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Blagoveshchenka, Altai Krai
Blagoveshchenka (russian: Благовещенка) is an urban locality ( work settlement) and the administrative center of Blagoveshchensky District of Altai Krai, Russia. Population: Geography Blagoveshchenka is located between the Kuchuk lake to the SSW and the Kulunda Kulunda (russian: Кулунда) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kulundinsky District of Altai Krai, Russia. Population: It is located on the Kazakhstan–Russia border. Geography The village is located in the are ... lake to the northeast. Stepnoye Ozero is the nearest rural locality. References Notes Sources * * {{Use mdy dates, date=January 2013 Urban-type settlements in Altai Krai ...
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Altai Krai
Altai Krai (russian: Алта́йский край, r=Altaysky kray, p=ɐlˈtajskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan Region and Pavlodar Region), Novosibirsk Oblast, Novosibirsk and Kemerovo Oblasts, and the Altai Republic. The krai's administrative centre is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Barnaul. As of the Russian Census (2010), 2010 Census, the population of the krai was 2,419,755. Name The region is named after the Altai mountains. In Russian, Altai Krai means the Altai region. Geography Altai Krai has rolling foothills, grasslands, lakes, rivers, and mountains. The highest point of the krai is high Mayak Shangina. The climate is severe with long cold dry winters and hot, usually dry summers. The region's main waterway is the Ob River, which gives its name to the Ob Plateau. The Biya River, Biya and Katun Rivers are also important. Th ...
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Blagoveshchensky District, Altai Krai
Blagoveshchensky District (russian: Благове́щенский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #16-ZS district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the west of the krai. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Blagoveshchenka. Population: The population of Blagoveshchenka accounts for 37.8% of the district's total population. Geography Blagoveshchensky District is located in the northwest of Altai Krai, on flat terrain of the Kulunda Steppe of the West Siberian Plain. Much of the western border of the district is the shore of Lake Kulunda. There are over 20 bitter-salty and freshwater lakes in the district. Lake Kuchuk, the second largest lake, has mineral salts and medicinal muds. The Kulunda River flows in a wide, waterlogged plain from east to west across the north of the district, before emptying into Lake Kulunda. The soils are brown soi ...
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Types Of Inhabited Localities In Russia
The classification system of inhabited localities in Russia and some other post-Soviet states has certain peculiarities compared with those in other countries. Classes During the Soviet time, each of the republics of the Soviet Union, including the Russian SFSR, had its own legislative documents dealing with classification of inhabited localities. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the task of developing and maintaining such classification in Russia was delegated to the federal subjects.Articles 71 and 72 of the Constitution of Russia do not name issues of the administrative and territorial structure among the tasks handled on the federal level or jointly with the governments of the federal subjects. As such, all federal subjects pass their own laws establishing the system of the administrative-territorial divisions on their territories. While currently there are certain peculiarities to classifications used in many federal subjects, they are all still largely ba ...
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Urban-type Settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, abbreviated: uk, с.м.т., translit=s.m.t.; be, пасёлак гарадскога тыпу, translit=pasiolak haradskoha typu; pl, osiedle typu miejskiego; bg, селище от градски тип, translit=selishte ot gradski tip; ro, așezare de tip orășenesc. is an official designation for a semi-urban settlement (previously called a "town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ..."), used in several Eastern European countries. The term was historically used in Bulgaria, Poland, and the Soviet Union, and remains in use ...
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Administrative Center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ... is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and many African countries), a (, plural form , literally 'chief place' or 'main place'), is a town or city that is important from an administrative perspective. Algeria The capital of an Algerian province is called a chef-lieu. The capital of a Districts of Algeria, district, the next largest division, is also called a chef-lieu, whilst the capital of the lowest division, the Municipalities of Algeria, municipalities, is called agglomération de chef-lieu (chef-lieu ...
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Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and shares Borders of Russia, land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than List of countries and territories by land borders, any other country but China. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's ninth-most populous country and List of European countries by population, Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city is Moscow, the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest city entirely within E ...
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Lake Kuchuk
Lake Kuchuk or Kuchukskoye (russian: Кучукское озеро) is a bittern salt lake in the southern part of the West Siberian Plain, Blagoveshchensky District, Altai Krai, south-central Russia. Its waters are briny, containing sodium sulphate. The northern end of the lake is connected by a channel with Lake Kulunda to the north. Geography Lake Kuchuk is the second largest lake in Altai Krai. It has an oval shape and is located to the south of Lake Kulunda in the eastern side of the Kulunda Plain, near the western limit of the Ob Plateau. The Kuchuk river flows into the eastern shore of the lake. Google Earth See also *list of lakes of Russia List of lakes in Russia in alphabetical order: * Arakhley (Арахле́й) *Baikal (Байкал) * Baunt (Баунт) * Beloye, Ryazan Oblast (Белое) * Beloye, Vologda Oblast (Белое) *Bokon (Бокон) * Bolshoye Morskoye (Боль ... References External links Company — KuchuksulphateBiochemichal Composition ...
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Lake Kulunda
Lake Kulunda or Kulundinskoye (russian: Кулундинское озеро) is a lake in the southern part of the West Siberian Plain, Altai Krai, south-central Russia. The Kulunda and Suetka rivers flow into the lake, which is connected by a channel with Lake Kuchuk to the south. The nearest town is Blagoveshchenka.Google Earth Geography Lake Kulunda is the largest lake in Altai Krai. It is an endorheic lake located in the eastern side of the Kulunda Plain, near the western limit of the Ob Plateau. This lake, along with many other lakes in the region, exhibits a wide array of colors. The variations in color suggest that each lake is at a different stage of eutrophication. Kuchuk, the lake immediately south of Lake Kulunda is mauve-colored, contrasting with the oval, dark blue lake along the northwest edge of the photograph. The lake has no outlets and two deltas can be observed along the eastern side of the lake. The white areas are salty minerals that were deposited on the su ...
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Stepnoye Ozero
Stepnoye Ozero (russian: Степно́е О́зеро) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities * Stepnoye Ozero, Altai Krai, a work settlement under the administrative jurisdiction of Stepnoozersky Settlement Council in Blagoveshchensky District of Altai Krai Altai Krai (russian: Алта́йский край, r=Altaysky kray, p=ɐlˈtajskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan Region and Pavlodar ... ;Rural localities * Stepnoye Ozero, Republic of Tatarstan, a '' selo'' in Nurlatsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan {{SIA, populated places in Russia ...
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