub and home to one of the ten largest railway station units in Russia.[_citation needed_] The town is located at the intersection of railways and highways of federal importance.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Law #28-ZS
  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. ^ a b c d Law #143-ZS
  4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  6. ^ 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).
  7. ^ 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.