Uzhur (russian: Ужу́р) is a

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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 A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

of Uzhursky District 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 ...

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, located approximately from

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 ...

between

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and Solgon mountain ranges where the

Chernavka River Chornivka ( uk, Чорнівка, ro, Cernăuca, german: Czernowka) is a village in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It belongs to Chernivtsi urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It is located in the ...

flows into the Uzhurka. Population:

History

It was founded in 1760 as the seat of Uzhurskaya Volost. First it was a small village, but it grew and in 1953 it was granted town status.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Uzhur serves as the

of Uzhursky District.Law #10-4765 As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Uzhursky District as the

district town Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia. It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a town (as opposed to a r ...

of Uzhur. As a municipal division, the district town of Uzhur is incorporated within Uzhursky Municipal District as Uzhur Urban Settlement.Law #13-3028

Economy

The economy of the town is based on well-developed agriculture and the railway line. The most developed agricultural aspects are crops growing, dairy and milk production, and cattle and sheep breeding. There are about fifty different businesses in Uzhur. 90% of all production is food industry. Some part of it is exported all over Krasnoyarsk Krai.Uzhur Town Profile
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Military

Uzhur is home to the 62nd Missile Division of the Strategic Rocket Forces of Russia and houses a base containing several

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Notable people

* Tamara Samsonova (born 1947), suspected serial killer * Viktor Vladislavovich Zubarev (born 1973), politician

References

Notes

Sources

* * {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013 Cities and towns in Krasnoyarsk Krai Yeniseysk Governorate