Yelizovo
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History
Founded in 1848 as the selo of Stary Ostrog (Script error: No such module "Lang".), it was renamed Zavoyko (Script error: No such module "Lang".) in 1897, after the Russian admiral Vasily Zavoyko who led the defense of Petropavlovsk in 1854. The village was renamed Yelizovo in 1924.[1] Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1964, and town status was granted in 1975.[2]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yelizovo serves as the administrative center of Yelizovsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[3] As an administrative division, it is incorporated as Yelizovo Town Under Krai Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[3] As a municipal division, Yelizovo Town Under Krai Jurisdiction is incorporated as Yelizovskoye Urban Settlement within Yelizovsky Municipal District.[4]
Demographics
Ethnic composition (2010):[5]
- Russians – 89.4%
- Ukrainians – 3.5%
- Koreans – 1.5%
- Tatars – 0.6%
- Belarusians – 0.6%
- Others – 4.4%
The town has a small population of Korean people who were descended from North Korean contract workers from 1946.[6]
Transportation and infrastructure
The town's most notable claim to fame is serving as the host for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport, the largest airport on Kamchatka. A major Soviet space telemetry station, NIP-6, was also located nearby.
In Yelizovo, there is a long-wave broadcasting station with a Script error: No such module "convert". tall ARRT-Antenna.
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