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Angarsk ( rus, Ангарск, p=ɐnˈgarsk) is a
Angarsk has the largest industrial zone in Asia. It includes
The city is connected by the
Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast
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Official website of Angarsk
Directory of organizations in Angarsk
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Irkutsk Oblast Populated places established in 1948 Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union
city
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and the 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 ...
of Angarsky District
Angarsky District (russian: Ангарский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.Charter of Irkutsk Oblast As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Angarskoye Urban Okrug. ...
of Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast (russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast; bua, Эрхүү можо, Erkhüü mojo) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizh ...
, Russia
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, located on the Kitoy River
The Kitoy (, ) is a river in Buryatia and Irkutsk Oblast in Russia, a left tributary of the Angara. The length of the river is 316 km. The area of its basin is 9,190 km². The Kitoy freezes up in the second half of October and stays iceb ...
, from Irkutsk
Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is ...
, the administrative center of the oblast
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. Population:
History
It was founded in 1948''The New Encyclopædia Britannica
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''. Entry on Angarsk. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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, 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 399. as an industrial community and was granted city status on May 30, 1951.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Angarsk serves as theadministrative 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 ...
of Angarsky District
Angarsky District (russian: Ангарский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.Charter of Irkutsk Oblast As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Angarskoye Urban Okrug. ...
,Law #49-OZ to which it is directly subordinated.''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast'' As a municipal division, the city of Angarsk and thirteen rural localities of Angarsky District are incorporated as Angarskoye Urban Okrug.Law #149-OZ
Local government
As a result of the elections of December 2, 2007, Leonid G. Mikhaylov was elected mayor. Previously, Yevgeny P. Kanukhin, elected on October 9, 2005, was mayor.Economy
Angarsk has the largest industrial zone in Asia. It includes Angarsk Petrochemical Complex
Angarsk ( rus, Ангарск, p=ɐnˈgarsk) is a city and the administrative center of Angarsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kitoy River, from Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
History
It wa ...
and Angarsk Electrochemical Combine
Angarsk Electrochemical Combine (russian: Ангарский электролизный химический комбинат) is a company based in Angarsk, Russia. It is a subsidiary of TVEL (Rosatom group).
The Angarsk Electrochemical Combine ...
. Angarsk also hosts a showcase international nuclear fuel cycle
The nuclear fuel cycle, also called nuclear fuel chain, is the progression of nuclear fuel through a series of differing stages. It consists of steps in the ''front end'', which are the preparation of the fuel, steps in the ''service period'' in w ...
center, which will be one of the first Russian enrichment centers to be placed under IAEA safeguards. Angarsk is also the site for a Nuclear Fuel Bank, following a decision by the IAEA in November 2009; working with Russia, IAEA established this bank to supply market priced fuel to member states as protection against possible supply disruptions.
In 2005, Angarsk won the first prize in a nationwide contest for the fastest development of public utilities.
Transportation
The city is connected by the Trans-Siberian Railway
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. Trams, buses, and ''marshrutka
''Marshrutka''Angarsk State Technical Academy
The Angarsk State Technical Academy (AGTA, rus. Ангарская Государственная Техническая Академия - АГТА]) is the center of education, science, and culture for the city of Angarsk and Angarsk regional a ...
.
People
Mikhail Popkov
Mikhail Viktorovich Popkov (russian: Михаи́л Ви́кторович Попко́в; born 7 March 1964) is a Russian serial killer, rapist, and necrophile who committed the sexual assault and murder of seventy-eight girls and women between ...
, one of Russia's most violent serial killers, was born in Angarsk.
Ekaterina Tyryshkina
Ekaterina Nikolayevna Tyryshkina (born 31 January 1996) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French Division 1 Féminine club Dijon and the Russia national team.
Club career
Tyryshkina started her professional care ...
, footballer playing for En Avant de Guingamp (women)
En Avant Guingamp Féminines are a French football club based in Saint-Brieuc, a commune in the Brittany region. The club was previously the women's section of men's football club Stade Briochin and was founded in 1973 under the name Chaffote ...
Twin towns and sister cities
Angarsk is twinned with: *Mytishchi
Mytishchi ( rus, Мыти́щи, p=mɨˈtʲiɕːɪ) is a city and the administrative center of Mytishchinsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, which lies 19 km northeast of Russia's capital Moscow on the Yauza River and the Moscow–Yarosla ...
, Russia
* Jinzhou
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, China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
* Komatsu, Japan
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* Alushta
Alushta ( uk, Алушта; crh, Aluşta; ) is a city of regional significance on the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula which is within the Republic of Crimea, an internationally recognized ''de jure'' part of Ukraine, but since 2014 a ''de ...
, Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
References
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Sources
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External links
Official website of Angarsk
Directory of organizations in Angarsk
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Irkutsk Oblast Populated places established in 1948 Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union