Uzlovaya (russian: Узлова́я) 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
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of
Uzlovsky District
Uzlovsky District (russian: Узло́вский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.Law #954-ZTO Within the framework of municipal divisions, it is incorporated as Uzlovsky Municip ...
in
Tula Oblast
Tula Oblast (russian: Ту́льская о́бласть, ''Tulskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an Oblasts of Russia, oblast) of Russia. It is geographically in the European Russia region of the country and is p ...
,
Russia
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. Population:
History
It was founded in 1873 as Khrushchyovskaya () railway station. It was renamed Uzlovaya in 1877 and granted town status in 1938. The railway influenced much the life and the future of the town.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Uzlovaya serves as 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
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
of
Uzlovsky District
Uzlovsky District (russian: Узло́вский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.Law #954-ZTO Within the framework of municipal divisions, it is incorporated as Uzlovsky Municip ...
.
[Law #954-ZTO] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Uzlovsky District as Uzlovaya
Town Under District Jurisdiction.
[Law #954-ZTO defines a town under district jurisdiction as a town which is a part of one of the districts of the oblast. OKATO lists the town of Uzlovaya as a part of Uzlovsky District and separately from other administrative divisions of the district.] As a
municipal division, Uzlovaya Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Uzlovsky Municipal District as Uzlovaya Urban Settlement.
[Law #551-ZTO]
Economy
The station connects three important railway directions:
Ryazhsk,
Yelets, and
Tula
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Geography
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*Tula Mountains
*Tula Point
India
*Tulā, a solar month in the traditional Indian calendar
Iran
* Tula, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province
Italy
* Tula, Sardinia, municipality (''comune'') in the pr ...
. The first coal mines were founded in the late 1930s.
Notable people
*
Vasiliy Podshibyakin, geologist
References
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Cities and towns in Tula Oblast