Kambarka (russian: Камбарка) is a
town and the
administrative center of
Kambarsky District
Kambarsky District (russian: Камба́рский райо́н; udm, Камбарка ёрос, ''Kambarka joros'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Udmurt Republic and municipalLaw #81-RZ district ( raion), one of the twenty-five in the ...
of the
Udmurt Republic,
Russia, located on the
Kambarka River (
Kama's
basin), southeast of
Izhevsk. Population:
History
It was founded as a settlement around a
Demidov ironworks
An ironworks or iron works is an industrial plant where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e. the singular of ''ironworks'' is ''ironworks''.
Ironworks succeeded bloomeri ...
, which was constructed in 1761–1767. It was granted town status in 1945.
The city of Kambarka was one of the residence centers of the Udmurt Jews.
[Altyntsev A.V., "The Concept of Love in Ashkenazim of Udmurtia and Tatarstan", Nauka Udmurtii. 2013. № 4 (66), p. 131. (Алтынцев А.В.]
"Чувство любви в понимании евреев-ашкенази Удмуртии и Татарстана".
Наука Удмуртии. 2013. №4. С. 131: Комментарии.)
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Kambarka serves as the
administrative center of
Kambarsky District
Kambarsky District (russian: Камба́рский райо́н; udm, Камбарка ёрос, ''Kambarka joros'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Udmurt Republic and municipalLaw #81-RZ district ( raion), one of the twenty-five in the ...
.
[Law #46-RZ] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Kambarsky District as the
town of district significance of Kambarka.
As a
municipal division, the town of district significance of Kambarka is incorporated within Kambarsky Municipal District as Kambarskoye Urban Settlement.
[Law #81-ZR]
Economy
Kambarka Engineering Works operates in the town. Operates a chemical plant.
Chemical weapons destruction plant
A
chemical weapons destruction plant was built in Kambarka during the Soviet times. This was in accordance to the obligations under the
CWC
CWC may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* California Writers Club
* Crime Writers of Canada
Businesses and organizations Businesses
* Central Warehousing Corporation, an Indian government-owned corporation
* Cable & Wireless Communications, a ...
to destroy all of the chemical weapon stockpiles by 2012.
International relations
Twin towns and sister cities
On May 17, 2002, Mayor Georgy Kislov signed a Sister Cities International agreement with Mayor Charlie Roberts of the city of
Tooele, Utah in the
United States.
References
Notes
Sources
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External links
Official website of KambarkaKambarka Business Directory
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Cities and towns in Udmurtia
Osinsky Uyezd