Kimovsk

Kimovsk (Russian: Ки́мовск) is a town and the administrative center of Kimovsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located at the watershed of the Don and Volga Rivers, 77 kilometers (48 mi) southeast of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 28,485 (2010 Census);^[3] 33,169 (2002 Census);^[9] 38,294 (1989 Soviet census).^[10]

Kimovsk Кимовск
Town[1]
Market in Kimovsk, 2005
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Location of Kimovsk
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Coordinates: 53°58′N 38°32′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Tula Oblast[1]
Administrative district	Kimovsky District[1]
Town under district jurisdiction	Kimovsk[2]
Known since	17th century
Town status since	1952
Elevation	210 m (690 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	28,485
Administrative status
• Capital of	Kimovsky District,[1] Kimovsk Town Under District Jurisdiction[4]
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Kimovsky Municipal District[5]
• Urban settlement	Kimovsk Urban Settlement[5]
• Capital of	Kimovsky Municipal District,[5] Kimovsk Urban Settlement[6]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [7])
Postal code(s)[8]	301720–301723
Dialing code(s)	+7 48735
OKTMO ID	70626101001

History

The village of Mikhaylovka (Михайловка) has been known since the 17th century.^{[citation needed]} It developed during the Great Patriotic War in connection with intensive coal exploitation at the Moscow Coal Basin. The Soviets built numerous mines on the lands of a kolkhoz called Young Communist International (Коммунистический интернационал молодёжи, abbreviated as "КИМ", or KIM) and a habitat for miners. It was granted work settlement status and given its present name in 1948; town status was granted to it in 1952.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kimovsk serves as the administrative center of Kimovsky District.^[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Kimovsky District as Kimovsk Town Under District Jurisdiction.^[2] As a municipal division, Kimovsk Town Under District Jurisdiction is incorporated within Kimovsky Municipal District as Kimovsk Urban Settlement.^[5]

Transportation

Bus station and railway station share a building. Bus routes originating from Kimovsk include Moscow, Tula, Ryazan, Novomoskovsk, Uzlovaya, and other destinations.

Culture

There is a museum of local lore in Kimovsk. The Memorial of the Great Patriotic War is located on the outskirts of Karachevsky forest.