Proletarsk, Rostov Oblast
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Other uses". Template:Infobox Russian inhabited locality Proletarsk (Template:Langx) is a town and the administrative center of Proletarsky District in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the Manych River, on the Rostov-on-Don–Baku railway.
It was formerly the Cossack stanitsa of Velikoknyazheskaya (Script error: No such module "Lang".).
History
Proletarsk is the site of a massive petroleum tank farm installation of the Russian Federal Agency for State Reserves, some 250 km from the Ukrainian border.[1] On 18 August 2024, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was set ablaze by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone strike.[2] As of 23 August 2024, the tank farm was still ablaze,[3][4] while the Ukrainians aggravated it with another drone strike on that day.[5][6] Local authorities declared a state of emergency.[7] On 2 September the fire was extinguished.[8] The Telegram channel RostovGazeta reported that the fire at the Proletarsk oil depot precipitated a surge in the sale of oil storage and refining facilities in the region due to the threat of new attacks from Ukraine.[9][10]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Proletarsk serves as the administrative center of Proletarsky District.[11] As an administrative division, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated within Proletarsky District as Proletarskoye Urban Settlement.[11] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Proletarsky Municipal District.[12]
Demographics
The population of Proletarsk has slightly increased in the post-Soviet era:Template:Ru-census
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- ↑ Burning Oil Depot In Russia's Rostov Region Struck Again, Reports Say RFE/RL, August 23, 2024
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- ↑ Another drone strikes oil depot in Rostov region that has been burning for almost a week RBC, MARIA KHOLINA, AUGUST 23, 2024
- ↑ Fire crews continue to respond to major fire following drone strike in Proletarsk as of late August Crisis 24, 27 August 2024
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- ↑ Repeated Ukrainian drone strikes and ongoing blaze at Proletarsk oil depot spark crisis in Rostov region UA Wire, August 23, 2024
- ↑ Six-day blaze expands in Rostov oil depot after reported follow-up Ukrainian drone strike Euromaidan Press, 23 August 2024
- ↑ a b Law #340-ZS
- ↑ Law #183-ZS