Uzlovaya

{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality |en_name=Uzlovaya |ru_name=Узловая |image_skyline=Город Узловая...( Uzlovaya ).jpeg |image_caption=View of Uzlovaya |coordinates = {{coord|53|59|N|38|10|E|display=inline,title}} |map_label_position=bottom |image_coa=Coat of Arms of Uzlovaya (Tula oblast).png |coa_caption= |image_flag=Flag of Uzlovaya (Tula oblast).svg |flag_caption= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=[[Tula Oblast]] |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="TulaO_admlaw" /> |adm_district_jur=[[Uzlovsky District]] |adm_district_jur_ref=<ref name="TulaO_admlaw" /> |adm_selsoviet_jur=Uzlovaya |adm_selsoviet_type=[[Town of district significance|Town under district jurisdiction]] |adm_selsoviet_jur_ref=<ref name="Note" /> |adm_ctr_of1=Uzlovsky District |adm_ctr_of1_ref=<ref name="TulaO_admlaw" /> |adm_ctr_of2=Uzlovaya Town Under District Jurisdiction |adm_ctr_of2_ref=<ref name="OKATO">{{OKATO reference|70 244 501}}</ref> |inhabloc_cat=Town |inhabloc_cat_ref=<ref name="TulaO_admlaw" />  |mun_district_jur=Uzlovsky Municipal District |mun_district_jur_ref=<ref name="TulaOUzlovskyD_mun" /> |urban_settlement_jur=Uzlovaya Urban Settlement |urban_settlement_jur_ref=<ref name="TulaOUzlovskyD_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of1=Uzlovsky Municipal District |mun_admctr_of1_ref=<ref name="TulaOUzlovskyD_mun" /> |mun_admctr_of2=Uzlovaya Urban Settlement |mun_admctr_of2_ref=<ref name="OKTMO">{{OKTMO reference|70 644 101}}</ref> |leader_title= |leader_title_ref= |leader_name= |leader_name_ref= |representative_body= |representative_body_ref= |area_km2= |area_km2_ref= |pop_2010census=55282 |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=1873 |established_title= |established_date_ref= |current_cat_date=1938 |current_cat_date_ref= |postal_codes=301600, 301602, 301603, 301605, 301607–301610 |dialing_codes= |dialing_codes_ref= |website= }} '''Uzlovaya''' ({{langx|ru|Узлова́я}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] and the [[administrative center]] of [[Uzlovsky District]] in [[Tula Oblast]], [[Russia]]. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=55,282|p2002=59,763|p1989=64,889}}

==History== It was founded in 1873 as '''Khrushchyovskaya''' ({{lang|ru|Хрущёвская}}) railway station.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} It was renamed Uzlovaya in 1877 and granted town status in 1938.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} The railway influenced much the life and the future of the town.

==Administrative and municipal status== Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], Uzlovaya serves as the [[administrative center]] of [[Uzlovsky District]].<ref name="TulaO_admlaw">Law #954-ZTO</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Uzlovsky District as '''Uzlovaya [[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 Uzlovaya as a part of Uzlovsky District and separately from other administrative divisions of the district.</ref> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], Uzlovaya Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Uzlovsky Municipal District as '''Uzlovaya Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="TulaOUzlovskyD_mun">Law #551-ZTO</ref>

==Economy== The station connects three important railway directions: [[Ryazhsk]], [[Yelets]], and [[Tula, Russia|Tula]]. The first coal mines were founded in the late 1930s.

==Notable people== *[[Vasiliy Podshibyakin]], geologist

==References== ===Sources=== {{Reflist}}

===Notes=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|tul|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|tul|mun|list|uzlovsky}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Tula Oblast]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1873]] [[Category:Former urban-type settlements of Tula Oblast]]