Oktyabrsky (Russian: Октя́брьский, known in 1951—1958 as Pervomaysky Первома́йский), is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Ustyansky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Ustya River. Municipally, it is the administrative center of Oktyabrskoye Urban Settlement, the only urban settlement in the district. Population: 9,307 (2010 Russian census);[3] 10,081 (2002 Census);[7] 10,169 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Oktyabrsky Октябрьский | |
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_Administracija.jpg) Town hall of Oktyabrsky | |
Location of Oktyabrsky  | |
  Oktyabrsky Location of Oktyabrsky  Oktyabrsky Oktyabrsky (Arkhangelsk Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 61°05′20″N 43°09′50″E / 61.08889°N 43.16389°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Arkhangelsk Oblast |
| Administrative district | Ustyansky District[1] |
| Founded | 1951[2] |
| Population | |
| • Total | 9,307 |
| • Municipal district | Ustyansky Municipal District[4] |
| • Urban settlement | Oktyabrskoye Urban Settlement[4] |
| • Capital of | Ustyansky Municipal District, Oktyabrskoye Urban Settlement[4] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [5]) |
| Postal code(s)[6] | 165210 |
| OKTMO ID | 11654151051 |
History
It was founded in 1951 due to the construction of Shangalskaya timber logging camp. Until 1958, it was known as Pervomaysky.[2] Both names are derived from the Soviet holidays: Pervomaysky refers to the May Day, whereas Oktyabrsky refers to the October Revolution.
The population growth accelerated after a factory producing construction blocks was open in 1957.[2]
Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1960, when former Pavlitsovsky Selsoviet was abolished, and its area was subordinated to the authority of Oktyabrsky.[2]
On September 26, 1975, the administrative center of the district was transferred from the selo of Shangaly to Oktyabrsky, but it took some time before all the district services had moved.[9]
Economy
Industry
The industry of Oktyabrsky is mainly timber industry and production of concrete construction blocks.[10] Timber used to be rafted down the Ustya River, but in the 1990s this practice was stopped.
Transportation
Paved roads connect Oktyabrsky with Velsk in the west and with Totma and Veliky Ustyug via Tarnogsky Gorodok in the south. There also are local roads in the district; one of which connects Oktyabrsky with the selo of Bestuzhevo in the north of the district.
Oktyabrsky is located several kilometers from the railway station of Kostylevo on the railroad connecting Konosha and Kotlas which eventually continues to Vorkuta.
Culture and recreation
The only museum in the district is the Ustyansky District Museum, which opened in 1984 in Shangaly and moved to Oktyabrsky in 1987.[11]
In the village of Pavlitsevo, close to Oktyabrsky, there is a newly built wooden church.[12]
Ustyansky District is marketed as a regional center of beekeeping, and Oktyabrsky holds an annual honey festival Medovy Spas.[12]
References
Notes
Sources
- Архангельское областное Собрание депутатов. Областной закон №65-5-ОЗ от 23 сентября 2009 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Архангельской области», в ред. Областного закона №232-13-ОЗ от 16 декабря 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные Областные Законы в сфере осуществления местного самоуправления и взаимодействия с некоммерческими организациями». Вступил в силу через десять дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Волна", №43, 6 октября 2009 г. (Arkhangelsk Oblast Council of Deputies. Oblast Law #65-5-OZ of September 23, 2009 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Arkhangelsk Oblast, as amended by the Oblast Law #232-13-OZ of December 16, 2014 On Amending Various Oblast Laws Dealing with the Process of Municipal Self-Government and Relations with Non-Profit Organizations. Effective as of the day which is ten days after the official publication.).
External links
- Муниципальное образование "Октябрьское" (in Russian). Retrieved June 5, 2011.