Prokopyevsk
Template:Rcatsh Prokopyevsk (Template:Lang-rus) is a city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. Population: Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census);[1] Template:Replace (1989 Soviet census).[2]<templatestyles src="Module:Historical populations/styles.css"/>Script error: No such module "Historical populations".
History
It was founded in 1918 as the settlement of Prokopyevsky (Script error: No such module "Lang".) from the existing villages of Monastyrskoye and Prokopyevskoye, and was granted town status and renamed in 1931.[3]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Prokopyevsk serves as the administrative center of Prokopyevsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[4] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Prokopyevsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[4] As a municipal division, Prokopyevsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Prokopyevsky Urban Okrug.[5]
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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