Coat of arms Flag Federal subject Penza Oblast Area 42.08 km² | Country Russia Urban okrug Kuznetsk Urban Okrug Local time Sunday 1:32 PM | |
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Administratively subordinated to town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk Administrative center of Kuznetsky District, town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk Weather 1°C, Wind SE at 21 km/h, 78% Humidity | ||
Kuznetsk (Russian: Кузне́цк) is a town in Penza Oblast, Russia, located in the foothills of the Volga Upland, mainly on the left bank of the Truyov River. Population: 88,839 (2010 Census); 92,050 (2002 Census); 98,588 (1989 Census).
Contents
- Map of Kuznetsk Penza Oblast Russia
- Administrative and municipal status
- History
- Twin towns and sister cities
- References
Map of Kuznetsk, Penza Oblast, Russia
Administrative and municipal status
Within Russia's framework of administrative divisions, Kuznetsk serves as the administrative center of Kuznetsky District, even though it does not form a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk is incorporated as Kuznetsk Urban Okrug.
History
Vasiliy Fedorovich Naryshkin founded the settlement of Truyovo on the river Tryov in 1699. It became known as Truyovo-Voskresenskoe and then as Naryshkino. An ukaz of Catherine II renamed the village as Kuznetsk in November 1780.
Twin towns and sister cities
Kuznetsk is twinned with: