Artyom ( rus, Артём, p=ɐrˈtʲɵm) is a
city
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in
Primorsky Krai
Primorsky Krai (russian: Приморский край, r=Primorsky kray, p=prʲɪˈmorskʲɪj kraj), informally known as Primorye (, ), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, located in the Far East region of the country and is a part of t ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-ei ...
, located in the north of the
Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula
The Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula (Russian: полуостров Муравьёва-Амурского) is a peninsula in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located in the Peter the Great Gulf of the Sea of Japan. Vladivostok, the administrative center of Primo ...
. Population:
History
It was founded in 1924
near the Zybunny pit mine, named after revolutionary
Fyodor Sergeyev
Fyodor Andreyevich Sergeyev (, ; March 19, 1883 – July 24, 1921), better known as Comrade Artyom (), was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet politician, agitator, and journalist. He was a close friend of Sergei Kirov and Joseph Sta ...
who was better known by his nickname ''Artyom''. On October 26, 1938, it was granted town status. In 2004, the amalgamation of surrounding former
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, ab ...
s of
Uglovoye,
Zavodskoy, and
Artyomovsky into the city saw its official population rise from around 60,000 to over 100,000.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with five
rural localities, incorporated as Artyom
City Under Krai Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...
.
[Law #161-KZ] As a
municipal division, Artyom City Under Krai Jurisdiction is incorporated as Artyomovsky Urban Okrug.
[Law #157-UZ]
Economy
Half of the able-bodied population of Artyom is engaged in the production of materials.
Artyom has twenty-nine industrial enterprises, half of which are private. Among the consumer goods produced in the town are
furniture
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,
china
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, sewing production. The companies employing the largest number of workers in Artyom are ''Primorskoye Mine Administration'' (3,500 people) and ''Artyom-Mebel Furniture Factory'' (1,100 people). Fifteen joint ventures have been registered in Artyom.
Coal mining
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from ...
has always been the basis of the local economy, although the existing
coal
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Coal is formed when ...
reserves have practically been exhausted. The forecasts are that
transport
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will be the most productive industry for Artyom's economic development.
The
Vladivostok International Airport
Vladivostok International Airport (russian: Международный аэропорт "Владивосток" ''Mezhdunarodnyi aeroport Vladivostok'') is an international airport located near Artyom, Primorsky Krai, Russia, roughly an hour's d ...
is located near Artyom, and to the southwest, the
Uglovoye military airfield. The largest Primorsky Krai railway junction is also found here. Annually, 12 million tons of cargo pass through Artyom to Vladivostok, and 24 million tons to Nakhodka. In 1994, the airport served 500,000 passengers. This number represented no more than 28% of its potential.
Climate
Miscellaneous
Artyom is built mainly with one-, two-, and five-story
panel buildings, though a comparatively large number of wooden private houses can be seen.
Notable people
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Andrey Ryabov (born 1969), professional association football coach and a former player
References
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External links
Official website of ArtyomDirectory of organizations in Artyom
{{Authority control
Cities and towns in Primorsky Krai
Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union
Populated places established in 1924