Alapayevsk

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Alapayevsk (English)
Алапаевск (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -
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Holy Trinity Cathedral, July 2014
Map of Russia - Sverdlovsk Oblast (2008-03).svg
Location of Sverdlovsk Oblast in Russia
Alapayevsk is located in Sverdlovsk Oblast
Alapayevsk
Alapayevsk
Location of Alapayevsk in Sverdlovsk Oblast
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Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of 2011)
Country Russia
Federal subject Sverdlovsk Oblast[1]
Administratively subordinated to Town of Alapayevsk[1]
Administrative center of Town of Alapayevsk[citation needed]
Municipal status (as of June 2009)
Urban okrug Alapayevsk Urban Okrug[2]
Administrative center of Alapayevsk Urban Okrug[citation needed]
Statistics
Area 25 km2 (9.7 sq mi)[citation needed]
Population (2010 Census) 38,192 inhabitants[3]
Density Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value).[4]
Time zone YEKT (UTC+05:00)[5]
First Mentioned 1639[citation needed]
Town status since 1781[citation needed]
Postal code(s)[6] 624600 — 624619
Dialing code(s) +7 34346[citation needed]
[[:commons:Category:{{#property:Commons category}}|Alapayevsk]] on Wikimedia Commons

Alapayevsk (Russian: Алапа́евск) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Neyva and Alapaikha Rivers. Population: 38,192 (2010 Census);[3] 44,263 (2002 Census);[7] 50,060 (1989 Census);[8] 49,000 (1968).

History

Alapayevsk is one of the oldest centers of ferrous metallurgy in the Urals with the first factory built in 1704. The town proper was founded in 1781.[citation needed]

Murder of Russian Imperial family members

On July 18, 1918, the day after the shooting at Yekaterinburg of the last Tsar, Nicholas II and family, members of the extended Russian royal family, the Romanovs, including a nun and servants met a brutal death here being thrown down a mineshaft near Alapayevsk by Bolsheviks. All except Grand Duke Sergey Mikhaylovich (who was the first one to die; he was shot before they could throw him in) survived the fall, hand-grenades were thrown down after them killing Grand Duke Sergey's secretary, Fyodor Remez. Other victims died a slow death including the Prince Ioann Konstantinovich of Russia, Prince Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia, Prince Igor Konstantinovich of Russia and Prince Vladimir Pavlovich Paley, Grand Duke Sergei's secretary Varvara Yakovleva and Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna (born Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine), a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Princess Elisabeth had departed her family after the death of her husband in 1905, and although she donated all her wealth to the poor and became a nun, she was shown no mercy.[9]

The bodies were recovered from the mine by the White Army in 1918, who arrived too late to rescue them. The bodies were placed in coffins and were moved around Russia during struggles between the Whites and the opposing Red Army. Princess Elisabeth's remains were ultimately taken to Jerusalem, where they were laid to rest in the Church of Maria Magdalene, while the coffins of the others were interred in a former Russian Mission in Beijing, now beneath a parking area. In 1981, Princess Elisabeth was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, and in 1992 by the Moscow Patriarchate. In 2006 representatives of the Romanov family were making plans to reinter the remains elsewhere.[10] The town is a place of pilgrimage to the memory of Elizabeth Romanov.[11]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with nine rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Alapayevsk[1]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[12] As a municipal division, the Town of Alapayevsk is incorporated as Alapayevsk Urban Okrug.[2]

Economy

The town is known for its surrounding mines and numerous factories, although the last metallurgical plant operations were almost completely closed in the early 1990s.[citation needed]

Transportation

The Alapayevsk narrow-gauge railway serves the communities around Alapayevsk

Miscellaneous

Local orphanage (Alapaevsk Family-Type Orphanage) proclaims itself as the largest in the Urals.[13]

Notable people

The composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky spent a part of his childhood in Alapayevsk.

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 65 403», в ред. изменения №259/2014 от 12 декабря 2014 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division . Code 65 403, as amended by the Amendment #259/2014 of December 12, 2014. ).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Law #85-OZ
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  4. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  5. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. Народная энциклопедия «Мой Город»
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  9. Time Magazine, Books: Death at Ekaterinburg, Monday, Apr. 22, 1935
  10. Orthodox News China
  11. Life Orphomed Russia
  12. Law #30-OZ
  13. [1]

Sources

  • Областная Дума Законодательного Собрания Свердловской области. Областной закон №30-ОЗ от 20 мая 1997 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Свердловской области», в ред. Закона №32-ОЗ от 25 апреля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в Областной закон "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Свердловской области"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования за исключением отдельных положений, вступающих в силу в иные сроки. Опубликован: "Областная газета", №81, 3 июня 1997 г. (Oblast Duma of the Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Oblast Law #30-OZ of May 20, 1997 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Sverdlovsk Oblast, as amended by the Law #32-OZ of April 25, 2012 On Amending the Oblast Law "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Sverdlovsk Oblast". Effective as of the day of the official publication with the exception of several clauses which take effect on a different date.).
  • Областная Дума Законодательного Собрания Свердловской области. Закон №85-ОЗ от 12 июля 2007 г. «О границах муниципальных образований, расположенных на территории Свердловской области», в ред. Закона №107-ОЗ от 29 октября 2013 г. «Об упразднении отдельных населённых пунктов, расположенных на территории города Ивделя, и о внесении изменений в Приложение 39 к Закону Свердловской области "О границах муниципальных образований, расположенных на территории Свердловской области"». Вступил в силу через 10 дней после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Областная газета", №232–249, 17 июля 2007 г. (Oblast Duma of the Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Law #85-OZ of July 12, 2007 On the Borders of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Sverdlovsk Oblast, as amended by the Law #107-OZ of October 29, 2013 On Abolishing Several Inhabited Localities on the Territory of the Town of Ivdul and on Amending the Law of Sverdlovsk Oblast "On the Borders of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Sverdlovsk Oblast". Effective as of the day which is 10 days after the official publication.).

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