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Work settlement in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
Kropotkin Кропоткин
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Coordinates: 58°30′15″N 115°18′08″E / 58.5042°N 115.3022°E / 58.5042; 115.3022
CountryRussia
Federal subjectIrkutsk Oblast
Administrative districtBodaybinsky District
Population
 • Total1,335
Administrative status
 • Capital ofKropotkin Urban Settlement
Time zoneUTC+8 (MSK+5 Edit this on Wikidata)
Postal code(s)666940Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID25602158051

Kropotkin (Russian: Кропоткин) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Bodaybinsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Population: 1,335 (2010 Census); 1,812 (2002 Census); 2,770 (1989 Soviet census).

It was named Kropotkin (in honor of Peter Kropotkin) in 1930.

Administrative status

Kropotkin is the capital of the Kropotkin Urban Settlement (Кропоткинского муниципального образования) municipal unit, which includes the Kropotkin urban locality, as well as the village of Svetly.

Geography

It is located on the Patom Highlands, in the Kropotkin Range area, 150 km (93 mi) southwest of Perevoz and 135 km (84 mi) northeast of the regional center, Bodaibo. The town lies on the Nygri River, a left tributary of the Vachi River, a tributary of the Zhuya of the Chara River basin.

References

  1. ^ 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 (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  2. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  3. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  4. 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 (in Russian).
  5. 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 (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики . 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  6. Google Earth
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