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Coordinates: 48°17N 46°10E / 48.283°N 46.167°E / 48.283; 46.167
 

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Akhtubinsk
Ахтубинск
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Akhtubinsk is located in Russia
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Location of Akhtubinsk

Akhtubinsk is located in Astrakhan Oblast
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Akhtubinsk

Akhtubinsk (Astrakhan Oblast)

Coordinates: 48°17′N 46°10′E / 48.283°N 46.167°E / 48.283; 46.167
CountryRussia
Federal subjectAstrakhan Oblast[1]
Administrative districtAkhtubinsky District[1]
Town of district significanceAkhtubinsk[1]
Founded1959[2]
Elevation
1 m (3 ft)
Population
 • Total41,853

Administrative status

 • CapitalofAkhtubinsky District,[1] town of district significance of Akhtubinsk[1]

Municipal status

 • Municipal districtAkhtubinsky Municipal District[4]
 • Urban settlementAkhtubinsk Urban Settlement[4]
 • CapitalofAkhtubinsky Municipal District,[4] Akhtubinsk Urban Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+4 (MSK+1 Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
416500–416507Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMOID12605101001
Websitewww.adm-akhtubinsk.ru

Akhtubinsk (Russian: Ахту́бинск) is a town and the administrative centerofAkhtubinsky DistrictinAstrakhan Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Akhtuba River (atributary of the Volga), 292 kilometers (181 mi) north of Astrakhan, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 41,853 (2010 Russian census);[3] 45,542 (2002 Census);[7] 50,261 (1989 Soviet census);[8] 30,000 (1968).

History

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It was founded in 1959[2] by the merger of three settlements: Vladimirovka, Petropavlovskoye, and Akhtuba.

Administrative and municipal status

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Within the framework of administrative divisions, Akhtubinsk serves as the administrative centerofAkhtubinsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated within Akhtubinsky District as the town of district significance of Akhtubinsk.[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Akhtubinsk is incorporated within Akhtubinsky Municipal District as Akhtubinsk Urban Settlement.[4]

Economy

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The major enterprises in the town include a shipbuilding and repair plant, a milk factory, a meat factory, a bakery, and a mineral water plant.

Akhtubinsk is the transfer point for Bassol, the industrial complex which extracts salt from Lake Baskunchak.

Transportation

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The VolgogradAstrakhan road passes through Akhtubinsk.

Military

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A state flight testing center known as Valery Chkalov 929 GLITs MO RF is located in Akhtubinsk. The Groshevo (Vladimirovka) military testing range is located to the north of Akhtubinsk.

In 2012 construction of a site for flight test operations began, including new runway specifically designed to accommodate flight testing of the Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter currently under development.[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Law #67/2006-OZ
  • ^ a b Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 31. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  • ^ a b 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.
  • ^ a b c d e Law #43/2004-OZ
  • ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  • ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in 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).
  • ^ 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]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  • ^ tvzvezda.ru, Редакция. "На полигоне в Ахтубинске строят взлетно-посадочную полосу для испытания истребителя 5-го поколения". tvzvezda.ru. Archived from the original on August 12, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  • ^ "ПАК ФА будет испытан в Ахтубинске - 1 Февраля 2010 | Новости ГЛИЦ | Новости Ахтубинска | Первый Ахтубинский портал города". Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
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