Guryevsky District () is an administrative district (

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), one of the nineteen in

Kemerovo Oblast Kemerovo Oblast (, ), also known as Kuzbass (, ), after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Kemerovo is the administrative center and largest city of the oblast. Kemerovo Oblast is one of Rus ...

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.Law #215-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Guryevsky Municipal District.Law #104-OZ It is located in the west of the

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and borders with Prokopyevsky, Belovsky, and Leninsk-Kuznetsky Districts of Kemerovo Oblast and with

Altai Krai Altai Krai (, ) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders, clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan ( East Kazakhstan Region, Abai Region and Pavlodar Region), Novosibirsk and Kemerovo, and the Altai Republic. The krai's administrative ce ...

and

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in the west. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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Guryevsk Guryevsk () is the name of several urban localities in Russia: *Guryevsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, a town in Guryevsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast * Guryevsk, Kemerovo Oblast, a town in Kemerovo Oblast Kemerovo Oblast (, ), also known as Kuzbass ( ...

(which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 12,057 ( 2002 Census);

Geography

Gurevsky District is on the east slope of the

Salair Ridge Salair Ridge (pronounced ''sah-lah-EER''; is a plateau-type highland in Altai Krai, Kemerovo Oblast and Novosibirsk Oblast, Russian Federation. There are ski resorts in the mountains. The Salair National Park is a protected area in the wester ...

, and extension of the Altai mountains. It is on the west edge of the

Kuznetsk Depression Kuznetsk Depression (, ''Kuznetskaya kotlovina'') is located among mountains of South-Central Siberia, including: Kuznetsk Alatau to the Northeast, Salair Ridge to the Southwest, and Mountainous Shoria to the South. It is within Kemerovo Obl ...

, site of the

Kuznetsk Basin The Kuznetsk Basin (, Кузбасс; often abbreviated as Kuzbass or Kuzbas) in southwestern Siberia, Russia, is one of the largest coal mining areas in Russia, covering an area of around . It lies in the Kuznetsk Depression between Tomsk and ...

(the "Kuzbass" coal region), although the district itself is just off the main coal bearing ground. The district is 10 km west of the large town of

Belovo, Kemerovo Oblast Belovo () is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Bachat River south of Kemerovo. Population: History The village of Belovo for the first time is mentioned in 1726. It was named after a fugitive peasant Fyodor Belov, who built a ...

. The terrain is that of eroded plateau-type mountains and hills as the district follows the northwest-to-southeast orientation of the ridge. Vegetation is mountain forest and forest-steppe, with patches of forest scattered around the region. The district is about 80 km north-to-south, and 50 km west-to-east, and surrounds the administratively-separate town of

. It is located about 160 km south of the regional city of Kemerovo. Subdivisions of the district include 2 urban and 7 rural settlements. The climate of the district is humid continental (Koppen ''Dfb'').

Economy

The major industries of the district are

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and

timber Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, window frames). ...

. The district has explored reserves of copper-pyrites ores, and also produces and processes limestone and cement. The modern "Altai-Kuzbass" highway passes west–east through the middle of Guryevsky District.

History

Tsar Alexander I established a silver mining complex in the district in 1816. After a dozen years the plant was converted to an iron works, which supplied tools and farm equipment to the region. The current district structure was established in 1988, having been a part of Belovsky District from 1963 to 1986.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Guryevsky District is one of the nineteen in the oblast. The town of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a town under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts (and which, in addition to Guryevsk, also includes the town of Salair and two rural localities). As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Guryevsky Municipal District. The town of Guryevsk is incorporated within it as Guryevskoye Urban Settlement. The town of Salair and the two rural localities are incorporated within the municipal district as Salairskoye Urban Settlement.

References

Sources

* * {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013

External links

Guryevsky District on OpenStreetMap.org
* SSR map NN 45-4 Salair.jpg Topographical Map of Salair Region, with Guryevsk in lower right Districts of Kemerovo Oblast