Shikhany

Shikhany
Шиханы
Closed town[1]
Flag of Shikhany
Flag
Coat of arms of Shikhany
Coat of arms
Location of Shikhany
Map
Shikhany is located in Russia
Shikhany
Shikhany
Location of Shikhany
Shikhany is located in Saratov Oblast
Shikhany
Shikhany
Shikhany (Saratov Oblast)
Coordinates: 52°07′N 47°12′E / 52.117°N 47.200°E / 52.117; 47.200
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSaratov Oblast[1]
Founded1928
Closed town status since1996
Elevation
210 m (690 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total6,067
 • Subordinated toclosed administrative-territorial formation of Shikhany
 • Capital ofclosed administrative-territorial formation of Shikhany
 • Urban okrugShikhany Urban Okrug[3]
 • Capital ofShikhany Urban Okrug[3]
Time zoneUTC+4 (MSK+1 Edit this on Wikidata[4])
Postal code(s)[5]
412950Edit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID63746000001
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Shikhany, also spelled Shikhansky (Russian: Шиханы) is a closed town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, 130 kilometers (81 mi) north of Saratov on the right bank of the Volga River Population: 6,067 (2010 Census);[2] 6,738 (2002 Census);[6] 12,763 (1989 Soviet census).[7]. It has been a closed town since 1997, but lost this status on 1 January 2019.[8] The town is 2 kilometres from the major chemical weapons base Shikhany-2 (previously known as Vol'sk-18).

  1. ^ a b Charter of Saratov Oblast
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference SaratovO_mun0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  5. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  6. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 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).
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Путин упразднил упоминавшееся в «деле Скрипалей» ЗАТО Шиханы