Zarinsk (russian: Заринск) is a

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in Altai Krai,

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, located on the

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east of

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. Population:

History

The

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of Zarinskaya () was established in 1952. It was granted

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 ...

status in 1958 and town status in 1979.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zarinsk serves as the

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Zarinsky District Zarinsky District (russian: Зари́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #7-ZS district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the krai. The area of the distric ...

, even though it is not a part of it.Law #28-ZS As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of krai significance of Zarinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #28-ZS As a municipal division, the town of krai significance of Zarinsk is incorporated as Zarinsk Urban Okrug.Law #116-ZS

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{{Use mdy dates, date=January 2013 Cities and towns in Altai Krai Tomsk Governorate Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union Populated places established in the 1950s