Ust-Labinsk (russian: Усть-Лаби́нск) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
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
Ust-Labinsky District of
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 ...
,
Russia.
Geography
The town is situated in the central part of
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 ...
, at the confluence of the
Kuban
Kuban ( Russian and Ukrainian: Кубань; ady, Пшызэ) is a historical and geographical region of Southern Russia surrounding the Kuban River, on the Black Sea between the Don Steppe, the Volga Delta and the Caucasus, and separat ...
and
Laba rivers, 62 km to the east of
Krasnodar
Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southe ...
.
Population
Population: 39,456 (2020),
History
History of Ust-Labinsk dates back to 1778, when fort Aleksandrovskiy was founded at the confluence of Kuban and Laba rivers. The construction was finished in 1793, under the direction of general
Ivan Gudovich
Count Ivan Vasilyevich Gudovich (russian: Граф Ива́н Васи́льевич Гудо́вич, tr. ; 1741–1820) was a Russian noble and military leader of Ukrainian descent. His exploits included the capture of Khadjibey (1789) and ...
.
In 1794 ''
stanitsa
A stanitsa ( rus, станица, p=stɐˈnʲitsə; uk, станиця, stanytsya) is a village inside a Cossack host ( uk, військо, viys’ko; russian: казачье войско, kazach’ye voysko, sometimes translated as "Cossack Arm ...
'' Ust-Labinskaya was established by the resettled
Don Cossacks
Don Cossacks (russian: Донские казаки, Donskie kazaki) or Donians (russian: донцы, dontsy) are Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don. Historically, they lived within the former Don Cossack Host (russian: До ...
.
[Azarenkova et al., p. 270.] On May 28, 1958, it was granted town status and renamed.
Two
Heroes of the Soviet Union
The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...
(
Alexander Geraskin and
Ivan Ivaschenko) were born in Ust-Labinsk, as well as soviet engineer
Nikolay Popov (the chief designer of the
T-80 tank), and football player
Anton Vlasov. The 'Pioneer Hero'
Abram Pinkenson was shot by the Nazis in the town in 1942. Russian billionaire
Oleg Deripaska
Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska (russian: Олег Владимирович Дерипаска; born 2 January 1968) is a Russian billionaire and an industrialist. Deripaska enriched himself on previously state-owned assets that were privatized in ...
grew up in the town.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Ust-Labinsk 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 is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of
Ust-Labinsky District.
[Reference Information #34.01-707/13-03] As an administrative division, it is, together with two
rural localities, incorporated within Ust-Labinsky District as the
Town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
of Ust-Labinsk.
As a
municipal division, the territory of Ust-Labinsk is incorporated within Ust-Labinsky Municipal District as Ust-Labinskoye Urban Settlement.
[Law #727-KZ] The two rural localities are incorporated separately: the settlement of
Dvubratsky is incorporated as
Dvubratskoye Rural Settlement, while the ''
khutor'' of
Oktyabrsky is a part of
Zheleznoye Rural Settlement, both of Ust-Labinsky Municipal District.
References
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External links
Official website of Ust-LabinskWiki of Ust-Labinsk
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Cities and towns in Krasnodar Krai
Populated places established in 1794
1794 establishments in the Russian Empire