Lermontov () is a
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
in
Stavropol Krai,
Russia
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, located on the mountainside of
Beshtau. Population: 16,500 (1973).
History
It was named after Russian
poet
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Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov ( , ; rus, Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, , mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲerməntəf, links=yes; – ) was a Russian Romanticism, Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called ...
. It was granted town status in 1956.
Uranium
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mining boosted its growth. It was a
closed town
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Historically, the construction of closed cities became increasingly common after the beginning of the Cold War, particularly in the Soviet Union. Since t ...
during the Soviet era. Uranium is no longer mined.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with one
rural locality (the ''
selo'' of
Ostrogorka), incorporated as the
town of krai significance of Lermontov—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts. By 2022 it is planned to unite Lermontov and the village
Bervinovka.
[Resolution #63-p] As a
municipal division, the town of krai significance of Lermontov is incorporated as Lermontov Urban Okrug.
[Law #88-kz]
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Mikhail Lermontov