Vyazemsky
Вяземский
Town[1]
Administration Building, Vyazemsky
Administration Building, Vyazemsky
Coat of arms of Vyazemsky
Coat of arms
Location of Vyazemsky
Map
Vyazemsky is located in Russia
Vyazemsky
Vyazemsky
Location of Vyazemsky
Vyazemsky is located in Khabarovsk Krai
Vyazemsky
Vyazemsky
Vyazemsky (Khabarovsk Krai)
Coordinates: 47°31′30″N 134°45′26″E / 47.52500°N 134.75722°E / 47.52500; 134.75722
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKhabarovsk Krai[1]
Administrative districtVyazemsky District[1]
Founded1895[2]
Town status since1951
Government
 • MayorViktor Shashkun
Elevation
60 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total14,555
 • Capital ofVyazemsky District[4]
 • Municipal districtVyazemsky Municipal District[5]
 • Urban settlementVyazemsky Urban Settlement[5]
 • Capital ofVyazemsky Municipal District,[5] Vyazemsky Urban Settlement[5]
Time zoneUTC+10 (MSK+7 Edit this on Wikidata[6])
Postal code(s)[7]
682950
Dialing code(s)+7 42153
OKTMO ID08617101001
Websitevyazemskii.khabkrai.ru

Vyazemsky (Russian: Вя́земский) is a town and the administrative center of Vyazemsky District in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located 130 kilometers (81 mi) southwest of Khabarovsk, the administrative center of the krai, close to the Ussuri River and the border with China. Population: 14,555 (2010 Census);[3] 15,760 (2002 Census);[8] 18,426 (1989 Census).[9]

History

It was founded in 1895[2] as a settlement during the construction of the railway between Khabarovsk and Vladivostok, which later became the easternmost section of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The settlement and the station were initially named Vyazemskaya (Вя́земская) after the lead engineer of the section, Orest Vyazemsky.[citation needed]

Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1938; town status was granted in 1951.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Vyazemsky serves as the administrative center of Vyazemsky District,[4] to which it is directly subordinated.[1] As a municipal division, the town of Vyazemsky is incorporated within Vyazemsky Municipal District as Vyazemsky Urban Settlement.[5]

Economy

The town's economy relies on the production of timber, foodstuffs, and construction materials, as well as on the Trans-Siberian Railway traffic.

Transportation

Vyazemskaya railway station

The town is served by Vyazemskaya railway station on the Trans-Siberian Railway and is the terminus for electrified suburban commuter trains from Khabarovsk. It is also on the M60 motorway.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Resolution #143-pr
  2. ^ a b Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 98. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 08 217», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 08 217, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  5. ^ a b c d e Law #191
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  8. ^ 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).
  9. ^ 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.

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