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Ust-Labinsk

Ust-Labinsk Усть-Лабинск
Town[1]
Orthodox Church in Ust-Labinsk
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Location of Ust-Labinsk
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Coordinates: 45°13′N 39°42′E / 45.217°N 39.700°E / 45.217; 39.700
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Krasnodar Krai[1]
Administrative district	Ust-Labinsky District[1]
Town	Ust-Labinsk[1]
Founded	1794[2]
Town status since	May 28, 1958[2]
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	43,270
Administrative status
• Capitalof	Ust-Labinsky District,[1] Town of Ust-Labinsk[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Ust-Labinsky Municipal District[4]
• Urban settlement	Ust-Labinskoye Urban Settlement[4]
• Capitalof	Ust-Labinsky Municipal District,[4] Ust-Labinskoye Urban Settlement[4]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	352330–352337, 352349
OKTMOID	03657101001
Website	gorod-ust-labinsk.ru

Ust-Labinsk (Russian: Усть-Лаби́нск) is a town and the administrative centerofUst-Labinsky DistrictofKrasnodar Krai, Russia.

The town is situated in the central part of Krasnodar Krai, at the confluence of the Kuban and Laba rivers, 62 km to the east of Krasnodar.

Population: 39,456 (2020), 43,270 (2010 Russian census);^[3] 43,824 (2002 Census);^[7] 41,759 (1989 Soviet census).^[8]

History of Ust-Labinsk dates back to 1778, when fort Aleksandrovskiy was founded at the confluence of Kuban and Laba rivers. The construction was finished in 1793, under the direction of general Ivan Gudovich. In 1794 stanitsa Ust-Labinskaya was established by the resettled Don Cossacks.^[2] On May 28, 1958, it was granted town status and renamed.^[2]

Two Heroes of the Soviet Union (Alexander Geraskin and Ivan Ivaschenko) were born in Ust-Labinsk, as well as soviet engineer Nikolay Popov (the chief designer of the T-80 tank), and football player Anton Vlasov. The 'Pioneer Hero' Abram Pinkenson was shot by the Nazis in the town in 1942. Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska grew up in the town.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ust-Labinsk serves as the administrative centerofUst-Labinsky District.^[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Ust-Labinsky District as the Town of Ust-Labinsk.^[1] As a municipal division, the territory of Ust-Labinsk is incorporated within Ust-Labinsky Municipal District as Ust-Labinskoye Urban Settlement.^[4] The two rural localities are incorporated separately: the settlement of Dvubratsky is incorporated as Dvubratskoye Rural Settlement, while the khutorofOktyabrsky is a part of Zheleznoye Rural Settlement, both of Ust-Labinsky Municipal District.^[4]

• Азаренкова, А. С.; И. Ю. Бондарь; Н. С. Вертышева (1986). Основные административно-территориальные преобразования на Кубани (1793–1985 гг.) (in Russian). Краснодарское книжное издательство.
• Управление по взаимодействию с органами местного самоуправления Администрации Краснодарского края. Справочная информация №34.01-707/13-03 от 23 мая 2013 г. «Реестр административно-территориальных единиц Краснодарского края». (Department of Cooperation with the Organs of the Local Self-Government of the Administration of Krasnodar Krai. Reference Information #34.01-707/13-03 of May 23, 2013 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units of Krasnodar Krai. ).
• Законодательное Собрание Краснодарского края. Закон №727-КЗ от 7 июня 2004 г «Об установлении границ муниципального образования Усть-Лабинский район, наделении его статусом муниципального района, образовании в его составе муниципальных образований — городского и сельских поселений — и установлении их границ», в ред. Закона №2982-КЗ от 29 мая 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Краснодарского края "Об установлении границ муниципального образования Усть-Лабинский район, наделении его статусом муниципального района, образовании в его составе муниципальных образований — городского и сельских поселений — и установлении их границ"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Информационный бюллетень ЗС Краснодарского края", №18 (2), 24 июня 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai. Law #727-KZ of June 7, 2004 On the Establishment of the Borders of the Municipal Formation of Ust-Labinsky District, on Granting It the Status of a Municipal District, on the Establishment of the Municipal Formations—Urban and Rural Settlements—Within Its Structure and on the Establishment of Their Borders, as amended by the Law #2982-KZ of May 29, 2014 On Amending the Law of Krasnodar Krai "On the Establishment of the Borders of the Municipal Formation of Ust-Labinsky District, on Granting It the Status of a Municipal District, on the Establishment of the Municipal Formations—Urban and Rural Settlements—Within Its Structure and on the Establishment of Their Borders". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).

• Official website of Ust-Labinsk (in Russian)
• Wiki of Ust-Labinsk (in Russian)