Kemerovo

The ceety is locatit 3,482 kilometer (2,164 mi) east o Moscow at the confluence o the Iskitim an Tom Rivers.

Kemerovo is an amalgamation o, an successor tae, several aulder Roushie dounsets. A weypoint namit Verkhotomsky ostrog wis establisht nearbi in 1657 on a road frae Tomsk tae Kuznetsk fortress. In 1701, the dounset o Shcheglovo wis foondit on the left bank o the Tom; suin it became a veelage. Bi 1859, seiven veelages existit whaur modren Kemerovo is nou: Shcheglovka (or Ust-Iskitimskoye), Kemerovo (namit in 1734), Yevseyevo, Krasny Yar, Kur-Iskitim (Pleshki), Davydovo (Ishanovo), an Borovaya. In 1721, coal wis discovered in the area. The first coal mines wur establisht in 1907, later a chemical plant wis establisht in 1916. By 1917, the population o Shcheglovo haed grown tae aroond 4,000 fowk.

The aurie's further development wis boostit bi the construction a railwey atween Yurga an Kolchugino (nou Leninsk-Kuznetsky) with a connection atween Topki an Shcheglovo. Shcheglovo wis grantit toun status in 1918, which is nou considered tae be the date o Kemerovo's foondin. In 1932, Shcheglovsk wis renamit Kemerovo an became the admeenistrative centre o Kemerovo Oblast in 1943.

Kemerovo is the admeenistrative centre o the oblast an, athin the framewirk o admeenistrative diveesions, it serves as the admeenistrative centre o Kemerovsky Destrict an aw, even tho it is no a pairt o it.^[1] As a admeenistrative diveesion, it is incorporatit separately as Kemerovo Ceety Unner Oblast Jurisdiction—a administrative unit wi a status equal tae that o the destricts.^[1] As a municipal diveesion, Kemerovo Ceety Unner Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporatit as Kemerovsky Urban Okrug.^[4]

Kemerovo is an important industrial ceety that developit durin Soviet times wi important chemical, fertilizer, an manufacturin industries. Syne the disintegration o the Soviet Union, the ceety's industries hae experiencit a severe decline, creatin heich levels o unemployment. Major companies based in the ceety include Siberian Business Union.

Transportation

Kemerovo is linkit tae wastren Roushie bi a branch o the Trans-Siberie Railwey. The ceety is servit bi the Kemerovo Internaitional Airport.

Five heicher education institutions are locatit in Kemerovo: Kemerovo State University, Kuzbass State Technical University, Kemerovo State Medical Academy, Kemerovo State Art Institute, Kemerovo Agricultural Institute an Kuzbass Economie an Juistice Institute.

The public interest for bandy is widespread in Roushie. 26,000 watched the openin game o the 2011-2012 Roushie Bandy League against Dynamo Moscow[1] Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine an Kuzbass is amang the vera best in the Roushie Bandy League.^[9] The 2007 Bandy World Championship wis held in the ceety.[2] Female bandy anerlie exists in a few places in Roushie. Nou Kemerovo is aboot tae stairt it up.^[10][11] Kemerovo haes the first indoor arena in Roushie anerly uised for bandy.[3] Kuzbass plays the matches in the league at Khimik Stadium acause o the big public interest. That arena haes a capacity o 32000.[4]

Kemerovo's position gives it a continental climate wi average temperaturs varyin atween −18 °C (0 °F) in Januar tae +20 °C (68 °F) in Julie an relatively law precipitation o aroond 420 millimeter (17 in) annually.

In October 2011, Kemerovo administrators announced that they had "indisputable proof" that mountains in the region were inhabited by Yeti.^[13]

Twin touns an sister ceeties

Kemerovo is twinned wi:

• Billings, Montana, Unitit States
• Salgótarján, Hungary

Notes

Sources

• Совет народных депутатов Кемеровской области. Закон №215-ОЗ от 27 декабря 2007 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Кемеровской области», в ред. Закона №104-ОЗ от 2 ноября 2012 г. «Об упразднении сельских населённых пунктов и внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Кемеровской области». Вступил в силу в день, следующий за днём официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Кузбасс", №243, 28 декабря 2007 г. (Council of People's Deputies of Kemerovo Oblast. Law #215-OZ of December 27, 2007 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kemerovo Oblast, as amended by the Law #104-OZ of November 2, 2012 On Abolishing Rural Inhabited Localities and on Amending Various Legislative Acts of Kemerovo Oblast. Effective as of the day following the official publication date.).
• Совет народных депутатов Кемеровской области. Закон №104-ОЗ от 17 декабря 2004 г. «О статусе и границах муниципальных образований», в ред. Закона №104-ОЗ от 2 ноября 2012 г. «Об упразднении сельских населённых пунктов и внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Кемеровской области». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Кузбасс", №242, 24 декабря 2004 г. (Council of People's Deputies of Chelyabinsk Oblast. Law #104-OZ of December 17, 2004 On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations, as amended by the Law #104-OZ of November 2, 2012 On Abolishing Rural Inhabited Localities and on Amending Various Legislative Acts of Kemerovo Oblast. Effective as of the official publication date.).

• Offeecial wabsteid o Kemerovo (in Roushie)
• Wabcam wi the view o the Theater Square in Kemerovo
• Natural landscapes of the Kemerovo area^{[deid airtin]}