Kamenka, Kamensky District, Penza Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Kamenka.

Kamenka (Russian: Ка́менка) is a town and the administrative center of Kamensky District in Penza Oblast, Russia, located on the Atmis River (a Moksha tributary) 80 kilometers (50 mi) west of Penza, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 39,577 (2010 Census);^[2] 40,712 (2002 Census);^[8] 27,235 (1989 Soviet census);^[9] 30,000 (1970).

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Coordinates: 53°11′N 44°03′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Penza Oblast[1]
Administrative district	Kamensky District[1]
Town of district significance	Kamenka[1]
Founded	18th century
Town status since	1951
Elevation	180 m (590 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	39,577
Administrative status
• Capital of	Kamensky District,[1] town of district significance of Kamenka[1]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Kamensky Municipal District[3]
• Urban settlement	Kamenka Urban Settlement[3]
• Capital of	Kamensky Municipal District,[4] Kamenka Urban Settlement[5]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
Postal code(s)[7]	442240–442243, 442245–442249
OKTMO ID	56629101001

History

It was founded in the 18th century and granted a town status in 1951.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kamenka serves as the administrative center of Kamensky District.^[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Kamensky District as the town of district significance of Kamenka.^[1] As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Kamenka is incorporated within Kamensky Municipal District as Kamenka Urban Settlement.^[3]

Notable people

• Nikolay Burdenko (1876–1946), surgeon, the founder of Russian neurosurgery
• Anatoliy Chizhov (1934–2021), engineer and politician