Shimanovsk
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Shimanovsk (Template:Langx) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshaya Pyora River (a right-hand tributary of the Zeya), Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Blagoveshchensk. Population: Template:Ru-census2010 Template:Replace (2002 Census);[1] Template:Replace (1989 Soviet census).[2]
History
It was founded in conjunction with the construction of the Amur railway in 1910, originally named Pyora after the river on which it stands.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It was renamed Gondatti in 1914 in honor of the then-governor of Amur Oblast, Nikolay Gondatti. In 1920, it was renamed Vladimiro-Shimanovsky after Vladimir Shimanovsky, a railway engineer and member of the Red Army who was shot dead in Blagoveshchensk during the Russian Civil War. It was granted town status and its name shortened to Shimanovsk in 1950.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
During the construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline in the 1970s, Shimanovsk saw new growth as a center for production of construction materials.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shimanovsk serves as the administrative center of Shimanovsky District,[3] even though it is not a part of it.[4] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Shimanovsk Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[4] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.[5]
Economy
The town's primary industries are production of heavy machinery and building materials. Kranspetsburmash corporation produces cranes and drilling equipment in Shimanovsk.
Transportation
The town has a railway station (Shimanovskaya) on the Trans-Siberian Railway. The Shimanovsk Airport is situated Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of the town.
Geography
The town is located on the Bolshaya Pyora River (a right-hand tributary of the Zeya), 250 kilometers (160 mi) northwest of Blagoveshchensk.
Climate
Shimanovsk, like most of Amur Oblast, has a monsoon influenced humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwb), closely bordering on a subarctic climate (Dwc). It features short, warm, and humid summers, and severely cold, dry winters. The average January temperature is Script error: No such module "convert".. The absolute minimum observed was Script error: No such module "convert".. Average July temperature is Script error: No such module "convert"..
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References
Notes
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- ↑ a b Law #127-OZ
- ↑ Law #374-OZ
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Sources
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (Amur Oblast Council of People's Deputies. Law #127-OZ of December 23, 2005 On the Procedures of Handling the Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Amur Oblast, as amended by the Law #272-OZ of November 11, 2013 On Amending the Law of Amur Oblast "On the Procedures of Handling the Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Amur Oblast". Effective as of the day of the first official publication, with the exception of subitem "b" of item 2 of Article 7, which is effective January 1, 2006.).
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