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Town in Tula Oblast, Russia

Town in Tula Oblast, Russia

Kimovsk Кимовск Town[1] Market in Kimovsk, 2005 Flag Coat of arms Interactive map of Kimovsk Kimovsk Location of Kimovsk Show map of Russia Kimovsk Kimovsk (Tula Oblast) Show map of Tula Oblast Coordinates: 53°58′N 38°32′E / 53.967°N 38.533°E / 53.967; 38.533 Country Russia Federal subject Tula Oblast[1] Administrative district Kimovsky District[1] Town under district jurisdictionSelsoviet Kimovsk[2] Known since 17th century Town status since 1952 Elevation 210 m (690 ft) Population (2010 Census)[3] • Total 28,485 • Estimate (2021) 26,475 (−7.1%) Administrative status • Capital of Kimovsky District,[1] Kimovsk Town Under District Jurisdiction[4] Municipal status • Municipal district Kimovsky Municipal District[5] • Urban settlement Kimovsk Urban Settlement[5] • Capital of Kimovsky Municipal District,[5] Kimovsk Urban Settlement[6] Time zone UTC+3 (MSK [7]) Postal code[8] 301720–301723 Dialing code +7 48735 OKTMO ID 70626101001

**Kimovsk** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Ки́мовск) is a [town](/source/Types_of_inhabited_localities_in_Russia) and the [administrative center](/source/Administrative_center) of [Kimovsky District](/source/Kimovsky_District) in [Tula Oblast](/source/Tula_Oblast), [Russia](/source/Russia), located at the [watershed](/source/Drainage_basin) of the [Don](/source/Don_River_(Russia)) and [Volga Rivers](/source/Volga_River), 77 kilometers (48 mi) southeast of [Tula](/source/Tula%2C_Russia), the administrative center of the [oblast](/source/Oblast). Population: 28,485 ([2010 census](/source/2010_Russian_census));[3] 33,169 ([2002 census](/source/2002_Russian_census));[9] 38,294 ([1989 Soviet census](/source/1989_Soviet_census)).[10]

## History

The village of **Mikhaylovka** (Михайловка) has been known since the 17th century.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] It developed during the [Great Patriotic War](/source/Great_Patriotic_War) of 1941 to 1945 in connection with intensive [coal](/source/Coal) exploitation at the [Moscow Coal Basin](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moscow_Coal_Basin&action=edit&redlink=1). The [Soviets](/source/Soviet_Union) built numerous mines on the lands of a [kolkhoz](/source/Kolkhoz) called *[Young Communist International](/source/Young_Communist_International)* ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): **К**оммунистический **и**нтернационал **м**олодёжи, abbreviated as [Russian](/source/Russian_language): КИМ, or *KIM*) and a habitat for miners. It was granted [work-settlement](/source/Urban-type_settlement) status and given its present name in 1948; town status was granted to it in 1952.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Administrative and municipal status

Within the [framework of administrative divisions](/source/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Administrative_divisions), Kimovsk serves as the [administrative center](/source/Administrative_center) of [Kimovsky District](/source/Kimovsky_District).[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Kimovsky District as **Kimovsk [Town Under District Jurisdiction](/source/Town_of_district_significance)**.[2] As a [municipal division](/source/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Municipal_divisions), Kimovsk Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Kimovsky Municipal District as **Kimovsk Urban Settlement**.[5]

## Transportation

Bus station and railway station share a building. Bus routes originating from Kimovsk include [Moscow](/source/Moscow), [Tula](/source/Tula%2C_Russia), [Ryazan](/source/Ryazan), [Novomoskovsk](/source/Novomoskovsk%2C_Russia), [Uzlovaya](/source/Uzlovaya), and other destinations.

## Culture

There is a museum of local lore in Kimovsk. The Memorial of the [Great Patriotic War](/source/Great_Patriotic_War_(term)) is located on the outskirts of Karachevsky forest.

## References

### Sources

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-TulaO_admlaw_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-TulaO_admlaw_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-TulaO_admlaw_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-TulaO_admlaw_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-TulaO_admlaw_1-4) Law #954-ZTO

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Note_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Note_2-1) 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](/source/OKATO) lists the town of Kimovsk as a part of Kimovsky District and separately from other administrative divisions of the district.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2010Census_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2010Census_3-1) Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). [Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1](http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/perepis_itogi1612.htm) [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). [Federal State Statistics Service](/source/Federal_State_Statistics_Service_(Russia)).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-OKATO_4-0)** Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «[Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 70 226 501](http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=107426)», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 *[Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 70 226 501](http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=107426)*, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-TulaOKimovskyD_mun_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-TulaOKimovskyD_mun_5-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-TulaOKimovskyD_mun_5-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-TulaOKimovskyD_mun_5-3) Law #547-ZTO

1. **[^](#cite_ref-OKTMO_6-0)** Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 70 626 101». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 *[Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations](/source/OKTMO). Code 70 626 101*. ).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-vremeni_7-0)** ["Об исчислении времени"](http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&prevDoc=102483854&backlink=1&&nd=102148085). *Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации* (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-PostalCode_8-0)** Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (*Russian Post*). [Поиск объектов почтовой связи](http://vinfo.russianpost.ru/servlet/department) (*Postal Objects Search*) (in Russian)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-PopCensus_9-0)** [Federal State Statistics Service](/source/Federal_State_Statistics_Service_(Russia)) (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](http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls) [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).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Census1989_10-0)** [Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров](http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php) [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*.

### Notes

- Тульская областная Дума. Закон №954-ЗТО от 27 декабря 2007 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Тульской области», в ред. Закона №2131-ЗТО от 11 июня 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Тульской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Тульской области" и Закон Тульской области "Об установлении границ административно-территориальных единиц – районов в городе Туле"». Вступил в силу по истечении десяти дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Вестник Тульской областной Думы", №11–12(142–143), часть 4, ноябрь–декабрь 2007 г.. (Tula Oblast Duma. Law #954-ZTO of December 27, 2007 *On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Tula Oblast*, as amended by the Law #2131-ZTO of June 11, 2014 *On Amending the Law of Tula Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Tula Oblast" and the Law of Tula Oblast "On Establishing the Borders of the Administrative-Territorial Units–the Districts in the City of Tula"*. Effective as of the day which is ten days after the official publication date.).

- Тульская областная Дума. Закон №547-ЗТО от 11 марта 2005 г. «О переименовании муниципального образования — город Кимовск и Кимовский район Тульской области, установлении границ, наделении статусом и определении административных центров муниципальных образований на территории Кимовского района Тульской области», в ред. Закона №1898-ЗТО от 1 апреля 2013 г. «О преобразовании муниципальных образований на территории Кимовского района Тульской области и о внесении изменений в Закон Тульской области "О переименовании муниципального образования — город Кимовск и Кимовский район Тульской области, установлении границ, наделении статусом и определении административных центров муниципальных образований на территории Кимовского района Тульской области"». Вступил в силу через десять дней после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Тульские известия", №66–69, 22 марта 2005 г. (Tula Oblast Duma. Law #547-ZTO of March 11, 2005 *On Renaming the Municipal Formation of the Town of Kimovsk and Kimovsky District of Tula Oblast, on Establishing Borders, Granting the Status, and Establishing the Administrative Centers of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Kimovsky District of Tula Oblast*, as amended by the Law #1898-ZTO of April 1, 2013 *On Transforming the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Kimovsky District of Tula Oblast and on Amending the Law of Tula Oblast "On Renaming the Municipal Formation of the Town of Kimovsk and Kimovsky District of Tula Oblast, on Establishing Borders, Granting the Status, and Establishing the Administrative Centers of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Kimovsky District of Tula Oblast"*. Effective as of the day which is ten days after the official publication.).

## External links

- [Unofficial website of Kimovsk](http://kimovsk2005.narod.ru/) (in Russian)

- [Kimovsk news portal](http://kimovsk.org/) (in Russian)

- Encyclopedia "My Town". [Entry on Kimovsk](http://www.mojgorod.ru/tuljsk_obl/kimovsk/index.html) (in Russian)

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