Sarov
Саров | |
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 Bell tower of Sarov Monastery | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Sarov  | |
  Sarov Location of Sarov .svg) Sarov Sarov (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 54°56′N 43°19′E / 54.933°N 43.317°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1] |
| Founded | 1691 |
| Town status since | 1954 |
| Elevation | 160 m (520 ft) |
| • Subordinated to | town of oblast significance of Sarov[1] |
| • Capital of | town of oblast significance of Sarov[1] |
| • Urban okrug | Sarov Urban District (closed administrative territorial object)[2] |
| • Capital of | Sarov Urban Okrug[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [3]) |
| Postal code(s)[4] | 607188 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 83130[5] |
| OKTMO ID | 22704000001 |
| Website | www |
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Sarov (Russian: Саро́в) is a closed town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It was known as Gorkiy-130 (Горький-130) and Arzamas-16 (Арзама́с-16), after a (somewhat) nearby town of Arzamas,[7] from 1946 to 1991. Until 1995, it was known as Kremlyov/Kremlev/Kremljov (Кремлёв).[8] The town is closed as it is the Russian center for nuclear research. Population: 92,047 (2010 Census); 87,652 (2002 Census)[9]
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- ^ My-Phone.ru. Sarov (in Russian)
- ^ 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.
- ^ SarovLabs. Creation of Nuclear Center Arzamas-16
- ^ Государственная Дума Российской Федерации. Федеральный Закон №145-ФЗ от 14 августа 1995 г. «О переименовании города Кремлёв Нижегородской области в город Саров». (State Duma of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #145-FZ of August 14, 1995 On Changing the Name of the Town of Kremlyov of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast to the Town of Sarov. ).
- ^ "Sarov (City, Russia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved November 23, 2017.