Angarsk
{{Short description|City in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia}}
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File:Embankment in Angarsk, Kitoi river.jpg
Angarsk ({{lang-rus|Ангарск|p=ɐnˈgarsk}}) is a city and the administrative center of Angarsky District of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kitoy River, {{convert|51|km|sp=us}} from Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: {{ru-census|p2021=221,296|p2010=233,567|p2002=247,118|p1989=265,835}}{{Historical populations|7=1959|8=134390|9=1970|10=203310|11=1979|12=238802|13=1989|14=265835|15=2002|16=247118|17=2010|18=233567|19=2021|20=221296|type=|footnote=Source: Census data}}
History
Angarsk was founded in 1948{{cite book|title=Энциклопедия Города России|year=2003|publisher=Большая Российская Энциклопедия|location=Moscow|isbn=5-7107-7399-9|page=21}}The New Encyclopædia Britannica. Entry on Angarsk. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 399. as an industrial community and was granted city status on May 30, 1951.{{Cite book |last=Лурье |first=Павел |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=67HvBwAAQBAJ&dq=1951+%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83+%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD+%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83%D1%81+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0&pg=PA262 |title=Великая Россия. Все города от Калининграда до Владивостока |date=2022-01-29 |publisher=Litres |isbn=978-5-457-75858-2 |pages=262 |language=ru}}
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Angarsk serves as the administrative center of Angarsky District,Law #49-OZ to which it is directly subordinated.Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast As a municipal division, the city of Angarsk and thirteen rural localities of Angarsky District are incorporated as Angarskoye Urban Okrug.Law #149-OZ
Local government
In December 1991, the first elections for the head of the administration of the city of Angarsk took place. Alexander Shevtsov was elected mayor.{{Cite web |title=Ангарск сегодня: эпоха застоя… |url=https://xn--38-6kcaak9aj5chl4a3g.xn--p1ai/angarsk-segodnja-jepoha-zastoja/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website= |language=ru}}
On April 1, 1994, Vladimir Nepomnyashchy took over as mayor.{{Cite web |title=Непомнящий Владимир Александрович |url=https://angarsk-adm.ru/gorodskoy-okrug/pochetnye_grazhdane/nepomnyashyi_v_a.php |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=angarsk-adm.ru}}
In April 1998, Viktor Novokshenov was elected to govern the city.{{Cite web |title=Ангарск {{!}} сайт муниципального образования город Ангарск |url=http://angarsk-goradm.ru/info/ang_perv_lic/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=angarsk-goradm.ru}}
On April 7, 2002, the position of the head of the Angarsk municipal entity (AMO) was taken by Yevgeny Kanukhin. On October 9, 2005, he was elected to the position of the head of the administration of the city of Angarsk.{{Cite web |title=Экс-мэр Ангарска Евгений Канухин, возможно, примет участие в выборах в Госдуму |url=http://altairk.ru/new/policy/the_ex-mayor_of_angarsk_evgenie_kanuhin__may_take_part_in_the_elections_to_the_state_duma |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=altairk.ru}}{{Cite web |title=Мэр воплотившейся мечты |url=https://www.vsp.ru/2006/08/19/mer-voplotivshejsya-mechty/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |language=ru-RU}} Andrei Kozlov got the office of the mayor of AMO (municipal district).{{Cite web |date=2006-12-27 |title=Тайное исключение |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/733388 |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=www.kommersant.ru |language=ru}}
As a result of the elections on December 2, 2007, Leonid Mikhaylov was elected to the position of the head of the administration of the Angarsk urban settlement.{{Cite web |date=2007-12-03 |title=Выбран мэр Ангарска {{!}} Иркутская область |url=https://fedpress.ru/article/309462 |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=ФедералПресс |language=ru-RU}}{{Cite web |title=Кому вершки, а кому корешки |url=https://www.vsp.ru/2007/12/25/komu-vershki-a-komu-koreshki-2/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |language=ru-RU}}
In the summer of 2010, amendments were made to the AMO Charter, introducing the position of a city manager.{{Cite web |date=2010-10-15 |title=Мэра Ангарского муниципального образования изберут 15 октября |url=https://www.irk.ru/news/20101015/mayor/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=www.irk.ru}} The mayor of the municipal entity was no longer elected through direct popular vote but rather by a secret ballot among the AMO Duma deputies themselves.{{Cite web |date=2010-08-03 |title="Единая Россия" будет бороться за Ангарск |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1481514 |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=www.kommersant.ru |language=ru}} This decision caused significant public resonance.
In October 2010, elections were held for the AMO Duma. The AMO deputies elected {{Interlanguage link|Vladimir Zhukov (politician)|lt=Vladimir Zhukov|ru|Жуков, Владимир Валентинович}}, a member of the United Russia party, as the mayor of AMO.{{Cite web |date=2014-05-15 |title=ЕР приостановила членство в партии мэра иркутского Ангарска, скрывающегося от следствия - Сибирь {{!}}{{!}} Интерфакс Россия |url=https://www.interfax-russia.ru/siberia/news/er-priostanovila-chlenstvo-v-partii-mera-irkutskogo-angarska-skryvayushchegosya-ot-sledstviya |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=www.interfax-russia.ru |language=ru}} Anton Medko was approved as the city manager.{{Cite web |title=Ангарчанин Антон Медко назначен главой комитета Свердловского округа — Иркутск Сегодня |url=https://irk.today/2017/10/31/angarchanin-anton-medko-naznachen-glavoj-komiteta-sverdlovskogo-okruga/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=irk.today}}{{Cite web |title=Бывший сити-менеджер Ангарска возлавил село Крабозаводское на Курилах - IrkutskMedia.ru |url=https://irkutskmedia.ru/news/496978/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=irkutskmedia.ru |language=ru}} Changes were made to the AMO Charter, reinstating direct mayoral elections.{{Cite web |date=2011-11-24 |title=Ангарск не вынес двоих |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1823049 |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=www.kommersant.ru |language=ru}}
On October 14, 2012, elections were held in Angarsk for the mayor and the deputies of the city Duma. Vladimir Zhukov was elected as the head of the city administration.{{Cite web |date=2014-06-10 |title=Мэр Ангарска нашелся в Белоруссии |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2490076 |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=www.kommersant.ru |language=ru}}{{Cite web |title=Бывший мэр Ангарска Жуков получил условный срок за растрату 1 млн рублей |url=http://tayga.info/124002 |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=Tayga.info |language=RU}}
Starting from January 1, 2015, the urban settlement of Angarsk, Angarsk municipal entity, and other municipal entities in the region were transformed into the Angarsk urban municipal entity with the status of an urban district. The powers of the previously existing executive and representative authorities were terminated, and they continued to temporarily exercise their powers until the formation of the authorities of the urban district.{{Cite web |date=2015-04-28 |title=Движение по округу |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2718156 |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=Коммерсантъ |language=ru}} On April 26, 2015, elections were held in Angarsk for the deputies and mayor of the Angarsk urban district. Sergey Petrov was elected as the head of the urban district.{{Cite web |date=2015-04-28 |title=Сергей Петров стал главой Ангарского городского округа |url=https://www.irk.ru/news/20150428/election/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=www.irk.ru}} 25 deputies were elected in the first convocation of the Duma of the Angarsk urban municipal entity.{{Cite web |date=2015-04-27 |title=Сергей Петров лидирует на выборах главы Ангарского городского округа |url=https://www.irk.ru/news/20150427/election/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=www.irk.ru}}
On September 13, 2020, elections were held in Angarsk for the mayor of the Angarsk urban district. Sergey Petrov was re-elected as the head of the urban district.{{Cite web |date=2020-09-14 |title=Строитель во главе Ангарского городского округа. Во второй раз |url=https://ircity.ru/text/politics/2020/09/14/70684430/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=Ирсити.Ру - новости Иркутска |language=ru}}
Economy
Angarsk has the largest industrial zone in Asia. It includes Angarsk Petrochemical Complex and Angarsk Electrochemical Combine. Angarsk also hosts a showcase international nuclear fuel cycle center, which will be one of the first Russian enrichment centers to be placed under IAEA safeguards. Angarsk is also the site for a Nuclear Fuel Bank, following a decision by the IAEA in November 2009; working with Russia, IAEA established this bank to supply market priced fuel to member states as protection against possible supply disruptions.{{Cite news|title=Russia Establishes Nuclear Fuel Bank|newspaper=Nuclear New Build Monitor|pages=8|publisher=Exchange Monitor Publications, Inc.|date=December 6, 2010}}
In 2005, Angarsk won the first prize in a nationwide contest for the fastest development of public utilities.{{Cite web |date=2006-06-07 |title=Ангарск признан самым благоустроенным городом России |url=https://www.irk.ru/news/20060607/angarsk/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=www.irk.ru}}
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File:71-619 (KTM-19) (at number T202) in Angarsk.jpg
The city is connected by the Trans-Siberian Railway. Trams, buses, and marshrutkas (routed taxis) are the main means of public transportation in the city.
Culture and education
The city is home to the {{Interlanguage link|Angarsk Museum of Clocks and Watches|lt=Angarsk Museum of Clocks and Watches|ru|Музей часов (Ангарск)}}, the Angarsk Museum of Victory, and the Angarsk State Technical Academy.
Ecology
Angarsk is listed among the cities in Russia with the most unfavorable environmental conditions: as of 2010, it ranked third in Siberia and sixth in Russia.{{Cite web |title=Выбросы в атмосферу загрязняющих веществ, отходящих от стационарных источников, в ряде городов с наиболее неблагоприятной экологичес-кой обстановкой |url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/bgd/regl/b11_11/IssWWW.exe/Stg/d1/04-03.htm |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=rosstat.gov.ru}}{{Cite web |title=Выбросы в атмосферу загрязняющих веществ от стационарных источников |url=http://expert.ru/data/public/322946/322965/sib_298_pics_sib_298_012-2.jpg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130410/http://expert.ru/data/public/322946/322965/sib_298_pics_sib_298_012-2.jpg |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2024-01-18 }}
The primary factor contributing to the risk of illness and mortality in Angarsk is air pollution from emissions of several plants, formerly part of the "Angarsknefteorgsintez" association, as well as Power Plants 10, 9, and 1.{{Cite web |date=2008-08-31 |title=ОЦЕНКА ЭКОЛОГИЧЕСКИ ОБУСЛОВЛЕННОГО РИСКА НАРУШЕНИЙ ЗДОРОВЬЯ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ Г. АНГАРСКА |url=http://erh.ru/city/city014.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080831043749/http://erh.ru/city/city014.php |archive-date=2008-08-31 |access-date=2024-01-18 }}
People
- Mikhail Popkov, one of Russia's most violent serial killers, was born in Norilsk but lived and acted in Angarsk.
- Roman Popov, former professional ice hockey player
- Ekaterina Tyryshkina, footballer playing for En Avant de Guingamp (women)
- Dmitri Voronkov, NHL player for the Columbus Blue Jackets
Twin towns and sister cities
References
{{Wikivoyage|Angarsk}}
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- {{RussiaBasicLawRef|irk}}
- {{RussiaAdmMunRef|irk|adm|law}}
- {{RussiaAdmMunRef|irk|mun|list|angarskoye}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140502153853/http://www.irkobl.ru/government/local/atu/ Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Irkutsk Oblast] {{in lang|ru}}
External links
- [https://angarsk-adm.ru/ Official website of Angarsk] {{in lang|ru}}
- [https://angarsk.jsprav.ru/ Directory of organizations in Angarsk] {{in lang|ru}}
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