Kiselyovsk
{{Short description|Town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia}}
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File:Kiselyovsk coat of arms.png
Kiselyovsk ({{langx|ru|Киселёвск}}) is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located in the foothill belt of the Salair Ridge, at the source of the Aba River, {{convert|193|km|sp=us}} south of Kemerovo. Population: {{ru-census|p2010=98,365|p2002=106,341|p1989=128,083}}
The Kuzbass region, where Kiselyovsk is located, supplies 60% of Russia's coal, and the town suffers from heavy pollution due to the dominance of the coal mining and processing industries. The coal ash leads to a phenomenon known as "black snow". Another danger is spontaneous combustion of discarded coal.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-coal-environmental-refugees-trudeau-1.5169668|title=Women in Siberian coal town beg Trudeau to let them come to Canada as environmental refugees|last=Brown|first=Chris|date=Jun 11, 2019|work=CBC|access-date=12 June 2019}}
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated as Kiselyovsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #215-OZ As a municipal divisions, Kiselyovsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Kiselyovsky Urban Okrug.Law #104-OZ
History
Residents of the town and Russian rights groups have campaigned for several years for the Russia government to move the city away from the immediate outskirts of the mine due to the extreme levels of pollution. In September 2019, a number of the town's residents lobbied the Canadian government to grant them status as environmental refugees.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/bjwjqw/residents-of-a-siberian-town-with-black-snow-are-pleading-for-asylum-in-canada|title=Residents of a Siberian Town with Black Snow Are Pleading for Asylum in Canada}}{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-coal-pollution-kiselyovsk-1.6064679| title = 'The Kuzbass is now just one big hole': Siberian coal town residents on their failed effort to come to Canada {{!}} CBC News}}
Notable people
- Vadim Bakatin (1937–2022), politician
- Bohdan Bandura (born 1960), football midfielder
- Sergey Dolmatov (born 1959), chess grandmaster
- Aleksei Perminov (born 1968), footballer
- Mikhail Shivlyakov (born 1980), strongman
- Serhiy Tkach (1952–2018), serial killer
- Stepan Kiselev (born 1986), marathon runner
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090530165441/http://kiselyovsk.ru/ Unofficial website of Kiselyovsk]
{{Kemerovo Oblast}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2012}}
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