Lazarevo, Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Lazarevo (Russian: Лазарево) is a small town in Leninsky District in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. It is the head of Lazarevskoye Rural Settlement.[1]

Lazarevo

Лазарево
Town
Location of Lazarevo
Lazarevo
Location of Lazarevo
Lazarevo
Lazarevo (Jewish Autonomous Oblast)
Coordinates: 48°14′27″N 132°26′37″E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectJewish Autonomous Oblast
Administrative districtLeninsky District[1]
Population
  Total751
  Capital ofLazarevskoye Rural Settlement[1]
Time zoneUTC+10 (MSK+7 [3])
OKTMO ID99610455101

Geography

Lazarevo is located at an elevation of 140 meters (460 ft) by a small mountain range north of the Amur River.[4] The town lies 86 kilometers (53 mi) southwest of Birobidzhan, the administrative center of the autonomous oblast.[5] Its population is 751(2010 Census);[2]

History

Lazarevo is the birthplace of Soviet Arctic explorer Georgy Ushakov (1901 - 1963) who fully surveyed and charted Severnaya Zemlya for the first time in history.[6]

References

  1. Закон Еврейской автономной области от 26 ноября 2003 года № 231-ОЗ «О статусе и границе Ленинского муниципального района»(Law of the Jewish Autonomous Region on November 26, 2003 № 231-OZ, "On the status of the border and Leninsky municipal district")
  2. 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. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  4. GoogleEarth
  5. "Lazarevo". Mapcarta. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  6. Biography of G. A. Ushakov Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine at Polar World.
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