Krasnovishersk (russian: Краснови́шерск) is 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 ...

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 is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of Krasnovishersky District in

Perm Krai Perm Krai (russian: Пе́рмский край, r=Permsky kray, p=ˈpʲɛrmskʲɪj ˈkraj, ''Permsky krai'', , ''Perem lador'') is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 re ...

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-eig ...

, located on the western slopes of the Northern

Urals The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...

, north of

Perm Perm or PERM may refer to: Places *Perm, Russia, a city in Russia ** Permsky District, the district **Perm Krai, a federal subject of Russia since 2005 **Perm Oblast, a former federal subject of Russia 1938–2005 **Perm Governorate, an administra ...

, the administrative center of the

krai A krai or kray (; russian: край, , ''kraya'') is one of the types of federal subjects of modern Russia, and was a type of geographical administrative division in the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR. Etymologically, the word is relat ...

. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 16,099.

Geography

The Vishera River flows through the town.

History

The town grew out of the settlement of Vizhaikha (). Since 1926, the location where the town now stands served as the 4th branch of the Solovki prison camp, and since 1929—as the independent management of the Vishera camps. Krasnovishersk was officially established in 1930, the same year when a paper mill was built. Town status was granted to Krasnovishersk in 1942. A memorial to

Varlam Shalamov Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov (russian: Варла́м Ти́хонович Шала́мов; 18 June 1907 – 17 January 1982), baptized as Varlaam, was a Russian writer, journalist, poet and Gulag survivor. He spent much of the period from 1 ...

was erected in Krasnovishersk in June 2007 on the site of his first labor camp.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Krasnovishersk serves as the

of Krasnovishersky District, to which it is directly subordinated.Law #416-67 As a municipal division, the

of Krasnovishersk, together with five rural localities, is incorporated within Krasnovishersky Municipal District as Krasnovisherskoye Urban Settlement.Law #1755-362

Economy

The town's industries include timber and woodworking, as well as ferrous metallurgy. Until 2006, the main employer was the ''Visherabumprom'' paper mill, which went bankrupt and was closed. An ''Uralalmaz'' mine extracts high-quality diamonds near Krasnovishersk.

Transportation

There is no direct railway link with town; the nearest station is in

Solikamsk Solikamsk (russian: Солика́мск, Permyak: Совкар, ''Sovkar'', also Соликамскӧй, ''Sovkamsköy'') is a town in Perm Krai, Russia. Modern Solikamsk is the third-largest town in the krai, with a population of History The ...

. The town is served by the Krasnovishersk Airport, which is currently inactive.

Demographics

Ethnically, 88.4% of the town's population are

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, 0.5% are

Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Ort ...

, 0.3% are

Tatars The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

, and 0.3% are Belarusians.

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* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Perm Krai Populated places in Krasnovishersky District Monotowns in Russia