Ussuriysk
Ussuriysk (Russian: Уссури́йск) is a city in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is in the fertile valley of the Razdolnaya River. It is 98 kilometers (61 mi) north of Vladivostok, the administrative center of the krai. It is about 60 kilometers (37 mi) from both the China–Russia border and the Pacific Ocean. Population: 158,004 (2010 Census);[2] 157,759 (2002 Census);[6] 158,016 (1989 Census).[7]
Ussuriysk
Уссурийск | |
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 Nekrasova Street in Ussuriysk | |
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Location of Ussuriysk  | |
  Ussuriysk Location of Ussuriysk  Ussuriysk Ussuriysk (Primorsky Krai) | |
| Coordinates: 43°48′N 131°58′E / 43.800°N 131.967°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Primorsky Krai[1] |
| Founded | 1866 |
| City status since | 1898 |
| Government | |
| • Head | Yevgeny Korzh |
| Area | |
| • Total | 173 km2 (67 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 33 m (108 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 158,004 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 168,598 |
| • Rank | 111th in 2010 |
| • Density | 910/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| • Subordinated to | Ussuriysk City Under Krai Jurisdiction[1] |
| • Capital of | Ussuriysk City Under Krai Jurisdiction[1] |
| • Urban okrug | Ussuriysky Urban Okrug[3] |
| • Capital of | Ussuriysky Urban Okrug[3] |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7  [4]) |
| Postal code(s)[5] | 692500–692503, 692506, 692508–692512, 692515, 692519, 692522–692530, 692548–692554, 692558, 692559 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 4234 |
| OKTMO ID | 05723000001 |
| Twin towns | Mudanjiang |
| Website | adm-ussuriisk |
It used to be named Nikolskoye (until 1898), Nikolsk-Ussuriysky (until 1935), and Voroshilov (until 1957). It was named Ussuriysk in 1957.
Demographics
changeEthnic groups (2010):[8]
- Russians – 91%
- Koreans – 3%
- Ukrainians – 2.4%
- Tatars – 0.5%
- Others – 3.1%
Architecture and monuments
changeThe central part of the city, including Lenina, Chicherina, Krasnoznamyonnaya, and Ageyeva Streets, is of historic value. On the central square there is a monument to the Red Guards and partisans, who died in the battles at Ussuriysk in June 1918. A monument to Vladimir Lenin is on the Railway Station Square. Steam locomotive YeL 629 is set on plinth as a memorial to three Bolshevik revolutionaries (Lazo, Lutsky, and Sibirtsev) who were allegedly burned alive by the White Guards in its firebox in 1920.
Notable people
change- Aleksandr Dvornikov (born 1961), army general
Twin towns and sister cities
changeUssuriysk is twinned with:
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Law #161-KZ
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Law #131-KZ
- ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
- ↑ 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]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. May 21, 2004. Retrieved 9 Feb 2012.
- ↑ 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). Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. Retrieved 9 Feb 2012.
- ↑ "4. Население по национальности и владению русским языком" (PDF). Primstat. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2020. Retrieved September 19, 2020.