Sharypovo (russian: Шары́пово) 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
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Siber ...
,
Russia
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, located on the Beresh River (
Chulym's
basin), west of
Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk ( ; rus, Красноя́рск, a=Ru-Красноярск2.ogg, p=krəsnɐˈjarsk) (in semantic translation - Red Ravine City) is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yeni ...
. Population:
History
It was founded in the second half of the 18th century as a village and later grew into a ''
selo''. Town status was granted to it in 1981. In 1985–1988, it was called Chernenko (), after the
General Secretary
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of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
"Hymn of the Bolshevik Party"
, headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow
, general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last)
, founded =
, banned =
, founder = Vladimir Lenin
, newspaper ...
Konstantin Chernenko
Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko uk, Костянтин Устинович Черненко, translit=Kostiantyn Ustynovych Chernenko (24 September 1911 – 10 March 1985) was a Soviet politician and the seventh General Secretary of the Commun ...
, who was born here.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Sharypovo serves as the
administrative center
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of
Sharypovsky District
Sharypovsky District (russian: Шары́повский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #14-3185 district (raion), one of the forty-three districts in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the ...
, even though it is not a part of it.
[Law #10-4765] As an administrative division, it is, together with two
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 (
Goryachegorsk and Dubinino), incorporated separately as the
krai town of Sharypovo—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts
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.
As a
municipal division, the krai town of Sharypovo is incorporated as Sharypovo Urban Okrug.
[Law #13-3131]
Points of interest
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Beryozovskaya GRES
References
Notes
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Cities and towns in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Sharypovo Urban Okrug
Yeniseysk Governorate