Leninsk-Kuznetsky (city)

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Leninsk-Kuznetsky Ленинск-Кузнецкий
City[1]
Railway station
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Leninsk-Kuznetsky
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Coordinates: 54°39′27″N 86°09′42″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kemerovo Oblast[1]
Founded	1763
City status since	1925
Area
• Total	2,356.116 km^2 (909.701 sq mi)
Elevation	230 m (750 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	101,666
• Rank	160th in 2010
• Density	43/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Leninsk-Kuznetsky City Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
• Capital of	Leninsk-Kuznetsky District,[1] Leninsk-Kuznetsky City Under Oblast Jurisdiction[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Leninsk-Kuznetsky Urban Okrug[3]
• Capital of	Leninsk-Kuznetsky Urban Okrug,[3] Leninsk-Kuznetsky Municipal District[3]
Time zone	UTC+7 (MSK+4 [4])
Postal code(s)[5]	652500
OKTMO ID	32719000001
Website	web.archive.org/web/20120711160317/http://www.leninsk-kuz.ru/

Leninsk-Kuznetsky (Russian: Ле́нинск-Кузне́цкий, Russian pronunciation: [ˈlʲenʲɪnsk kʊzˈnʲɛt͡skʲij]), known as Kolchugino (Кольчу́гино, pronounced [kɐlʲˈt͡ɕugʲɪnə]) until 1925,^{[citation needed]} is a city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located on both banks of the Inya River (Ob's tributary). The population as of 2021 is 92,244.^[6]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Leninsk-Kuznetsky serves as the administrative center of Leninsk-Kuznetsky District, even though it is not a part of it.^[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated separately as Leninsk-Kuznetsky City Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1] As a municipal division, Leninsk-Kuznetsky City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Leninsk-Kuznetsky Urban Okrug.^[3]

Economy

Leninsk-Kuznetsky is one of the main coal mining centers of the Kuznetsk Basin. It is entirely turned towards the extraction of coal. Many mines are within the limits of the city.

Transportation

The city is on the trunk roads Leninsk-Kuznetsky–Novosibirsk and Kemerovo–Novokuznetsk and on the railway lines Novosibirsk–Novokuznetsk and Kemerovo–Novokuznetsk.

The city has had a trolleybus network since 1984.

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  ZiU-682 trolleybus
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  Leninsk-Kuznetsky railroad station

Sports

The final Olympic gymnastic teams trained here for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Notable people

• Oleg Tinkov, Russian businessman in banking, real estate and yachting
• Maksim Devyatovskiy, Russian Olympic gymnast
• Maria Filatova, Soviet Olympic gymnast
• Anastasia Ilyankova, ROC Olympic gymnast
• Daria Joura, Australian Olympic gymnast
• Gennady Konyakhin, politician

References

Notes

1. Law #215-OZ
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.
3. Law #104-OZ
4. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
5. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
6. "Подсчёт населения 2021 год".

Sources

• Совет народных депутатов Кемеровской области. Закон №215-ОЗ от 27 декабря 2007 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Кемеровской области», в ред. Закона №131-ОЗ от 22 декабря 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Кемеровской области "О статусе и границах муниципальных образований" и Закон Кемеровской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Кемеровской области"». Вступил в силу в день, следующий за днём официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Кузбасс", №243, 28 декабря 2007 г. (Council of People's Deputies of Kemerovo Oblast. Law #215-OZ of December 27, 2007 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kemerovo Oblast, as amended by the Law #131-OZ of December 22, 2014 On Amending the Law of Kemerovo Oblast "On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations" and the Law of Kemerovo Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kemerovo Oblast". Effective as of the day following the official publication date.).
• Совет народных депутатов Кемеровской области. Закон №104-ОЗ от 17 декабря 2004 г. «О статусе и границах муниципальных образований», в ред. Закона №123-ОЗ от 22 декабря 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Кемеровской области "О статусе и границах муниципальных образований"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Кузбасс", №242, 24 декабря 2004 г. (Council of People's Deputies of Chelyabinsk Oblast. Law #104-OZ of December 17, 2004 On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations, as amended by the Law #123-OZ of December 22, 2015 On Amending the Law of Kemerovo Oblast "On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations". Effective as of the official publication date.).