Plast (town)

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Plast
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Town[1]
Palace of Culture in Plast
Palace of Culture in Plast
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Plast is located in Russia
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Plast is located in Chelyabinsk Oblast
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Plast (Chelyabinsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 54°23′N 60°49′E / 54.383°N 60.817°E / 54.383; 60.817
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChelyabinsk Oblast[1]
Administrative districtPlastovsky District[1]
TownPlast[1]
Foundedmid-19th century
Town status sinceOctober 7, 1940
Elevation
300 m (1,000 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total
17,342
 • Capital ofPlastovsky District,[1] Town of Plast[1]
 • Municipal districtPlastovsky Municipal District[1]
 • Urban settlementPlastovskoye Urban Settlement[1]
 • Capital ofPlastovsky Municipal District,[1] Plastovskoye Urban Settlement[3]
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5]
457020–457022, 457024
OKTMO ID75648101001
Websiteplastgp.ru

Plast (Russian: Пласт) is a town and the administrative center of Plastovsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is located on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains in the upper basin of the oblast's Uy River, 127 kilometers (79 mi) southwest of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center. Population: 17,342 (2010 Census);[2] 17,422 (2002 Census);[6] 18,880 (1989 Soviet census).[7]

History

It was founded as a gold mine in the mid-19th century.[citation needed] Town status was granted on October 7, 1940.[citation needed]

Status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Plast serves as the administrative center of Plastovsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with the khutor of Pchelnik, incorporated within Plastovsky District as the Town of Plast.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Plast is incorporated within Plastovsky Municipal District as Plastovskoye Urban Settlement.[1]

Сlimate

Plast offers a temperate continental climate. July is the warmest month; its average temperature is 19.2 °C. The coldest month is January with an average temperature of -16.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 445 mm.

Sport

Bandy is the popular sport. Local team Metallurg participated in 2015 in the championship for Chelyabinsk Oblast for boys born 2000–02.[1][8]

Stadium "Trud"

Stadium "Trud" is the central sports facility. It includes a football field, a basketball court, a gym, a playground, an ice rink and tribunes. All sports events are hosted there. One of the most popular activities is football. Its stage hosted Nikolai Baskov on City Day in 2019.

Landmarks

The town center hosts a monument to the prospector, who, according to the creators, immortalized the history of creation and the name of the city. It is dedicated to the discoverers of the Kochkarsky gold deposit, its first prospectors and geologists. The monument opened in 2014. It was sculpted by A.V. Ryabov and K.A. Gelev. Alexander Ryabov created the image of a prospector from old photographs.

In 2016, a monument to Peter and Fevronia of Murom was erected. The monument is a popular wedding venue. The newlyweds ask the saints to make their marriage happy.

A sculptural composition of St. Barbara the Great Martyr is at the top of the city. The Christian martyr is considered the protector of sudden and violent death. Saint Barbara received grace from God to deliver from death of everyone who remembers her martyrdom. She is also considered the patroness of miners. Mothers and wives pray for her intercession, and the miners turn to her in difficult times.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Resolution #161
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 75 648 101». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 75 648 101. ).
  4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  6. ^ 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).
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ http://www.plastrayon.ru/allnews/total/yunye-plastovchane-zavoevali-serebro-v-otkrytom-pervenstve-chelyabinskoi-oblasti-po-hokkeyu-s-myachom

Sources

  • Законодательное Собрание Челябинской области. Постановление №161 от 25 мая 2006 г. «Об утверждении перечня муниципальных образований (административно-территориальных единиц) Челябинской области и населённых пунктов, входящих в их состав», в ред. Постановления №2255 от 23 октября 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в перечень муниципальных образований (административно-территориальных единиц) Челябинской области и населённых пунктов, входящих в их состав». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Южноуральская панорама", №111–112, 14 июня 2006 г. (Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast. Resolution #161 of November 25, 2006 On Adoption of the Registry of the Municipal Formations (Administrative-Territorial Units) of Chelyabinsk Oblast and of the Inhabited Localities They Comprise, as amended by the Resolution #2255 of October 23, 2014 On Amending the Registry of the Municipal Formations (Administrative-Territorial Units) of Chelyabinsk Oblast and of the Inhabited Localities They Comprise. Effective as of the official publication date.).