Sarov

Sarov
Саров
Bell tower of Sarov Monastery
Bell tower of Sarov Monastery
Coat of arms of Sarov
Location of Sarov
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Sarov is located in Russia
Sarov
Sarov
Location of Sarov
Sarov is located in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Sarov
Sarov
Sarov (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast)
Coordinates: 54°56′N 43°19′E / 54.933°N 43.317°E / 54.933; 43.317
CountryRussia
Federal subjectNizhny Novgorod Oblast[1]
Founded1691Edit this on Wikidata
Town status since1954
Elevation
160 m (520 ft)
 • Subordinated totown of oblast significance of Sarov[1]
 • Capital oftown of oblast significance of Sarov[1]
 • Urban okrugSarov Urban District (closed administrative territorial object)[2]
 • Capital ofSarov Urban Okrug[2]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[3])
Postal code(s)[4]
607188
Dialing code(s)+7 83130[5]
OKTMO ID22704000001
Websitewww.adm.sarov.ru
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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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  3. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  4. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  5. ^ My-Phone.ru. Sarov (in Russian)
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ SarovLabs. Creation of Nuclear Center Arzamas-16
  8. ^ 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. ).
  9. ^ "Sarov (City, Russia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved November 23, 2017.