Alexandrovsk (;
Komi-Permyak:
Лытва, ''Lytva''; alternatively Öльöксандровскöй, ''Öľöksandrovsköj'') is a
town
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in
Perm Krai
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,
Russia
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, located on the
Lytva River (
Kama
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's
tributary
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), northeast of
Perm
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**Permsky District, the district
**Perm Krai, a federal subject of Russia since 2005
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, the
administrative center
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of the
krai
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. Population:
History
It was founded in 1805.
It was granted
urban-type settlement
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status in 1929 and town status in 1951.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with two
work settlements (
Vsevolodo-Vilva and
Yayva) and thirty-five
rural localities, incorporated as the
town of krai significance of Alexandrovsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts
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.
[Law #416-67] As a
municipal division, the town of Alexandrovsk, together with six rural localities, is incorporated as
Alexandrovskoye Urban Settlement within Alexandrovsky Municipal District and serves as the municipal district's
administrative center
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, while the two work settlements and twenty-nine rural localities are grouped into two urban settlements and one rural settlement within Alexandrovsky Municipal District.
[Law #1888-412]
Notable residents
*
Alexander Beloborodov
Alexander Georgiyevich Beloborodov (; 26 October 189110 February 1938) was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet politician, party figure and statesman best known for his role as one of the chief regicides of Nicholas II and his family.
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(1891–1938), Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet politician
*
Konstantin Mekhonoshin (1889–1938), Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet military figure and politician
References
Notes
Sources
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External links
Official website of AlexandrovskDirectory of organizations in Alexandrovsk
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Cities and towns in Perm Krai
Solikamsky Uyezd