Lesozavodsk

Lesozavodsk

Лесозаводск
Lesozavodsk Лесозаводск
Town
	The Ussuri River in Lesozavodsk
	Coat of arms
	Location of Lesozavodsk
	Lesozavodsk Location of Lesozavodsk Lesozavodsk Lesozavodsk (Primorsky Krai)
	Coordinates: 45°28′N 133°24′E / 45.467°N 133.400°E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Primorsky Krai
Founded	1924
Town status since	1938
Government
• Head	Andrey Sukhanov
Elevation	80 m (260 ft)
Population (2010 Census)
• Total	37,034
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	Lesozavodsk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction
• Capital of	Lesozavodsk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Lesozavodsky Urban Okrug
• Capital of	Lesozavodsky Urban Okrug
Time zone	UTC+10 (MSK+7 )
Postal code(s)	692031, 692033, 692036, 692038–692042, 692047–692049
Dialing code(s)	+7 42355
OKTMO ID	05711000001
Website	лесозаводск-пк.рф

Lesozavodsk (Russian: Лесозаво́дск) is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on the Ussuri River (Amur's tributary), 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) from the Sino–Russian border and about 300 kilometers (190 mi) north of Vladivostok, the administrative center of the krai. Population: 37,034 (2010 Russian census);^[2] 42,185 (2002 Census);^[6] 44,065 (1989 Soviet census);^[7] 37,000 (1972).

History

The first settlement on the site was founded in 1924 in connection with a sawmill.^{[citation needed]} The settlement was originally named Dalles (Дальлес),^{[citation needed]} from the Russian word dalny for "distant" (referring to the Russian Far East) and les for "forest". In 1932, Dalles was merged with the nearby village of Novostroyka, granted urban-type settlement status and renamed Lesozavodsk. Lesozavodsk was granted town status in 1938.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with twenty-one rural localities, incorporated as Lesozavodsk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1] As a municipal division, Lesozavodsk Town Under Krai Jurisdiction is incorporated as Lesozavodsky Urban Okrug.^[3]

Transport

Ruzhino railway station of the Trans-Siberian Railway is located in Lesozavodsk. The M60 Highway between Khabarovsk and Vladivostok passes about 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) east of the town.

Military

The 130th Machine Gun Artillery Division of the 5th Army, Far Eastern Military District was based here until 2009 or 2010, when it became a motorized rifle brigade and then a storage base.

Climate

Lesozavodsk has a humid continental climate with cold and dry winters, due to the Siberian High, and hot and humid summers, due to the Southeast Asian monsoons.

Climate data for Lesozavodsk
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−12.1 (10.2)	−7.2 (19.0)	2.5 (36.5)	14.1 (57.4)	21.0 (69.8)	25.2 (77.4)	27.7 (81.9)	27.2 (81.0)	22.0 (71.6)	13.6 (56.5)	1.6 (34.9)	−8.7 (16.3)	10.6 (51.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−18.0 (−0.4)	−13.5 (7.7)	−4.0 (24.8)	7.0 (44.6)	14.1 (57.4)	19.3 (66.7)	22.6 (72.7)	21.8 (71.2)	15.3 (59.5)	6.7 (44.1)	−4.4 (24.1)	−14.5 (5.9)	4.4 (39.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−23.9 (−11.0)	−19.8 (−3.6)	−10.5 (13.1)	−0.1 (31.8)	7.2 (45.0)	13.4 (56.1)	17.5 (63.5)	16.4 (61.5)	8.6 (47.5)	−0.2 (31.6)	−10.4 (13.3)	−20.3 (−4.5)	−1.8 (28.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	11 (0.4)	8 (0.3)	16 (0.6)	26 (1.0)	49 (1.9)	61 (2.4)	98 (3.9)	116 (4.6)	79 (3.1)	42 (1.7)	22 (0.9)	13 (0.5)	541 (21.3)
^{[citation needed]}

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1926	3,812	—
1939	24,078	+531.6%
1959	32,124	+33.4%
1970	34,957	+8.8%
1979	38,790	+11.0%
1989	44,065	+13.6%
2002	42,185	−4.3%
2010	37,034	−12.2%
2021	35,433	−4.3%
Source: Census data

Notable people

Sergey Tereshchenko, former Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
Amūru Mitsuhiro, sumo wrestler

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Law #161-KZ
^ ^a ^b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
^ ^a ^b ^c Law #181-KZ
^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

Sources

Законодательное Собрание Приморского края. Закон №161-КЗ от 14 ноября 2001 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Приморского края», в ред. Закона №673-КЗ от 6 октября 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Приморского края "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Приморского края"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Красное знамя Приморья", №69 (119), 29 ноября 2001 г. (Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai. Law #161-KZ of November 14, 2001 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Primorsky Krai, as amended by the Law #673-KZ of October 6, 2015 On Amending the Law of Primorsky Krai "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Primorsky Krai". Effective as of the official publication date.).
Законодательное Собрание Приморского края. Закон №181-КЗ от 6 декабря 2004 г. «О Лесозаводском городском округе». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ведомости Законодательного Собрания Приморского края", №76, 7 декабря 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai. Law #181-KZ of December 6, 2004 On Lesozavodsky Urban Okrug. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).