Belogorsk, Amur Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Belogorsk.
Belogorsk (English)
Белогорск (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Belogorsk railway station
Belogorsk
Location of Belogorsk in Amur Oblast
Coordinates: 50°55′N 128°28′E / 50.917°N 128.467°E / 50.917; 128.467Coordinates: 50°55′N 128°28′E / 50.917°N 128.467°E / 50.917; 128.467
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Administrative status (as of November 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Amur Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to Belogorsk Urban Okrug[1]
Administrative center of Belogorsk Urban Okrug,[1] Belogorsky District[1][2]
Municipal status (as of January 2005)
Urban okrug Belogorsk Urban Okrug[3]
Administrative center of Belogorsk Urban Okrug,[3] Belogorsky Municipal District[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 68,249 inhabitants[4]
- Rank in 2010 229th
Time zone YAKT (UTC+09:00)[5]
Founded 1860[6]
Town status since 1926
Previous names Alexandrovskoye (until 1926),[7]
Alexandrovsk (until 1931),[7]
Krasnopartizansk (until 1935),[7]
Kuybyshevka Vostochnaya (until 1957)
Postal code(s)[8] 676805, 676845, 676846, 676850, 676852–676856, 676859, 676860, 676862–676865, 676869
Dialing code(s) +7 41641
Official website
Belogorsk on Wikimedia Commons

Belogorsk (Russian: Белого́рск) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located on the Tom River, a tributary of the Zeya. Population: 68,249 (2010 Census);[4] 67,422 (2002 Census);[9] 73,435 (1989 Census);[10] 53,000 (1969); 34,000 (1939).

History

The selo of Alexandrovskoye (Алекса́ндровское) was founded in 1860[6] by the settlers[7] from the European part of Russia. In 1893, the selo of Bochkaryovka (Бочкарёвка) appeared nearby.[7] The two localities grew with the construction of a station on the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1913, and by 1923 Alexandrovskoye and Bochkarevka merged and were transformed into Alexandrovsk (Алекса́ндровск). Town status was granted to Alexandrovsk in 1926.[7] In 1931, it was renamed Krasnopartizansk (Краснопартиза́нск), then, in 1935, Kuybyshevka-Vostochnaya (Ку́йбышевка-Восто́чная), to commemorate the Soviet statesman Valerian Kuybyshev.[7] In 1957, possibly to reduce the number of localities named after Kuybyshev, the town was given its present name.[7] While the literal meaning of the name is white mountains, the reasons for renaming are unclear, as the town stands on a plain with no "white mountains" anywhere in the vicinity.[7] It is possible, however, that the name was due to the whitish color of the quartz sands of the bluffs on the Tom River, or that it was allegorical, with the meaning of a white town.[7]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Belogorsk serves as the administrative center of Belogorsky District,[2] even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the selo of Nizinnoye), incorporated separately as Belogorsk Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.[3]

Economy

Belogorsk is a center for food production, as well as construction products.

Military

The town is home to important military elements of the Eastern Military District, specifically the headquarters of the 35th Army and the 21st Guards Motor Rifle Division. Nearby is the Ukrainka air base, home to elements of Long Range Aviation.

Notable people

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Law #127-OZ
  2. 1 2 3 Law #419-OZ
  3. 1 2 3 Law #423-OZ
  4. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. 1 2 Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 43. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pospelov, p. 25
  8. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  9. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  10. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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