Sibirsky (russian: Сиби́рский) is a
closed rural locality
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(ZATO) in
Altai Krai
Altai Krai (russian: Алта́йский край, r=Altaysky kray, p=ɐlˈtajskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan Region and Pavlodar ...
,
Russia
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, located from
Barnaul
Barnaul ( rus, Барнау́л, p=bərnɐˈul) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative centre of Altai Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Barnaulka and Ob Rivers in the West Siberian Plain. As ...
, the
administrative center
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of the
Krai
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. As of the
2010 Census, its population was 11,306.
Sibirsky is home to the
35th Red Banner Order of Kutuzov and Alexander Nevsky Rocket Division of the
Strategic Missile Troops
The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF; russian: Ракетные войска стратегического назначения Российской Фед ...
.
The status of ZATO was given by a decree of the
President of the Russian Federation
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on November 23, 1995.
History
The history of the settlement begins in 1979, when the commander-in-chief of the rocket forces, at that time,
General of the Army, and then
Chief Marshal of Artillery, Vladimir Fedorovich Tolubko, decided to deploy a military facility near Tsaplino station. Construction began in 1980; the first inhabitants lived in trailers and tents. In 1982, work was carried out on the construction of residential buildings, as well as barracks and special structures, in order for the first missile regiment to be put on duty in a timely fashion. On November 3, 1982, the first house was built for the officers of the first regiment at Victory Street, 6.
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the
closed administrative-territorial formation
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of Sibirsky—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts
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,
[Law #28-ZS] created in 2005. As a
municipal division, the closed administrative-territorial formation of Sibirsky is incorporated as Sibirsky Urban Okrug.
[Official website of Sibirsky]
General Information
The urban designation has only been given because it is the federal law requirement for municipally incorporating closed inhabited localities.
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Rural localities in Altai Krai
Closed cities