Kropotkin (russian: Кропо́ткин) 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 ...
in
Krasnodar Krai
Krasnodar Krai (russian: Краснода́рский край, r=Krasnodarsky kray, p=krəsnɐˈdarskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and administratively a part of t ...
,
Russia
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, located on the right bank of the
Kuban River
The Kuban; Circassian: Псыжъ, ''Psyẑ'' or Псыжь, ''Psyź'' ; abq, Къвбина, ''Q̇vbina'' ; Karachay–Balkar: Къобан, ''Qoban''; Nogai: Кобан, ''Qoban'') is a river in Russia that flows through the Western Caucas ...
.
History
It was founded as Romanovsky Khutor in the late 18th century, and was renamed Kropotkin in honor of the outstanding natural scientist, geographer and revolutionary anarchist Prince
Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin in 4 February 1921, when it was granted town status.
Population: 70,000 (1972); 42,000 (1939); 27,000 (1926).
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the
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 ...
of Kropotkin—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 o ...
.
[Reference Information #34.01-707/13-03] As a
municipal division, the Town of Kropotkin is incorporated within
Kavkazsky Municipal District as Kropotkinskoye Urban Settlement.
Transportation
The town's railway station is named
Kavkazskaya.
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Cities and towns in Krasnodar Krai
Peter Kropotkin
1921 establishments in Russia