Yartsevo () is a

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and the

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Yartsevsky District Yartsevsky District () is an administrativeResolution #261 and municipalLaw #139-z district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central and northern parts of the oblast. The area of the district is . It ...

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, located on the Vop River, northeast of

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, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

It was founded on the spot of a village of Yartsevo-Perevoz (), known since 1859. It grew due to the construction of a

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in 1873. Later on, a

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factory, a

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, a

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, and a

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were built in the area. Yartsevo was granted town status in 1926.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yartsevo serves as the

.Resolution #261 As an administrative division, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated within Yartsevsky District as Yartsevskoye

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. As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Yartsevsky Municipal District.Law #139-z

Politics

In 1991, Viktor Vasilyevich Vuymin became the first "democratic" mayor (head of the Yartsevo district). In 1997, after his term of office expired, the district council of deputies elected a new head - representative of the

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, Yuri Viktorovich Romanovsky. Romanovsky served almost the full term - until 2000 when he left "of his own free will." Yuri Mikhailovich Mochalov became mayor. He remained in this post for a little over a year - on 16 November 2001, he died in a car accident. In 2002, the city was led by Viktor Nikolayevich Shchyogolev. In the same year, after the election of a new governor of the Smolensk Oblast, Shchegolev left his post. Yuri Vasilyevich Pankov, already the fifth head of administration in the recent history of Yartsev, became the mayor. Two years later, he also left "of his own free will." On 23 June 2004, the city was headed by Vladimir Aleksandrovich Galkin, who was also elected by the deputy corps. However, in 2004, changes were made to the Charter, according to which the head is elected in popular elections. Thus, on 24 December 2004, elections were held, and Galkin won. However, in connection with the reform of local government and the division of a single municipality - Yartsevo district - into 13 separate ones (Yartsevo district, the city of Yartsevo, and 11 rural settlements), in 2005, elections were held for the head of the city of Yartsevo and the heads of all 11 rural settlements. Galkin nominated himself for them and won. Thus, until 2011, Galkin was both the mayor of the city and the head of the Yartsevo district. In 2010, amendments to the city charter were adopted. Now, the head of the city is elected by deputies from among its members, and the head of the administration is appointed by contract. From 2 June 2010 to 28 January 2013, the head of the district administration was Alexander Petrakov. In 2013, the city administration was liquidated, and its powers were delegated to the district administration. During the existence of the city administration (2006-2013), three heads of the city administration were replaced: Vladimir Galkin (2006-2011), Maxim Serkov (2012), and Yuri Pankov (2012-2013). From 21 March 2013 to 20 February 2015, the head of the district administration (merged with the city) was Yuri Pankov (for the second time since 2002–2004). Since 3 April 2015, the head of the Yartsevo district administration is Vladimir Makarov.

Heads of administration

Heads of the administration of the Yartsevo district (in 2006-2013 there was also an administration of the city of Yartsevo):

City council

On 19 September 2021, the 2021 regional elections took place. As a result, two factions were formed in the City Council: the

(13 people) and

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(7 people). Of the 20 deputies who entered the city council of the fourth convocation, a new city council chairman was chosen. Since September 2021, Nikolai Novoselov has been the head of the city and chairman of the city council of deputies. Chairmen of the City Council:

District council

Chairmen of the District Council:

Notable people

* Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh — mathematician. *

Svetlana Shkolina Svetlana Vladimirovna Shkolina (; born 9 March 1986) is a Russian high jumper. Early career Shkolina was born in Yartsevo. As a teenager she won the silver medals at the 2003 World Youth Championships and the 2004 World Junior Championships a ...

— high jumper. *

Noize MC Ivan Aleksandrovich Alekseyev (; born 9 March 1985), known professionally as Noize MC, is a Russian rapper, singer, and actor. Biography Childhood, early work (1985–2002) Alekseyev was born on 9 March 1985 in Yartsevo, Smolensk Oblast, Yart ...

- singer.

References

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Sources

* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Smolensk Oblast Dukhovshchinsky Uyezd