Kurya, Kuryinsky District, Altai Krai

Kurya
Курья
Location of Kurya
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Kurya is located in Russia
Kurya
Kurya
Location of Kurya
Kurya is located in Altai Krai
Kurya
Kurya
Kurya (Altai Krai)
Coordinates: 51°36′06″N 82°17′22″E / 51.60167°N 82.28944°E / 51.60167; 82.28944
CountryRussia
Federal subjectAltai Krai
Administrative districtKuryinsky District[1]
SelsovietKuryinsky Selsoviet[2]
Founded1749Edit this on Wikidata
Population
 • Total3,835
 • Capital ofKuryinsky District,[1] Kuryinsky Selsoviet[2]
 • Municipal districtKuryinsky Municipal District[4]
 • Rural settlementKuryinsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement[4]
 • Capital ofKuryinsky Municipal District,[4] Kuryinsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement[4]
Time zoneUTC+7 (MSK+4 Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
658320Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID01623466101
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Kurya (Russian: Курья) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kuryinsky District of Altai Krai, Russia. Population: 3,835 (2010 Russian census);[3] 4,292 (2002 Census);[7] 4,394 (1989 Soviet census).[8]

It is the place of birth of Mikhail Kalashnikov. In November 2013 a museum dedicated to him was opened in the town, in a century-old wooden school house where Kalashnikov used to study. Kalashnikov, who turned 94 years old at the time of the opening, said he was unable to attend the opening ceremony due to poor health (he died only the following month). Kalashnikov had donated numerous personal items to the museum, including an honorary professor's robe from Harvard University and a letter from late Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, who traveled to Russia in 2009 to personally congratulate Kalashnikov on his 90th birthday.[9]

  1. ^ a b c d Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 01 223 866 4», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 01 223 866 4, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  2. ^ a b Law #28-ZS
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b c d Law #12-ZS
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ^ 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).
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Museum for AK-47 Inventor Opens in Siberia". RIA Novosti. Retrieved November 16, 2013.

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