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Orlov, Kirov Oblast

Coordinates: 58°32′N 48°53′E / 58.533°N 48.883°E / 58.533; 48.883
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58°32′N 48°53′E / 58.533°N 48.883°E / 58.533; 48.883

Coat of arms of Orlov

Orlov (Template:Lang-ru) is a town and the administrative center of Orlovsky District of Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Vyatka River, 75 kilometers (47 mi) west of Kirov. Population: 6,959 (2010 Census);[1] 8,596 (2002 Census);[2] 10,296 (1989 Soviet census).[3]

History

It was first mentioned in 1459. Town status was granted to it in 1780. Between 1923 and 1992 the town was known as Khalturin (Template:Lang-ru), after the Russian revolutionary Stepan Khalturin (1856–1882), who was born in a nearby village.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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).
  3. ^ 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.
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