{{Short description|Town in Tula Oblast, Russia}} {{Infobox Russian city |en_name=Kimovsk |ru_name=Кимовск |image_skyline=Кимовский рынок.jpg |image_caption=Market in Kimovsk, 2005 |coordinates = {{coord|53|58|N|38|32|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=bottom |image_coa=Kimovsk gerb.gif |coa_caption= |image_flag=Kimovsk flag.gif |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=[[Tula Oblast]] |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="TulaO_admlaw" /> |adm_district_jur=[[Kimovsky District]] |adm_district_jur_ref=<ref name="TulaO_admlaw" /> |adm_selsoviet_jur=Kimovsk |adm_selsoviet_type=[[Town of district significance|Town under district jurisdiction]] |adm_selsoviet_jur_ref=<ref name="Note" /> |adm_ctr_of1=Kimovsky District |adm_ctr_of1_ref=<ref name="TulaO_admlaw" /> |adm_ctr_of2=Kimovsk Town Under District Jurisdiction |adm_ctr_of2_ref=<ref name="OKATO">{{OKATO reference|70 226 501}}</ref> |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="TulaO_admlaw" /> <!----MUNICIPAL STATUS----> |mun_district_jur=Kimovsky Municipal District |mun_district_jur_ref=<ref name="TulaOKimovskyD_mun" /> |urban_settlement_jur=Kimovsk Urban Settlement |urban_settlement_jur_ref=<ref name="TulaOKimovskyD_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of1=Kimovsky Municipal District |mun_admctr_of1_ref=<ref name="TulaOKimovskyD_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of2=Kimovsk Urban Settlement |mun_admctr_of2_ref=<ref name="OKTMO">{{OKTMO reference|70 626 101}}</ref> |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_of_what= |area_as_of= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=28485 |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> |pop_density= |pop_density_as_of= |pop_density_ref= |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date=17th century |established_title=Known since |established_date_ref= |current_cat_date=1952 |current_cat_date_ref= |postal_codes=301720–301723 |dialing_codes=48735 |dialing_codes_ref= |website= |website_ref= }} '''Kimovsk''' ({{langx|ru|Ки́мовск}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] and the [[administrative center]] of [[Kimovsky District]] in [[Tula Oblast]], [[Russia]], located at the [[drainage basin|watershed]] of the [[Don River (Russia)|Don]] and [[Volga River]]s, {{convert|77|km|sp=us}} southeast of [[Tula, Russia|Tula]], the administrative center of the [[oblast]]. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=28,485|p2002=33,169|p1989=38,294}}
==History== The village of '''Mikhaylovka''' ({{lang|ru|Михайловка}}) has been known since the 17th century.{{citation needed|date=June 2010}} It developed during the [[Great Patriotic War]] of 1941 to 1945 in connection with intensive [[coal]] exploitation at the [[Moscow Coal Basin]]. The [[Soviet Union|Soviets]] built numerous mines on the lands of a [[kolkhoz]] called ''[[Young Communist International]]'' ({{langx |ru|'''К'''оммунистический '''и'''нтернационал '''м'''олодёжи}}, abbreviated as {{langx|ru|КИМ}}, or {{translit | ru | KIM}}) and a habitat for miners. It was granted [[urban-type settlement|work-settlement]] status and given its present name in 1948; town status was granted to it in 1952.{{citation needed|date=June 2010}}
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], Kimovsk serves as the [[administrative center]] of [[Kimovsky District]].<ref name="TulaO_admlaw">Law #954-ZTO</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Kimovsky District as '''Kimovsk [[Town of district significance|Town Under District Jurisdiction]]'''.<ref name="Note">Law #954-ZTO defines a town under district jurisdiction as a town which is a part of one of the districts of the oblast. [[OKATO]] lists the town of Kimovsk as a part of Kimovsky District and separately from other administrative divisions of the district.</ref> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], Kimovsk Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Kimovsky Municipal District as '''Kimovsk Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="TulaOKimovskyD_mun">Law #547-ZTO</ref>
==Transportation== Bus station and railway station share a building. Bus routes originating from Kimovsk include [[Moscow]], [[Tula, Russia|Tula]], [[Ryazan]], [[Novomoskovsk, Russia|Novomoskovsk]], [[Uzlovaya]], and other destinations.
==Culture== There is a museum of local lore in Kimovsk. The Memorial of the [[Great Patriotic War (term)|Great Patriotic War]] is located on the outskirts of Karachevsky forest.
==References== ===Sources=== {{Reflist}}
===Notes=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|tul|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|tul|mun|list|kimovsky}}
==External links== *[http://kimovsk2005.narod.ru/ Unofficial website of Kimovsk] {{in lang|ru}} *[http://kimovsk.org/ Kimovsk news portal] {{in lang|ru}} *Encyclopedia "My Town". [http://www.mojgorod.ru/tuljsk_obl/kimovsk/index.html Entry on Kimovsk] {{in lang|ru}}
{{Tula Oblast}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2012}}
[[Category:Cities and towns in Tula Oblast]] [[Category:Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union]] [[Category:Populated places established in the 1940s]] [[Category:Kimovsky District]] [[Category:Former urban-type settlements of Tula Oblast]]