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{{Short description|City in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia}}
{{Infobox Russian city
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|ru_name=Прокопьевск
|image_skyline=ДК им. Артема-1.JPG
|image_caption=Artyom Palace of Culture
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|image_coa=Prokopievsk COA 2020.jpg
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|federal_subject=[[Kemerovo Oblast]]
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|adm_data_as_of=June 2011
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|mun_data_as_of=January 2012
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|leader_title=Head
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|leader_name=Maksim Shkarabeynikov
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|pop_2010census=210130
|pop_2010census_rank=88th
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|established_date=1918
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|website=http://pearlkuz.ru/
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|commonscat=Prokopyevsk
|date=April 2010
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'''Prokopyevsk''' ({{lang-rus|Прокопьевск|p=prɐˈkopʲjɪfsk}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|city]] in [[Kemerovo Oblast]], [[Russia]]. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=210,130|p2002=224,597|p1989=273,838}}{{Historical populations|3=1926|4=11000|5=1939|6=107000|7=1959|8=281958|9=1970|10=274485|11=1979|12=266167|13=1989|14=273838|15=2002|16=224597|17=2010|18=210130|19=2021|20=177819|type=|footnote=Source: Census data}}

==History==
It was founded in 1918 as the settlement of '''Prokopyevsky''' ({{lang|ru|Проко́пьевский}}) from the existing villages of Monastyrskoye and Prokopyevskoye, and was granted town status and renamed in 1931.<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=General Information|url=http://pearlkuz.ru/index.php/home/city/history|language=ru|access-date=January 5, 2018}}</ref>

==Administrative and municipal status==
[[image:Площадь перед драматическим театром, 27 августа 2011 г..jpg|thumb|right|200px|Town center]]
Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], Prokopyevsk serves as the [[administrative center]] of [[Prokopyevsky District]], even though it is not a part of it.<ref name="Ref47">Law #215-OZ</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as '''Prokopyevsk [[City of federal subject significance|City Under Oblast Jurisdiction]]'''—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the [[administrative divisions of Kemerovo Oblast|districts]].<ref name="Ref47" /> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], Prokopyevsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as '''Prokopyevsky Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="Ref48">Law #104-OZ</ref>

==Economy==
Prokopyevsk is one of the main centers of the extraction of coking [[coal]] in the [[Kuznetsk Basin]] (Kuzbass).

==References==
===Notes===
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===Sources===
*{{RussiaAdmMunRef|kem|adm|law}}
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{{Kemerovo Oblast}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2011}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Kemerovo Oblast]]
[[Category:Monotowns in Russia]]